How do you shade?

Okay, I've started to draw now and I was wondering, how do you guys shade? I haven't learned in school, but will next year probably. Anyway, again how do you shade pics? Meaning shadows and making things look 3-d?

Peace,
Adnan

Use the side of your pencil, and always go in the same direction.

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Hmm maybe I should hijack the thread and show some examples of my best drawings

I never draw in pencil, though, so I guess I'm a rebel! I use an erasable black pen instead.

Oh ya, remember that these were made in spare time during boring classes and such, so don't be too critical lol.

U-Boot War, 1914-1918

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1084/pic17il.jpg


Britannic (in Red Cross colours - sister ship to Titanic) hitting mine, sinking shortly afterwards, 21 November 1916
(Ignore the smudges and funny angle, I scanned it badly)

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8715/pic28rv.jpg

I find drawing people really hard though.

But I find that it helps having the object itself or a photo of it in front of me to get proportions right.

Nice pics, and thanks, I'm going to try that, and plus, I draw in school and usually use black pen, that's right, non erasable .

Adnan

I always try to shade, but I am a bad drawer so usually it turns out like a black splotch.

I use my finger and rub, or I put a tissue over the back of my pencil and rub with it. I know there's a tool too for doing this.

Originally Posted by Fenris

I use my finger and rub, or I put a tissue over the back of my pencil and rub with it. I know there's a tool too for doing this.

Where'd the "What he said" smiley go??

Originally Posted by Fenris

I use my finger and rub, or I put a tissue over the back of my pencil and rub with it. I know there's a tool too for doing this.

That's what I do, but I don't shade well.

Adnan

Originally Posted by MasterAdnin

That's what I do, but I don't shade well.

Adnan

Well use soviet warlord strategy too, then rub. But what do you mean by not shading well? You see pencil marks? You cannot achieve the actual shading darker to lighter?

I use the flat sides of pencils, and when I'm done with the preliminary shading, I rub it in with my finger, and use a tissue on my eraser for smaller areas. Then I go into and refine it some more.

I honostly can't shade with pens, unless it's with dots, and that only looks good if you have a felt tip pen, and the picture is big.

Just color in certain areas with a darker hue of the same color. Say, a person you're drawing has a blue shirt; you color in wrinkles and ripples in the fabric with dark blue.

The sound of normal pencils annoys my semi-obsessive-compulsive mind. I only use mechanical pencils to draw - Drafting pencils.

But the sugguestion I would give is just to practice. Draw something simple on a piece of paper, and just work on shading one thing. If you erase it too much, it will get smudged; just get used to doing that one feature before you move on and try it in a serious work. Think of it as a sort of artistic scratch paper, when compared to your real project.

A little trick i learned many moon's ago for pencil shading, use a craft knife and shave the tip of your pencil over the area your shading then use you finger gently working across lightening pressure as you go, then dampen your finger with a touch of spit and work in for the darker area, before you do any of that though decide where you light sorce is going to be and place an object on the table, then when your putting in shadows use a ruler from the object across your pic, it does help honestly,

Oh and this may well interest you, especialy the section on Simon Bisley
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...291#post919291