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Be Curious - Draw an Object
- Notice What You Like - Part 1 and 2
- Draw a Scene
- Draw a Leaf or Flower
- Take A Minute
- Taking Rubbings
- Stitch Memory Journal
- Draw an Object
- All you need to know about this activity
- About drawing from observation
- Step 1: Which object to choose?
- Step 2: What background shall I place it on?
- Step 1-2
- Step 3: Size of the drawing, and where to place it
- Make a viewfinder
- Step 4: Make a basic sketch
- Step 5: Light and dark (tone), and shadows
- Step 5 continued: Highlights
- Step 6: Texture
- What next?
- Draw an Object Video Guide
- Wellbeing Art Tour - Discover Manchester Art Gallery
- Visiting an Art Gallery
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Step 5: Light and dark (tone), and shadows
- Spend some more time looking at the object, this time noticing carefully how some areas may be a darker shade than others, and how some areas may appear dark because they are in shadow. Also notice any shadow it makes around itself/underneath itself. What shapes are these dark areas? It can help to half close your eyes and look at the object. This reduces colours a little, and enables you to see the light and dark areas (tones)
- Draw and lightly shade in these areas of tone, trying to be as accurate as you can. Use a drawing tool and the kinds of marks that will best describe what you see
Hatching:
People often use a method called hatching to shade areas, (above) and you can also use other marks too. (See Step 6: Texture, and also, for more tips, refer to the exercises ‘Tools & Techniques’ and ‘Make Marks to Music’). Start with the mid-toned shapes and then build up the darkest tones with heavier, bolder marks.
