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the sphere as gray and then add the black lines, the sphere will appear far too dark. Stay aware of how dark or how light the surface details are to be. If they’re dark, make your early base values a little lighter, and vice versa. Anticipating in this way will keep your drawing on track.
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Surface details should follow the
same value changes that are visible in the underlying forms.
Static details that seem unaffected by the form’s overall light structure can completely flatten an object, hampering how dimensional your subject appears. When you look at your subject, notice how the value range of details in the light will appear lighter and those in the shadows will appear darker. The surface details should be drawn this way (see Value Shifts below). This will not only make the surface more believable, but it will make the entire subject more dimensional.
characteristics of a particular subject as possible. During a general sketching session, jot down a list of how many visual surface characteristics describe the subject you are trying to capture. For example, a general wooden surface may evince grain, knots, cracks and nail holes. But how about describing the surface of an apple? Or old barn wood? Or perhaps weathered leather?
This listing exercise can be very challenging, but it can really familiarize you with a specific subject matter and allow for a more believable representation of it. However, knowledge of a certain surface or texture doesn’t mean that you need to incorporate all you know of it into every painting or drawing. You might do better to simplify the surface into “visual essentials,” as mentioned earlier in the squinting phase. Less can be much, much more. Balancing your drawings with the right amount of surface detail can be a bit tricky at times, but experimentation makes a great safety net.
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Each pentagon shape on the surface of this sphere is essentially the same relative value; however, each one is affected by the light in the same manner as the sphere itself. The pentagons on the A B C lighter regions of the sphere will appear lighter and those in the shadows will appear darker. Pay close attention to the value changes of any surface details so that they may not appear out of place.
When your surface details follow the same light changes as the underlying forms, the result is a believable illusion.
Hexagon A is located in the lighter region of the sphere and should appear lighter than hexagon B, which resides in the halftones near the shadow. Hexagon
C is located deep in the shadow region and is therefore the darkest.
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