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| SIMPLE DRAWING AND SHADING TECHNIQUES |
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SHADING FLAT SURFACES
Coloured Crayons can enhance a drawing if they are used
carefully and general guidelines are followed. For instance, do not press
heavily on the crayon as this often gives poor results. Often it is a good
idea to colour faintly and never use too many colours. Use just enough
colour to improve the overall presentation of your drawing.
Below are some examples of coloured pencil work - try
these simple techniques. |
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| 1. The drawing opposite shows two tone shading. A suitable colour is chosen and two sides
of the cube are shaded - one slightly darker than the other. |
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| 2. This drawing shows three
tone shading. this is very similar to the previous example
except three shades of the same colour are used |
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| 3. Three tone shading has been used again but in this
case a lighting effect has been added to the top. Light is shown reflected
on the top part of the cube. This is achieved by shading in a radial
pattern. The coloured pencil follows the ‘invisible’ red guidelines. As the
shading progresses from right to left more weight is applied to the pencil
giving a darker shade. |
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4. The example opposite shows the lighting effect applied
to all three visible sides of the cube.
However, to speed up the technique the shading is not radial but linear
(shading is in straight lines).
When shading a side of a cube using this technique, a
coloured pencil is used in a linear fashion parallel to an edge of the cube. |
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| 5. The techniques used above can be adapted. Instead of
shading the sides of the cube - the same colours are used but the colour
process is speeded up by drawing lines parallel to the sides. You may notice
that the darker lines are close together whilst the lighter lines have a gap
between them. This is a quick way of adding limited colour to a drawing. |
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