{"id":113,"date":"2006-12-07T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2010-10-05T03:45:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T03:45:48","slug":"shiny-ornament-drawing-in-six-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/12\/shiny-ornament-drawing-in-six-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiny Ornament Drawing in Six Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Shiny Ornament\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toadhollowstudio.com\/images\/ornament_6.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Shiny Ornament\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shiny Ornament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shiny ornaments are challenging to draw because of all the reflections. Recently I challenged the members of my forum to draw a shiny ornament and I&#8217;ve drawn one, too. I scanned my drawing at six different points so you could see how I went about drawing it.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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Ornament Step One\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toadhollowstudio.com\/images\/onament_1.jpg?resize=154%2C187\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ornament Step One\" width=\"154\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ornament Step One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To start, I drew a circle and added a cap. Neither the cap or the circle are perfect and that&#8217;s OK. 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