Drawing a Day, Week 1, Day 2, Light and Form

One of the great joys of drawing and painting is getting an image prepared in two-dimensions on paper to appear 3-dimensional. Take a look at this book, which has some great explanations of how to create light on form. Go to:
www.artgraphica.net/free-art-lessons/light-shade-charcoal-pencil-brush-drawing/light-shade-charcoal-pencil-brush-drawing.html
and try some of the exercises there. Today is a good time to start creating your visual "scales" - the exercises you create to enhance your drawing skills, and limber up before settling down to works in progress.

Here are a couple of drawings from our members:

Astralagus leptaleus flower, colored pencil on paper, including a background! Teresa Burkert

 

 

The Gardener, graphite on paper, Katherine McCrery