Look what happens if you change the value of the background! The heart is painted in value 9 - shaded 7 and highlighted White on all three paintings.

High value background
Middle value background
Low value background

Value Painting

Base value #4 Shade value #3 Where a line is broken	Shade value #2 where 2 lines intercept	Shade value #1 where 3 lines intercept
Highlight #5 where petals overlap	Highlight #6	Highlight #7
Sparkle highlight equal parts white & #9	Center Golden Brown working thru brown values

The flat drawing becomes a beautiful painting!

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