This week we'll be doing an exercise to improve our shading. The exercise is called 'shadow mapping' and works like a very high contrast image. We assess our figure and look for areas of shadow and map out the shapes of the shadow. The only parts of the figure that we will draw, are the shadow shapes, no mid tones or highlights. This exercise will help you to relate shapes together, and this will help your proportion. It helps to squint when you look a the model, and only focus on the large shadow shapes, and not get too lost in detail starting out.
Exercise 2: Drawing with marker
To participate, please bring in a marker, so you can experiment with it as a drawing medium for both short poses, longer poses and for shading. Many concept artists will rough out their designs with marker to get the overall shape, then use pencil or pen to tighten the forms and details, then go back with a marker to do a shading/rendering pass to give the forms volume and shape. Please bring an ALCOHOL based marker, otherwise we'll all die from the fumes. NO 'Sharpie' markers, they are non-alcohol based and the fumes are nasty. If you have any old markers that are about to die, bring those in, they are great for laying in a very light and loose gesture, then you can use more fresh markers to finish up the drawing.
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