This document provides instructions for a line, texture, and value worksheet. It has three parts: the first instructs the student to practice making parallel lines in different directions that vary from long to short. The second part asks the student to use hatch marks to transition values from light to dark within a square and then do the reverse within a circle. The third part explains that cross hatching uses overlapping lines to create value and provides instructions for the technique. It concludes by assigning 20 points possible for quality of transitions, neatness and completeness.

1. Name: _____________________________________ Period: ______
Line, Texture, and Value Worksheet
PART II: Practice making smooth, parallel lines with your thin tipped black marker. Change the
direction of the stroke in each box to correspond to the label above the column
• Top row - long lines that extend from the edge of the shape all the way to the other edge of the
box
• Middle row -use shorter lines to fill the boxes
• Bottom row - use very short lines to fill the boxes.
Sample Vertical Horizontal Diagonal Diagonal
Right Left
Short lines are called hatches, if they cross to create darker values, they are called, cross hatches.

2. PART II: Value Transitions
Try your hatch marks in a larger area, fill the square on the right with hatch marks that transition from
a light value (lines are spaced apart) to gradually darker values (lines are closer together, preventing
the white of the paper from being seen). I started with a field of light value and then went to the dark
side and added additional hatch marks as I moved to the light side. I repeated this process several
times, until I had achieved the desired contrast and value change.
Repeat the transition process from above in
the shapes below, the inner circle should be
the reverse value transition of the square. Be
sure to work to shape edges.

3. PART III: Cross hatching
Cross hatches are lines that over lap, in this exercise your lines will overlap to create the value.
Remember to keep the lines smooth, touch the tip and make a stroke, I will often lift the tip of my pen
as I stroke the hatch line.
____/ 20 points possible
• Overall quality of transitions and hatch marks
• Neatness and Completeness