{"id":3616,"date":"2015-11-02T15:55:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?page_id=3616"},"modified":"2023-12-20T12:05:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T12:05:24","slug":"draw-shiny-ornament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/draw-shiny-ornament\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw a Shiny Ornament in Six Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-graphite-drawing.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3623 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-graphite-drawing.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" alt=\"Ornament drawn with graphite pencil.\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Draw this ornament with graphite pencil. To help create a shiny looking texture, I worked with sharp pencils points to make this hatches for this ornament. Here are the supplies you&#8217;ll need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drawing Pencils &#8211; B and 2B<\/li>\n<li>Drawing Paper marked &#8220;smooth.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Kneaded Rubber Eraser<\/li>\n<li>Electric\u00a0Eraser (For the small reflection details.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3617\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-drawing-1.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" alt=\"Ornament Line Drawing 1\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornament Line Drawing 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Step 1<\/b><br \/>\nShiny ornaments are challenging to draw because of all the reflections.<\/p>\n<p>To keep things simple, I chose a round, gold colored ornament. I placed it in lighting that cast one clear shadow, got comfortable, and started to draw.<\/p>\n<p>Using a B pencil, I drew a circle and added a cap.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3618\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-drawing-2.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" alt=\"Ornament Line Drawing 2\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornament Line Drawing 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Step 2<\/b><br \/>\nNext I added the hook and the shape of the shadow the ornament was casting.<\/p>\n<p>To help myself draw those lines in their correct positions, I drew the negative spaces between them and the ornament. For instance, while drawing the hook, I paid more attention to capturing the shape between it and the ornament than to the hook itself.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3619\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-drawing-3.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" alt=\"Ornament Line Drawing 3\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornament Line Drawing 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Step 3<\/b><br \/>\nThen I drew in the shapes of the largest and most clearly defined shadows and highlights.<\/p>\n<p>I saw three major shapes on the ornament and two on its cap. Each of these areas had many more reflections, shadows, and highlights within, but I ignored those smaller details.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3620\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-drawing-4.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" alt=\"Ornament Shading 1\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornament Shading 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Step 4<\/b><br \/>\nStill using the B pencil, I hatched in each area of the ornament and its cast shadow.<\/p>\n<p>I made the hatching in each area a value that was between the darkest and lightest values within it.<\/p>\n<p>The dark round top on the ornament body is the reflection of the room I was drawing in. In the last drawing, you will see the windows in that room as details in the reflection.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3621\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-drawing-5.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" alt=\"Ornament Shading 2\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornament Shading 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Step 5<\/b><br \/>\nSwitching to the 2B pencil, I hatched in the darkest values of each area like this:<\/p>\n<p>On the top of the ornament, the edges were the darkest part and gradated to a lighter center point. There were some mid-dark reflections in this area that I hatched around.<\/p>\n<p>The middle section was darker near the edges and gradated to a lighter value near the middle, too. I added the reflection of the hook, curving it a little to make it follow the form of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom of the ornament was also the darkest near the edges.<\/p>\n<p>The cap had dark areas on both sides, down the middle, and where it met the ball.<\/p>\n<p>The shadow cast by the ornament was darkest near the ball&#8217;s bottom edge. There was a secondary shadow between the ball and the cap that I hatched in. I darkened the hook and added a cast shadow underneath it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3622\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ornament-drawing-6.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" alt=\"Ornament Shading 3\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornament Shading 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Step 6<\/b><br \/>\nTo finish, I added the highlight details as follows:<\/p>\n<p>I used a kneaded eraser pinched into a point to lift out the next to the brightest highlights on the ornament&#8217;s top. Then I used my battery powered eraser to lift out the brightest highlights. Because erasers aren&#8217;t exact, I used a sharp pencil to reshape the highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Using my kneaded eraser, I gently lifted out a soft highlight in the middle section of the ornament on the left side, just past center.<\/p>\n<p>I used my battery powered eraser to tap out the little highlight reflections in the cap and added a thin loop of wire at the top of the cap, too. I reshaped all those details with a sharp pencil and added a little value to them if they were too light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draw this ornament with graphite pencil. To help create a shiny looking texture, I worked with sharp pencils points to make this hatches for this ornament. Here are the supplies you&#8217;ll need: Drawing Pencils &#8211; B and 2B Drawing Paper marked &#8220;smooth.&#8221; Kneaded Rubber Eraser Electric\u00a0Eraser (For the small reflection details.) 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