Shading 101
One of the most important things to remember when you're sketching or drawing is, SHADING. Shading
creates perspective for
your drawing. Look at the example of a rose. Notice how
it is shaded to show the way the sun is hitting it? That's
shading. A good way to practice shading is by writing your
name out on a piece of paper in bubble letters on a piece of
paper of any size. You can look at my example below.
Notice how I wrote it big enough that
you could almost
add a picture inside the letters. That's how you want your
to look too.Now its time to shade your beautifully printed
name! So you're going to pick a direction that the "sun" it
hitting your name from. The shadow will be on the
OPPOSITE side of your "sun". (If you need too, its probably a good idea to draw a sun, just so you don't forget which side the suns hitting your picture from. Now, on the tops of the letters and sides OPPOSITE to the