Shading Techniques for Drawing Realistic Figures and Clothing
Winged Canvas Art
1:40:04
Description
Have you ever struggled with realistic figure drawing because of shading? Join figurative artist Fei Lu as she guides you to master shading techniques in this step-by-step figure drawing class. You will learn how to create the illusion of light and shadow on forms by simplifying and organizing your values. You’ll be guided to draw realistic-looking figures and fabrics with dramatic lighting effects that will pop off the page!
By the end of this course you will know how to:
- Simplify and use the value scale to shade your drawings much more efficiently
- Understand and identify different types of shadows and their properties
- Shade realistic forms, shadows and highlights on white and toned paper
- Construct a human body starting with simple shapes and adding complex forms
- Draw and shade people and fabric with realistic lighting
- Speed up your shading techniques to draw faster and more confidently
Materials:
- Demonstrations are drawn traditionally using pencil and conte / charcoal, but you may use the medium of your choice, including digital techniques!
[Final figure drawing project on toned paper with shading]
[Value exercise and form shading practice]
About the Instructor:
Fei Lu is an award winning visual artist, educator, and founder of Winged Canvas. She has been teaching and practicing life drawing for over 20 years, and coined the GSL (gesture, shape, line) method for figure drawing, helping thousands of students build their confidence and get into the art school of their dreams with this proven teaching methodology.
What You'll Learn?
- Drawing
- Fine Art
- Visual Arts
- Creative
- Figure Drawing
- Pencil Shading
- Realistic Drawing
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We are an online visual arts studio based in Ontario, Canada, and we represent a roster of professional illustrators, designers, and animators with a passion for teaching. We host virtual art parties, online events and custom workshops for schools across North America. We also design art resources for classrooms and provide free art tutorials on our YouTube channel, helping self starters, teachers and homeschoolers access quality visual arts education from home.
At Skillshare, we're bringing you special programs in illustration, character design, figure drawing, digital art and cartooning -- designed exclusively from our roster of talented artists!
About our Instructors:
Fei Lu is a figurative artist specializing in portraiture and contemporary realism. She holds a BA in illustration from Art Center College of Design, and has been practicing and teaching figure drawing for over 20 years, helping her students get into the art schools of their dreams. Fei is passionate about teaching, painting plein air, and being part of a creative community. Her goal is to travel the world and capture memorable moments through her artwork. See more of her art at @feiluart on Instagram.
Felicia Bielby is a concept artist and game designer. She loves drawing environments, characters, prop, and rendering 3D models! She admires all forms of art but currently focuses on working digitally, experimenting with technology to create art as much as she can! She enjoys being part of a creative community, and she is always immersed in a great game - some of her favourites are Skyrim, Ghost of Tsushima, Hotline Miami, Journey, and Final Fantasy VII. See more of her art at @fbielbs on Instagram.
We Love Art Nerds! We are dedicated to nurturing creativity and artistic skills because we believe art is essential to humanity. Join our mission to make arts education easily accessible for everyone!
We specialize in teaching Figure Drawing, Cartooning & Anime, Digital Art, and Drawing Foundations.
We hope you enjoy our lessons. See you online!
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View courses SkillShare- language english
- Training sessions 6
- duration 1:40:04
- English subtitles has
- Release Date 2023/02/15
