Drawing Day 2: Shading Techniques
Today I read about some basic shading techniques, so here’s what I learned, all wrapped up in a three-minute video. Enjoy!
I learned about these shading techniques from a bunch of sites, but these were the most helpful:
- Pen and Ink Lessons - Line and Value - Explanations and examples of several shading techniques.
- Basic Pen Strokes for Ink Drawing - A quick overview of several shading techniques.
- Cross-hatching - Examples of cross-hatching.
- Stipple Portraits - Examples of stippling.
- Basic Contour Hatching - An introduction to using curved hatching lines to create the illusion of depth. (Free registration required to see this lesson.)
- How to Shade a Pencil Line Art Cylinder - A short video from ExpertVillage.
Oh, and be sure to let me know if you’ve seen any other useful sites! My bookmarks are overflowing with links, but I’m always looking for more!
January 26th, 2007
Great blog hope to see more have bookmarked your site Jan
January 28th, 2007
Hey, pretty cool!
All that sphere needs now is a shadow beneath it, and the deal is sealed!
You sound more like an instructor in this video than a student, which more-than-likely, means you’re doing very well at gaining the ability draw, and describe methods/practices with ease!
Keep up the good work,
Jonathan Sampson
http://www.SampsonResume.com
January 31st, 2007
Liz,
I haven’t got any good sites to add to your list, as I’ve never gone looking for advice on shading
but I did have a question… what do you use to organize your links? Local favorites list? Or do you use something like del.icio.us or ma.gnolia?
I like them both, because of the tagging and organization available, not to mention sharing ability (send someone to your favorites page wiuth a link to the tag and so forth).
Just another reminder, its built-in to Flock
Good video, keep it up
January 31st, 2007
Thanks, guys! And yeah, I think I’ll try to work more on shadows today or tomorrow… Somehow I find them to be just a little intimidating.
As for organizing links, I’m really disorganized right now! I have a bunch of random links saved on del.icio.us, more in my favorites folder, and more saved in the ScrapBook plug-in for Firefox (http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/427/). I still haven’t figured out which works best for me!
April 21st, 2008
well done, interesting and helpful
May 11th, 2008
omg you don’t know how happy i am to have discovered this web site thannks for all the help
August 18th, 2008
Just pure sharing. Thank you so much. You made it easy “o)
November 26th, 2008
Try using art pencils… itll make it a lot easyer for shading. Use real paper not just regular school paper. dont hold your pencil so close to the end of the lead. Also your circle lacks a definate light spot its just kinda shaded all around with white on the very top.