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Mike Sibley
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Posted May.11th, 2016, viewed 5 times
EXERCISE 3/6 VERY LIGHT VALUES - LILY
Truly excellent! I can instantly understand both the three-dimensional forms and the way they are positioned relative to each other.
<< I copied some of your lily. I used 2B for the dark shaded areas. The rest was done with HB, 2H, and a little 4H. I blended all with a very soft brush. >>
Thanks - your blending is so delicate - nothing at all wrong with that - I couldn't decide if blended or carefully layered. Your blending has definitely helped to smooth your darker tones seamlessly into the lighter ones. You've made excellent use of cast shadows that have removed much of the need for outline. Some outline does remain - that's understandable - and line is not a part of Nature, but in this case they read as the shadowed thickness of the petals, so they don't distract from the reality of your drawing. In general, always look for ways that you can use tonal differences to visually divide planes. We see them that way in real life. For example, if your shaded area of the 12 o'clock petal had been a little darker, or the adjacent outlines lighter, the outlines would have disappeared and would no longer be necessary.
Your shading is very smooth and delicate, and it follows the contours. There are no blunt or hooked ends, and the visible lines in your shading simply represent surface detail.
I feel you had a very clear idea of the three-dimensional shapes as you shaded this. I can fully understand all three-dimensional forms, and I can feel the texture beneath my fingertips.
Well done!
EXERCISE 3/7 SUPER LIGHT
<< After blending with a micro-fiber cloth it almost disappeared. >>
I knew when I suggested this exercise that it would be difficult to scan but I can see this quite clearly - after a little judicial darkening :o)
Excellent! Not a trace of edges, blunt ends, over-dark lines or anything else. Just an area of perfectly smooth overall tone, which was the aim. Once you get used to it, you can shade very large areas in sections, such as skies, without any joins showing, and a final a light blending removes any visible lines.
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