How do you shade step by step?

Make a value scale from light to dark on a separate piece of paper. Draw a long rectangle and separate it with lines into 10 equal pieces. Shade the square on one side of the rectangle with your darkest value. Start to add value to the adjacent square so it is lighter than the darkest value.

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Moreover, how do you know where to shade when drawing?

In this regard, how do you do simple shading?

Similarly one may ask, what are the 5 elements of shading?

The Five Elements of Shading

Cast Shadow: This is the darkest tone on your drawing. …
Shadow Edge: This dark gray is not at the very edge of the object. …
Halftone: This is medium gray. …
Reflected Light: This is a light gray. …
Full Light: This is the white area, where the light source is hitting the sphere at full strength.

What are the 4 types of shading?

These are the 4 main shading techniques I am going to demonstrate, smooth, cross hatching, “slinky,” which can be called hatching as well (I think slinky is more fun) and stippling.

How do you shade smoothly?

To get a smooth shade, you’ll want thick strokes which are close together. Move your hand high up on the pencil and away from the tip. The more you angle the side of your lead towards the paper, the thicker your strokes will be. The thicker, the better!

Circulism: Used to shade a base layer on the hand to give it a consistent base texture.
Contour Shading: Used to shade stretched skin.
Hatching: Used to shade nails and stretched skin.
Cross Hatching: Used to create patterns in the skin and to emphasize deep valleys/crevices.
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