Sketching lesson 5 - shading for texture and sketchiness


Top Art tip - your shading can also show texture.


So in the above drawings you can see marks which give the impression of foliage, stonework, and a shiny metal cylinder.

Top Art tip - Your shading doesn't always have to be neat and smooth -
 You can leave looser marks to give the impression of speed and movement,                          as in this horse,









or sketchiness, as in this tree, fence and grass in shadow:

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