In this light and shadow series we look at the theory, drawing and painting of a simple form focusing on shadow, light and edges. In This week we’re going to put pencil to paper and see how the theory works in a simple pencil drawing of an apple Understanding your light source The different characteristics of the light hitting an object can completely change its appearance. For this demonstration, I’ve created a lighting set up using one single light source which gives us a predictable fall of light.

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This set up demonstrates each distinct area to be aware of, exaggerating the widest tonal range and when you’re a beginner it’s the simplest way to see the difference between the tones. My lamp has a diffuser on it called a Softbox. The Softbox gives us the fall of light we’re after, yet slightly softer edges on the shadows.

One of the key lessons from this demonstration I want you to come away with is to understand the importance of soft edges in your drawings. Softbox single source lighting set up in my studio T he importance of Hard & Soft edges An edge is where two objects or two surfaces meet together. The term a ‘hard edge’ can describe two very hard surfaces, such as a tabletop with a metal cube on top of it or most commonly in drawing, we talk about the hard edge being an area that has a sharpness to it or a focal point of the drawing. So, it could be a crisp line to indicate changes in shape or angularity. Or it could be an area of high contrast (light and dark) to draw the viewer’s attention. A ‘soft edge’ is more flowing or fluid and tends to be more low contrast.

Soft edges suggest the idea of roundness and a gradual transition., lighting can often be called hard light or soft light. Hard light is harsh light so creates strong shadows and harder edges. Soft light is very diffused, creating softer shadows and softer edges. So if you wanted to photograph somebody in the most flattering light, you would have soft light. If you want to increase the dramatic quality of the scene you would use a hard light. This one piece of information that can drastically alter your drawings and paintings. So as we go through the next demo, I’ll indicate the areas to keep soft and the areas to keep sharper. Depeche Mode Discography Torrent Tpb.

One of the biggest mistakes beginners make in drawing, is keeping all of the edges the same – most commonly, all of the edges are kept sharp and crisp. If you can learn to alter the weight of line and to incorporate more soft edges in your drawings, it will make a massive difference to the realism and style of your work. Shadow Edge Below are two photographs to illustrate the subtle differences in the shadow strengths when I altered the lighting slightly. The first one used direct sunlight because it’s not diffused it has created a harder, more solid shadow line and cast shadow.

Also, see how you can judge the angle of the sun via the length of the cast shadow and the bright highlight. Low angle, hard lighting from direct sunlight. The second one used a slightly higher lighting position with a softer light creating a softer cast shadow edge. High, softer diffused lighting from a single light source Softbox The image above is the final reference image I’ll use for this demonstration. It can be ‘right clicked’ and ‘Save image as’, so you can use it as a reference for your drawing. Home Setup A small table lamp without a shade is a good choice for setting up your still life at home, if you want to work from life, rather than the photograph above. An opaque bulb will give you a light source in between the two examples above.

O.k – you won’t have a diffuser to mimic a Softbox – but it won’t be as hard as direct sunlight either. Simplifying your drawings by mapping the shadows Before we get started on the main event, here’s a really quick way of practicing looking for the shadow line.

Don’t underestimate its importance because of its simplicity. It’s often the first sketch that is the most effective at conveying the sense of form rather than an overworked, detailed drawing. However, working with pencil, subtleties can get added into the scene (that are there) too early on and the simple distinction between light and dark gets lost. During this exercise, you have to make a clear distinction between light and dark because you are using a pen – helping to prevent the separation becoming muddled.

Pro tip: Working with a permanent marker pen is the best method I’ve found for practicing this technique. It forces you to make a clean decision in your mind before committing pen to paper. This sketch is based on the I’m using a black, fine line gel pen. This one is I sketch out the outline of the object and then put in both the cast shadow and the shadow line. I can then indicate the shadow side by hatching lines with the pen. I’m keeping the lines evenly spaced and changing the direction of them, depending on the direction of the form. Notice how all of the cast shadows on the table are hatched in the same direction.