{"id":2471,"date":"2011-09-19T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T20:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2023-12-20T12:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T12:53:00","slug":"shade-shell-shapes-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stack of simple shapes below has three-dimensional form. The 3d effect comes from each shape’s value and how they’re stacked. When I moved the stack to an off-center position, I experienced an awesome art moment! The 3d look increased<\/em>, the separate steps became one form<\/em>, and it started to look like something I found on the beach<\/em>. (Even after all these years, art still gives me tingles.)<\/p>\n

\n

Illusion No. One<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Stacked<\/a>
Stacked star shapes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Values drawn side by side seem to become lighter or darker at the edge that meets the next value, and that illusion helps create the look of a three-dimensional form. Each step of this computer generated drawing is a single value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Illusion No. Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this image just looks like flat shapes to you, try to see the \u201clines\u201d that the points of the stacked stars form. Once you find the 3d image, things can get busy as your mind switches back and forth from illusion to reality. You might even be annoyed if your mind can’t settle on one or the other. To avoid this annoying shift as you draw, concentrate on shading one step at a time.<\/p>\n

Peeking Under The Curtain<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flat to 3d and back again visual-flips can happen when you’re drawing anything. Although they can be distracting, these shifts are good because you’re creating the illusion of three-dimensional form on a flat surface, after all. When you see both the illusion and the truth, you\u2019ve peeked under the curtain and seen how the trick is done. Don’t worry, though, the innocent magic of drawing will come back to you again, and you\u2019ll flip back into illusion mode automatically.<\/p>\n

Drop That Protractor!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t an architectural drawing that has to be perfect. This is a shell. It’s organic, and Mother Earth will love you no matter how crooked it looks. Your hand drawn shell will be much nicer than the computer made illustration above. That one has no character. To make sure your shell does<\/strong> have character, don\u2019t trace the outline. Draw the entire thing by hand.<\/em><\/p>\n

The shading process will be different for everyone depending on the paper, the pencil brand, and how heavily, or lightly you make hatching, but here are some general rules for making very dark and\/or evenly toned values.<\/p>\n

No. 1 – Use sharp points.
\nNo. 2 – Use the writing grip.
\nNo. 3 – Hatch area with soft lead.
\nNo. 4 – Hatch the same area with lead 2 steps harder than soft lead.<\/p>\n

a. The harder lead darkens the soft lead by pushing it into the grain of the paper.
\nb. The harder lead also evens out the soft lead\u2019s hatching and makes it look consistent and smooth.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my shell and how I shaded it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pencil<\/a>
My shell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The top step is left untouched.<\/p>\n

I shaded the darkest step first.<\/p>\n

Then I added the second step from the top using a 4H pencil with a very light touch.<\/p>\n

After I had those two values added, I could judge what value to make the two in-between steps.<\/p>\n

(Hint: Try a 2B over a 4B pencil for the darkest value first, and then move to softer leads if that’s not dark enough.)<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The stack of simple shapes below has three-dimensional form. The 3d effect comes from each shape’s value and how they’re stacked. When I moved the stack to an off-center position, I experienced an awesome art moment! The 3d look increased, the separate steps became one form, and it started to look like something I found … Continue reading “Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sketch-book"],"yoast_head":"\nSimple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form - Carol's Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shade a simple star shell shape and explore three-dimensional form.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form - Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shade a simple star shell shape and explore three-dimensional form.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-19T20:37:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-20T12:53:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/star-grid-125x125.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"headline\":\"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-19T20:37:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-20T12:53:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":561,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/star-grid-125x125.gif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sketch Book\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/\",\"name\":\"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form - Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/star-grid-125x125.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-19T20:37:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-20T12:53:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Shade a simple star shell shape and explore three-dimensional form.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/star-grid-125x125.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/star-grid-125x125.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2011\\\/09\\\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"description\":\"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\",\"name\":\"Carol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Carol\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/toadhollowstudio.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form - Carol's Drawing Blog","description":"Shade a simple star shell shape and explore three-dimensional form.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form - Carol's Drawing Blog","og_description":"Shade a simple star shell shape and explore three-dimensional form.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/","og_site_name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","article_published_time":"2011-09-19T20:37:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-20T12:53:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/star-grid-125x125.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Carol","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carol","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/"},"author":{"name":"Carol","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"headline":"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form","datePublished":"2011-09-19T20:37:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-20T12:53:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/"},"wordCount":561,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/star-grid-125x125.gif","articleSection":["Sketch Book"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/","name":"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form - Carol's Drawing Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/star-grid-125x125.gif","datePublished":"2011-09-19T20:37:16+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-20T12:53:00+00:00","description":"Shade a simple star shell shape and explore three-dimensional form.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/star-grid-125x125.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/star-grid-125x125.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/09\/shade-shell-shapes-3d\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Simple Shapes And The Illusion Of Three Dimensional Form"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/","name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","description":"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17","name":"Carol","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Carol"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1"},"description":"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.","sameAs":["http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1r5dp-DR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2865,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2014\/06\/talking-with-doodles-and-other-things-that-make-life-more-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":0},"title":"Talking With Doodles And Other Things That Make Life More Fun","author":"Carol","date":"2014\/06\/12","format":false,"excerpt":"Doodles I love, love, love my doodles. My hand will draw one automatically if it can find a drawing instrument. So, the other day, my hand found a pen and was drawing along, when I took a look to see what was going on, and I decided to add curved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Observation"","block_context":{"text":"Observation","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/observation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"My friend, the doodle.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ink-pencil-doodle-205x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2102,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/04\/three-dimensional-pyramids\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":1},"title":"Draw Three Dimensional Pyramids","author":"Carol","date":"2011\/04\/04","format":false,"excerpt":"Create Form With Shading This exercise looks complicated, but it's not, so don't panic. Work slowly and spread the steps out over a few days if you want to. Nothing has to be perfectly done, and your drawing skills will get a good workout no matter how this turns out.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Drawing Lesson"","block_context":{"text":"Drawing Lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/drawing-lesson\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dont Panic Buttom C. Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/dont-panic.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2145,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/04\/organic-form-shading\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":2},"title":"Sketch Book Exercise – Organic Form With Gradated Hatching","author":"Carol","date":"2011\/04\/25","format":false,"excerpt":"Here\u2019s an exercise that shows you how to draw organic shapes with hatching gradations and your imagination. This technique creates a fissured surface that can be used for rocks or a cracked desert floor at a distance, fungus or reptile scales at close range, and lots of other things that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Drawing Lesson"","block_context":{"text":"Drawing Lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/drawing-lesson\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wide and Thin Flat Pencil Tips","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/pencil-tips.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2450,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2011\/08\/2d-design-to-3d-shape-drawing-shading-exercise\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":3},"title":"From 2D Design To 3D Shape With A Pencil And A Plan","author":"Carol","date":"2011\/08\/15","format":false,"excerpt":"This three dimensional shading exercise is much easier than it looks because it's created with the same gradation style around each \"petal\" of the form. Mental Health Note: There's no need to finish this drawing in one sitting, and drawings never really have to be perfect. So stay mellow my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Drawing Lesson"","block_context":{"text":"Drawing Lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/drawing-lesson\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Eight Section 3D Shape C. Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/8-lobed-shape-4-sm.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11000,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2023\/02\/leaves-in-pencil\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":4},"title":"Leaves In Graphite Pencil","author":"Carol","date":"2023\/02\/06","format":false,"excerpt":"Since we\u2019re into winter and all of my beloved foliage is brown and wilted, I\u2019m digging into old photos to find greenery to draw. I found this composition, so I guess it pays to take photos when your subject is bountiful. I\u2019m drawing this on Arches hotpress watercolor paper, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson"","block_context":{"text":"Graphite Pencil Drawing Lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/graphite-pencil-drawing-lesson\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Graphite Pencil Art, Redbud Leaves, Rosinski","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/foliage-2023-blog05.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/foliage-2023-blog05.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/foliage-2023-blog05.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3902,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2016\/01\/smiling-huskberries\/","url_meta":{"origin":2471,"position":5},"title":"Smiling Huskberries","author":"Carol","date":"2016\/01\/08","format":false,"excerpt":"After much deliberation, I can finally present the botanical drawings of the huskberries that are found exclusively on the Isle of Carol. A hot debate erupted at the Isle\u2019s Board of Botanical Treasures soon after the tandem discovery of both smiling and frowning huskberries. The more moderate board members suggested\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fantasy"","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/fantasy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Frowning Huskberries","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/drawing-frowning-husk-berries-sm-e1452263587392-125x125.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12248,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions\/12248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}