Graphite shading techniques

First of all, I want to congratulate all of you who thought about my challenge and are going to step up this year to making your own doodles...

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In colorimetry and color theory, lightness, also known as value or tone, is a representation of variation in the perception of a color or color space's brightness. It is one of the color appearance parameters of any color appearance model.

Learn how to select the best drawing pencils for realistic drawing, and demystify pencil grades in this guide!

Welcome to How to Shade and Blend Graphite: Pencils & Blending Tools in Use! This class is split into two different sections: in the first part I will be talking about basic traits of graphite pencils, how to handle them and show some studies to practice the basic shading technique. These are the fundamentals fo realistic drawing and I highly recommend you master it! In the second part I'll introduce my favorite blending tools and we're going to put to practice everything you learned in the…

Mastering Value and Shading in Drawing: Building Confidence Step by Step Let’s get to the heart of realistic drawing—value and graphite pencil shading techniques. This is where confidence begins in the art room, and students start to see their skills truly take shape. It’s not only fun to teach but also transformative for students, laying […]

Have children paint a narrow strip of tone starting with white and adding small amounts of black gradually until the strip is now black. Put strips of different coloured cellophane paper over the top. This shows the tones of different colours.