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Mike Sibley
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Posted Apr.2nd, 2019, viewed 15 times
EXERCISE 4
You've produced smooth shading and stronger values than in Exercise 3 but, again, your darks can be much darker, and your shading more solid. I think the video should help you with that. Try this one too, although it mentions things we haven't covered yet: LAYER AND BURNISH.
If you look carefully at your boxes you should see that the darkest value of your 4H bottom box can be matched almost all the way up to 4B. So most pencils can produce many of the values that the other grades can. Also notice that the harder grades produce a much smoother and finer finish.
You can use that to your advantage. For example, you could use a grainy soft grade for drawing a sandy or earthen floor, or a harder smooth grade for drawing a shiny metal or smooth glass. The values will be the same but the perceived surface texture is completely different.
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