Form / Value Part 1
Form / Value Part 2
Form / Value Part 3
Form / Value Part 4
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Drawing Tool Tip
A plastic toolbox makes a very inexpensive storage box for your drawing tools, and the removable tray is a good place to keep your most used tools.
Look for one with extra hinged storage spaces in the top of the lid for little items.
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Drawing Travel Kit
~ B Pencil
~ Sharpener
~ Vinyl eraser
~ Pad of semi-rough drawing paper
(Take these with you everywhere so you can draw anywhere!)
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Drawing From Life Workshop - Creating realistic, three dimensional form with value (or shading.)
Steps 4, 5 and 6 |
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Step 4 - I added the medium dark shadows
I added the medium dark shadows (3's, 4's, and 5's) with hatching movements made with the side of my 4B pencil. As in the last step, I made the values a little lighter than they really were.
I could draw the shapes of some of the shadow areas more easily than others because their edges were more clearly defined making them easier to see. The shadow edges that gradual transitions into the surrounding areas were the hardest to see and they were more challenging to draw. Because I knew I would be re-visiting those areas in the later steps, I didn't try to draw them perfectly at this stage.
As I looked at the texture of the terrycloth, I found it difficult to see some values correctly: the tops of the tiny loops caught the light, while the power part of the cloth remained in shadow. In those spots, squinting my eyes "averaged" the values by mixing them. I then drew this "averaged" value.
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Medium dark shadows added.
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Step 5 - I added the highlight areas
I switched to the B pencil to hatch in the highlight areas (1's and 2's.) To keep the texture close to what was created by using the 4B pencil, I held the B pencil in the same way, using the side of it to make the hatching. I could have used the 4B pencil with a very light pressure to create the lighter values, but I was able to create a more realistic looking variation in texture by using the harder pencil. The softer 4B pencil's lead would have left behind darker "notes" on the grain of the paper no matter how lightly I applied it, and the towel's highlight areas did not have extremely dark notes in them. |
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Highlight areas added.
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Step 6 - I revisited the darkest shadows
I switched back to the 4B pencil and adjusted the darkest shadows (7's) to their full dark values. While I worked on darkening them, I corrected their shapes if they needed it, too. Some of the darkest shadows of this towel formed lines near the folds that were so dark I couldn't see any of the towel's texture in them at all. To help create those very intense black lines, I re-sharpened the 4B and used its tip to darken them. I avoided crushing the grain of the paper by going over the lines several times with only medium pressure used on the pencil. |
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Darkest shadows revisited.
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