Artist: Chuck Close
Title of work: Big Self Portrait
Year produced: 1967-68
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Source of image: http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/big-self-portrait

This piece utilizes value extremely well. The fact that it’s done completely in black and white as well as being extremely photo realistic shows the impressive range of value that Chuck manages to use in the piece. He uses the darkest black all the way to white and every hue in between.

Artist: Paul Cadden
Title of Work: After
Year Produced: Unknown
Medium: Pencil on Recycled Cartridge paper
Source: http://www.paulcadden.com/#!portraits/c18ty

This is another beautiful example of value. In this piece he utilizes value in a way that allows him to express water photo-realistically, as well as the figure in the piece.