Parts of shading for Beginners
What are the parts of Shading?
When people look at drawings and remark at how realistic they look, it usually has everything to do with the shading.
Pencil shading requires the artist to consider every stroke, in order to properly recreate how light hits an object.
Read on for the five elements of shading which will help you create your most realistic drawing yet!
What is shading in art?
Drawings can only come to life if you have the one key component: shading.
With visual arts—especially pencil drawing—shading is very much necessary to bring depth to your work, adding dimension and defining where your subject is in relation to your light source.
It starts with value ,which is the lightness or darkness of a color.
Shading refers to the darker values that, when combined with tints (lighter values), produce a more realistic masterpiece.
However, there are many elements of shading and techniques to learn first!
Elements of shading:
Cast shadow
The cast shadow is the darkest point on your drawing. It falls opposite the light source and represents where the object prevents the light from penetrating.
Shadow edge (Occlusion shadow)
This is where the object is turning away from you and is lighter than the cast shadow.
Middletone
This is the mid-gray of the object. It’s neither in direct light or shadow.
DarkTone
This is the dark color of the object. It’s the darkest shadow.
Reflected light
The reflected light is a light-gray tone. It’s found along the edge of an object and separates the cast shadow and shadow edge.
Full light (Light Tone)
This area is stark white and shows where the light source is directly hitting the object.
When you understand how shading can affect how we perceive light to be drawn, your artworks will reach a stunning realism.
For details how to shading watch below video. Where I have created the object ball and explained you how to give realistic touch to any painting by creating light and shadow
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