Hi Kyra – I would darken the lower right first. And think of the rounding of your form as you draw and tone. Think about it curving away from the lighted highlight into its shaded sides. And you don’t want your cast shadow to be too prominent. It will never be as light as your highlight. Remember what Doug said, pick your highlight area and then a very light tone should surround it and transition out gradually to your shadow side. Sometimes it helps to squint when you look at it to see your range of values.
10 December 2020
Great advice, Sam. I also think that if you plan to add color, you could put in a layer of color and then decide if you want to go darker on the shadow side. Sometimes it’s a sort of back and forth game between light and dark, and until you really reach saturation, it can be hard to know if you’ve gone far enough!
I seem to go too dark on my spheres so I stopped myself on the tomato. Should I erase/lighten up the top or darken the lower right before proceeding?
Looks good enough to eat
You could eat it; the tomato at the left is my real tomato subject!
Well you fooled me. Now you have a goal:)
Hi Kyra – I would darken the lower right first. And think of the rounding of your form as you draw and tone. Think about it curving away from the lighted highlight into its shaded sides. And you don’t want your cast shadow to be too prominent. It will never be as light as your highlight. Remember what Doug said, pick your highlight area and then a very light tone should surround it and transition out gradually to your shadow side. Sometimes it helps to squint when you look at it to see your range of values.
Great advice, Sam. I also think that if you plan to add color, you could put in a layer of color and then decide if you want to go darker on the shadow side. Sometimes it’s a sort of back and forth game between light and dark, and until you really reach saturation, it can be hard to know if you’ve gone far enough!