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Seeing Light and Shadow

Knowing where to draw light and shadows can turn shapes into forms, such as a circle into a sphere. In this article, you examine four aspects of light and shadow created by a dominant light source, which show artists where to draw light, medium, and dark values.

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davontalp16 Jan.25th 2012
takes alot of work
Mollee Jan.5th 2012
This is very hard!
CatherineM Dec.20th 2011
I can see I will be doing more practice with the spheres. I have figured out a very sharp pencil and patience are the key here and maybe a few very light guidelines to keep the lines going in the right direction.
JaneTheArtist Dec.6th 2011
Wow, that shows a lot.
syamic Nov.25th 2011
.wonderful
alexzandrazoo Nov.10th 2011
grrrrrr struggle!!!
C0nstantine Oct.28th 2011
Very nice lesson, i adapted pretty well to this new technique!
legitskuxx Oct.23rd 2011
this is harder than it looks :)
expertartist Oct.8th 2011
most of my problems got cleared after i saw this because before i used to have a little trouble in making out where to shade dark and where to create a light value
chaqueplosqui Oct.6th 2011
This is really hard to achieve with a graphic tablet...
Alarion Aug.18th 2011
I found this very difficult!
scalpabob Aug.10th 2011
Another grest lesson, thank you
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