How To Draw Light And Shadows

Rendering and Crosshatching Techniques that are Essential for Three Dimensional Drawings

What you'll learn

You will learn to add light and shadow to your illustrations with confidence.

You will learn to cross hatch and render your comic art.

You will learn how to create amazing line art for your illustrations.

You will learn to draw more professional looking finished art.

Requirements

A drawing pad and pencil or digital art device.

Description

Welcome Students!My name is Robert A. Marzullo and I have been a professional artist for over 25 years.  It is my goal to help you learn the things I wish I had known as a younger artist.  This way, you get to level up your skills faster and I get to be the proud art teacher that helped you along the way.In this course my focus it to teach you how to draw more dimensional characters and concepts.  We do this by studying light, shadow, and rendering.  I will showcase these concepts in a comic book line art style but it really does apply to all forms of drawing.In this course you will learn about - Cast shadowsDrop ShadowsBounced LightEdge LightingCore ShadowsSpecular Vs. DiffusedTextures and ImperfectionsThis course is broken up into 3 primary sections.  The first is a basic exercise for you to study fades and rendering techniques. Feel free to share your work from any of these projects in the Q+A Section of this course.In the next section we will work on some more advanced versions of light and shadow by drawing an arm and a leg.  Here we will delve into single and dual light sources.  This can add a dramatic look to your work.  I chose to use an arm and a leg but this technique can and will apply to all sorts of other areas in your artwork.For the third section you will learn to light a face from three different angles.  This will help you to be creative and explore variations when working on your characters.  Again, this can be a great way to add mood and drama to your stories.Let me know if you have any questions along the way during this course and I can’t wait to see your amazing artwork!____________________________________________________________________________________// If you are not totally satisfied with this course, Udemy offers a 30-Day money back guarantee //____________________________________________________________________________________Thank you for considering my course and good luck with your art! :)Sincerely,Robert A. MarzulloRam Studios Comics

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction to this Course

Lecture 2 How to Proceed with this Course + Art Files

Section 2: Drawing and Rendering Fades - Practice Activity

Lecture 3 Basic Fade Practice Activity

Lecture 4 Rendering with Broken Lines

Lecture 5 Single Light Source on a Sphere

Lecture 6 Dual Light Source on a Sphere

Section 3: Drawing and Rendering a Comic Style Arm

Lecture 7 Drawing the Arm Model

Lecture 8 Adding Rendering to the Arm

Lecture 9 Additional Rendering to the Arm Example

Lecture 10 Inking the Arm

Lecture 11 White Out Technique for a Secondary Light Source

Section 4: Dual Light Source Example

Lecture 12 Drawing an Example with 2 Light Sources

Lecture 13 Drawing the Shapes of Shadows

Lecture 14 Adding Cross Hatching to the Leg

Lecture 15 Adding More Rendering to the Leg

Section 5: Light and Shadow on the Face - 3 Ways

Lecture 16 Lighting the Face from the Top Left

Lecture 17 Lighting the Face from the Bottom Left

Lecture 18 Lighting the Face from the Top Down

Lecture 19 Inking the Shadows of the Face

Beginner to intermediate artists that want to draw more dimensional illustrations.