Prudy Vannier :: Shading & highlighting
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- Prudy Vannier :: Shading & highlighting
This lesson is all about shading and highlighting, exactly what is shading and highlighting and why do we need it.
Well, shading and highlighting gives form to objects in paintings and um… it also shows us that there is a light source. If you look at these two samples, this is a blue dot on a tanned backboard. This dot has been shaded on the dark side with darker blue paint and on the light side with lighter blue paint. You see how it creates volume? And with a shadow added, it adds even more. I have a simple leaf on this board.
I’m going to show you how it can add some character to the piece also. I’m going to shade it first with a darker green, using a big brush, apply paint to the shadowed side. I’m going to make this in the shadow side, the stem end. It’s going to look sort of like it’s coming out at you when it’s finished. Add quite a bit of paint to get that dark colour on there. And on the other end, I can add a highlight colour, which is a lighter green. Put that right in here. Oh my god.
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