Drawing and Shading – Art Mantra

Shading is the process of adding value to create the illusion of form, space, and most importantly – light in a drawing. It is a crucial technique to learn if you want to produce impressive pencil drawings. Smooth shading can make your pictures shine and look as realistic as a photograph.

Everyone can benefit from taking the time to improve their artistic practice, whether you’re a beginner or a more experienced artist looking to hone your skills.

During this course, we’ll look at how to approach shading in your drawings from basic art principles to more advanced techniques. Keeping these ideas in mind as you work will help you to focus on the finished result, making your completed drawing look more professional.

We’ll cover a variety of different shading techniques to explore, practical exercises to try at home and recommended art supplies to stock up on.

Basic types of strokes like:
i) Hatching and Cross Hatching
ii) Stippling
iii)Smudging
iv) Shading
v) Scrumbling

ClASS fOCUS

The classes will focus on:

A) Learning line fundamentals:
i) Basics of line drawing
ii) Drawing daily objects with contour lines
iii) Learning about cross contour lines and how to use them

B) Learning shape and form fundamentals:
i) Basics of geometric and organic shapes
ii) Drawing a landscape with geometric shapes
iii) Drawing a character with geometric shapes
iv) Learn the basics of geometric 3D form
v) Learn how light and shadow work on 3D forms
vi) Advanced form/highlight and shadow
vii) Finding geometric forms in the human face
viii) Creating a landscape out of geometric forms

C) Learning values and contrast:
i) The value scale and how it works
ii) Drawing still life value drawings
iii) Creating amazing artwork with value contrast
iv)How to choose your values