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Creating form with shadows and light

Creating form with shadows and light

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Creating form with shadows and light

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So now we're going to turn a form with shadows. And look at some basic pencil techniques that achieve one tone next to another tone. To create the illusion form. This technique will really help if you ever want to go into painting. Where we use blocks of color next to each other. To build up a realistic effect. I've chosen a cone because we can get to see how light works on a specific shape with a long cast shadow. So I have got my tonal ground here laid out and what I've started to do is just draw out the actual line drawing of the cone. So you can use a ruler for this if you like just to make sure you get some nice straight lines here And get a nice straight horizon to work to. Also, if you notice where the shadow line is, where the actual cast shadow. So the cast shadow is always going to be darkest where there's the least amount of light. So that's always going to be here, in the shadow side of the actual cone. And if you look carefully, you'll see that this triangle here. Which…

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