Drawing Basics
Getting Started
Lines
Shapes
How Perspective Works
Intuitive Perspective
Values
Bonus Content
An intro to shading light and shadow with a template of common value zones to make it easier to structure your shading.
Newest
Zach Pipher
21h
Regrettably the light and shadow section has been very daunting and I haven't participated in the course since it started. I want to practice the older stuff and draw on my own before I feel ready to do it.
@romero505
1d
Hey guys! I'd love some feedback. It's really hard to get the values right and try something more complex.
In one, I had to blur to get a result similar to the image.
Geert-Jan
6d
Thanks for the lecture professor Proko! :)
ANX804U
6d
lesssgooooo.. new lecture
Maria Bygrove
7d
It's hard to control values with a pen but I like drawing with it so figured I'd try and practice.
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6d
Incredible control of your mediums!!
Juice
6d
Wow i thought that both were done with pencil. Good control!
Watch4 beauty
7d
Alright
Sita Rabeling
7d
An attempt to see the values on the egg. You look and look and wonder constantly what's right. It seems to change all the time and you know it's not. 🧐
Vue Thao
8d
Skelly: Yeah, Hasta vista baby.
Scott N
8d
When I enrolled in this course, shading to create the illusion of depth was one of the skills that I most wanted to learn how to do.I'm very much looking forward to these next few lessons!
@romero505
8d
Hey guys, I'd like to know how correctly I handle the values and shading of this egg so I can do more complex things like a semi-professional illustration.
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8d
You did pretty good handling your edges, but the shadow values are not nearly as dark as in the reference. This egg has complex lighting on it. If this is one of your first attempts at shading I recommend something more clear and direct with a single source. Try this egg:
Josh Fiddler
9d
I had the basics of this from Dorien Iten's materials and he's a phenomenal teacher. This lesson was really helpful though in one key area. You know when something is so obvious you kinda just overlook it? Well, yeah, OBVIOUSLY THE REFLECTED LIGHT IS THE LIGHTEST DARK of the Shadow Mass! Derp.
I'm really looking forward to when we get to edges! The softening of the cast shadow made me immediately think of lost edges.
Dermot
9d
Stan, thanks for the intro to Light and Shadow.
Here are some eye balls I tried to shade a while back.
They don't look right any help would be great, thanks.
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8d
Those are good! Next up you should try putting those irises on an eyeball and make that 3d. That's very appropriate since we just learned about spheres.
After you get the hang of that, the challenge will be putting those eyeballs into eye sockets, and wrapping eyelids around them in a way that you can still feel the round eyeball pushing through!
Juice
9d
Watch4 beauty
7d
I watched this movie many times
Juice
9d
Wohoo finally new lesson :)
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8d
I know! Sorry it's been slow. My paternity leave is almost done and lesson schedule will get back to normal!
Gannon Beck
9d
What a concise explanation!
I’m recalling this from memory, so it’s probably not an exact quote, but Andrew Loomis said that a drawing succeeds on its basic merits, or fails on its basic faults.
It’s not as if we learn a rudimentary approach in the basics course and a more sophisticated approach in later courses. It’s all about mastery of these basic principles. This is why I return to many lessons in this course over and over. I think this is going to be one of those lessons.
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