Uhmm... Can someone tell me how to Shade in my drawings? I can sketch, but i dont know the right place to shade it in to make it look realistic. Can somone show me or tell me how?
I find it helps with drawings to draw a circle lightly where you think the light source would be. Then, when you shade the drawing, place the shade on sides opposite to the light source. Keep in mind where things (such as shoulders or legs) would interrupt the light and cast shadows on the rest of the body.
I agree with Trigger, though I'm no master in lighting and shading.
One thing that helps me is seeing the things I'm drawing for real. Granted, it's not easy to go to the zoo to look at animals or to head out into the wilderness to find a deer willing to sit still. Usually I look at things around me and how they are shaded. I recommend spending time drawing objects in your house and how they are lit/shaded.
Actually... no one can really tell you 'how to do it'.
Shading and coloring has a lot to do with experimenting and experience.
Besudes watching and trying I also can recomand you to visit art sites like DeviantArt (link) and search for shading - tutorials there...
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... and then practise, practise, practise, practise and.. yeha right, practise.
Sounds stupid, but this is how it works. You basically have to figure it out yourself =) you can only search for tips.... but there is no universal 'how to do it'. ^^
Try looking at some tutorials, or just find some reference to learn from... like looka at a photograph, or for the simplest possible start, take a bright table-top lamp, put random object (like a toy, a ball, or a fruit) in the light, and draw it. Then move the light, and draw it again. You should soon figure out how the shadows work with the light-source. There really isn´t many more simpler ways for this, since you have to learn it yourself... but it just isn´t that hard if you put some work in it. =)
It probably feels boring to draw something like balls or fruit when you´d want to draw animals or people, but these simple shapes are good for just figuring out how light works with shapes. The light works about the same with more complicated stuff like animals, and you can use many same principles for them.
Good luck, and I hope this helped. Remember, to learn something, you just need to have some practise first, there´s really no "easier way" around. =)
I second all that has been said here.
The hardest part in painting is mentally imagining the shapes of complex objects in 3 dimensions (such as faces, ears, antlers, limbs, etc). Of course it is on flat paper, but you have to think of it as space with depth- in 3D so to speak.
Practice observing reality. It will strengthen your ability to draw from your mind.
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I don't strive to be the best, but instead I strive to do my best, and always give it my all every time.
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I find it helps with drawings
I agree with Trigger, though
One thing that helps me is seeing the things I'm drawing for real. Granted, it's not easy to go to the zoo to look at animals or to head out into the wilderness to find a deer willing to sit still. Usually I look at things around me and how they are shaded. I recommend spending time drawing objects in your house and how they are lit/shaded.
Actually... no one can really
Shading and coloring has a lot to do with experimenting and experience.
Besudes watching and trying I also can recomand you to visit art sites like DeviantArt (link) and search for shading - tutorials there...
...
... and then practise, practise, practise, practise and.. yeha right, practise.
Sounds stupid, but this is how it works. You basically have to figure it out yourself =) you can only search for tips.... but there is no universal 'how to do it'. ^^
Try looking at some
Looking for tutorials and other pictures help too. These I found easily with google, just searching with a word "shading".
Different shaped objects in the light, see how the shadow makes the shape
Shading of a ball-shape
Basic shading techniques
More advanced techniques
A more harder subject, a horse´s head. See the shadows, and where the light comes from
It probably feels boring to draw something like balls or fruit when you´d want to draw animals or people, but these simple shapes are good for just figuring out how light works with shapes. The light works about the same with more complicated stuff like animals, and you can use many same principles for them.
Good luck, and I hope this helped. Remember, to learn something, you just need to have some practise first, there´s really no "easier way" around. =)
I second all that has been
The hardest part in painting is mentally imagining the shapes of complex objects in 3 dimensions (such as faces, ears, antlers, limbs, etc). Of course it is on flat paper, but you have to think of it as space with depth- in 3D so to speak.
Practice observing reality. It will strengthen your ability to draw from your mind.
I don't strive to be the best, but instead I strive to do my best, and always give it my all every time.
-faunet