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If you're looking to enhance your technical drawing skills, expand your repertoire of techniques, refine your attention to detail, and unlock the full potential of your drawing abilities... Then this is the project for you.

Through this comprehensive lesson, you will develop a strong command over the following techniques:

  • Understanding Form: Master the art of capturing three-dimensional forms on a two-dimensional surface.
  • Graphite Manipulation: Explore the nuanced techniques of manipulating graphite, including controlled pressure, varied line/edge quality, and deliberate shading methods. Learn to wield your pencil with precision, creating seamless gradations.
  • Rendering A Visual Impression: Unlock the secrets of effectively portraying light and shadow on a spherical surface. Acquire skills to accurately depict highlights, shadows, and subtle variations in tone.
  • Refined Observation and Replication: Sharpen your observational skills, allowing you to keenly study references and replicate intricate details with precision. Train your hand-eye coordination to accurately capture the essence of the subject.

Here are all of the materials you will need:

  • Graphite pencils- from 2H-2B
  • Paper- white/off-white/pearl grey, Stonehenge or Canson mi-teintes
  • Kneaded erasers
  • Paper stumps- a variety of sizes

Source image is attached at the bottom of the post.

Link to the silent draw-along video: https://youtu.be/IHHrRa_h9R8

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The Sphere Project

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Anonymous

This has to be one of the most important lessons an artist can be taught, the concepts and the deepening of the development of the concepts is incredible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge at this level.

Anonymous

Hello Stephen! You have insisted in the technical aspect that pressing too much the graphite make the drawing shiny. Why is the shinny shadows bad in a drawing?

stephenbaumanartwork

Graphite shine can affect the appearance of the values in the drawing when viewed from different angles. Personally, I am not too bothered by it, but I know that in the community of graphite artists it is a concern.

Anonymous

Wow this is great lesson of taking a simple sphere to the next level, let’s see how far I can go… game on! Thank you Stephen!