Value studies are by-products of Russell's process of creating a large oil painting. Once a perspective drawing for a given aircraft is finished, he overlays the drawing with a sheet of semi-transparent vellum and lays in the shading and values. This allows Russell to figure out how the shadows will fall across the aircraft and where the highlights and darkest shadows (the "shadow core") will be.

Often times, the value studies for larger aircraft come out nicely enough that they are suitable for framing. When that happens, they are posted here for sale. Below is a list of value studies which are currently available.

Available Pencil Studies

Josef Veltjens' Albatros DV pencil drawing
8 ” x 10”, pencil on vellum
$240

Untitled Sopwith Camel pencil drawing
8.5 ” x 5.5”, pencil on vellum
$150

Näther Balloon busting Albatos pencil drawing
10.5 ” x 14.75”, pencil on vellum
$425

La Sentinelle pencil study
16.375 ” x 9.375”, pencil on vellum
$425

Morane N pencil study for La Sentinelle
12 ” x 21”, pencil on vellum
$290

Taxiing SE5a
19 ” x 13”, pencil
$425

Pencil study for Jasta 27 Dr1, Yellow Jackets (pilot and serial unknown )
15 ” x 23”, pencil on vellum
$395

Fokker DVII value study for Two Birds with One Stone
12 ” x 21”, pencil on vellum
Framed
$500