Shading Techniques

- The lightness or darkness of a color.

- Value becomes critical in a work which has no colors other than black, white, and a gray scale.

- Value helps to make drawings of objects look more realistic or “3-D.”

WHAT IS VALUE?

VALUE CHARTS

GRAPHITE GRADING SYSTEM

B = BlackH = Hard F = Fine HB = No. 2

WHY ADD VALUE?

Value turns Shapes….

…into Forms!

SHADING TECHNIQUES

Hatching Cross Hatching BlendingStippling

HATCHING /CROSS HATCHING

BLENDING

STIPPLING

Shading Techniques:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXeIf-fpawo&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Stippling Video:

http://vimeo.com/33091687

VIDEOS

PARTS OF A FORM

A = High Light

B = Middle Tones

C = Core Shadow

D = Reflected Light

E = Cast Shadow

- Cropping is when you zoom into or cut out a piece of information from your artwork.

WHAT IS CROPPING?

CROPPING

CROPPING

POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE

- Composition is how things are arranged in an image. Where are they? Are they touching? Are they cropped? Are they overlapping?

COMPOSITION

RULE OF THIRDS

STUDENT EXAMPLES

STUDENT EXAMPLES

STUDENT EXAMPLES

STUDENT EXAMPLES

--Sketch first!

-Enlarge, Crop and Rule of Thirds!

-If your shapes and lines are not correct, your shading will never look right.

-Go S L O W L Y - rushing value will make your objects look unrealistic.

--Use your eraser as a tool, not just for fixing mistakes!

--Pay attention to details- that’s what will make your work look more real!

Things to remember…