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Drawing Shading Techniques
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Shading is used in drawing for depicting
a range of light and darkness from the tools used
to bring to the images in realistic way.
We all know that there is no outline around any objects that we see in reality. So in shading, an object is drawn on a two dimensional surface, and the artist has to bring out the depth shadow, light falling in a realistic way with out drawing outlines.
This requires lot of practice.
There are four drawing shading techniques mentioned here:
All of them look easy. It can be mastered in short time. To bring out the best as an artist one will have to practice a lot.
See visually, the shading techniques in this video.
To learn pencil shading there are may different drawing pencils that one can use.
1) Which drawing pencils to use.
We all use HB pencils for writing. HB means dark and black. We also use B, 2B,3B, 4B, 5B , highest in the B range pencils is 10B. B means extra black. Know more about pencils. You will be able to create the darkest shade in your drawings.
2) Know grey value scale for shading.
To get control on how to bring out different intensity in shading using pencils one must be good in value scale drawing. Here using the pencil one can bring out shades from the lightest to the darkest.
Here I am showing in this video visually how to do so.
3) Why learn pencil shading.
Learning to draw and do pencil shading helps one to develop focus and concentration. The artist / designers develop good memory. Observational skill gets developed. This is good for our own holistic development as human beings. We will be able to function with much more self awareness in our daily lives.
Apart from this you create good sketches, in the commercial business world you can give good visual inputs while brainstorming in a team.
4) Practice helps.
Practice and develop this skill of pencil shading. In the image below you will see a drawing of a cup with hatching and cross hatching method.
Now you would like to know why shading in drawing started.
Drawing is used to express one's thoughts in a visual way. In the beginning ideas were chiseled on stone surface or Carved on wood.
Invention of pencils and paper made it easier for artists to quickly jot down their ideas and latter finalise them in detail on canvas or in three dimension way.
Pencil sketching led to shading of the drawings according to my guess.
Shading of drawings in the present scenario is a skill in itself. Many art and design universities keep still life drawing as means of entrance test for the students applying for these colleges.
Conclusion
Pencil shading drawing adds life to two dimensional drawing and gives realistic appeal.
