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The Art & Science of Drawing / SHADING: BEYOND THE BASICS
Rating: 4.9 out of 5(982 ratings)
11,216 students
Created byBrent Eviston
Last updated 10/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • How to observe, analyze and draw light and shadow on any subject.
  • How to draw and shade concave forms like cups and bowls.
  • How to apply the basic shading process to complex subjects.
  • How to use foundational volumes like spheres, cylinders, cubes, eggs and cones to draw and shade complex hybrid subjects including organic subjects.

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 1h 32m total length

  • Introduction19:59

    In this lesson you'll be introduced to two essential secondary volumes, the cone and the egg.  You'll also learn how shadows operate when they are cast over a nearby object.

  • Concave Forms18:46

    In this lesson, you'll learn how light and shadow operate on concave forms like cups and bowls as well as how to create the illusion of convexity in your drawings.  You'll also learn how light operates on highly reflective objects.

  • Managing Complexity19:50

    Here, you'll learn how to scale-up the basic shading process in order to shade complex subjects.  The shading strategies you'll learn here will ensure that, no matter how complex your subject, you'll always know what to draw and shade next.

  • Organic Form17:21

    In this lesson you'll learn how to shade highly complex organic subjects by first simplifying them into their most basic volumes before layering on more complex and details light and shadow patterns.  This skill is essential for any student interested in figure drawing.

  • Dynamic Shading16:36

    In this final lesson, you'll learn how to shade using dynamic mark making.  This lesson includes an introduction to cross-hatching as well as how to combine different kinds of shading and mark making techniques to create compelling drawings that are uniquely yours.

Requirements

  • You should have some basic drawing skills and experience.
  • You should be able to draw and shade basic volumes like spheres cubes and cylinders.

Description

If you can shade a sphere, a cube and a cylinder, you can learn to shade any subject, no matter how complex.  This course will show you how.  In these five in-depth lessons you’ll learn how light operates on complex objects including concave forms like cups and bowls as well as organic subjects like fruit and vegetables.  This course even includes an introduction to cross-hatching, one of the most sought after drawing skills

The skills taught in this course are essential for anyone interested in continuing on to figure drawing.

THE ART & SCIENCE of DRAWING is a remarkable program that will teach you how to draw one day at a time. The program is simple, each day you’ll watch one video lesson that will introduce an essential drawing skill, and then do the recommended practice. THE ART & SCIENCE of DRAWING is overflowing with powerful insights into the drawing process and offers some of the clearest, most accessible drawing instruction available.  Many of the tools and techniques you'll learn here are rarely seen outside of private art academies.  

This course is the eighth and final installment of an 8-part series. If you're a beginner, we recommend going through the entire series in the following order:
Basic Skills
Dynamic Mark Making
Form & Space
Measuring & Proportion
Contours
Shading Fundamentals
Shading: Beyond the Basics

If you've got some drawing experience, feel free to mix and match The Art & Science of Drawing courses to suit your personal needs as an artist!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone interested in drawing, painting, or design.
  • Anyone interested in a career in the arts.
  • Anyone looking for a creative outlet.

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