/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Spent 8 hours making these value scales for future visual reference. They're almost correct; getting a perfect 50% value distance is difficult.

The "middle tones" on the left are pretty closely matched IRL, had to modify the photo so my whites weren't blown out.

>>3615529
The latter. Its all blened and soft to death. Try to get the appearance of a soft edge while only using hard lines/strokes. Its less about blending and more about chunking/wedging shapes of subtle value shift. A good painting does need some smooth gradation, but way less than you're employing. Keep at it though.