By Chelsea

Hello, everyone!! I’m back with another drawing tutorial!! Editor Renée chose “Light” as her theme. So I’m going to teach you guys about light placement in simple objects.

So please enjoy and have fun learning!!

For this, I am going to use a circle as an example.

First, draw a circle. On any media, any surface–just draw a circle.

Second, determine where the light is coming from. Figure out which parts are the lightest and darkest in the circle. And, then, outline the shadow.

Third, add color and shading!!

Follow your previous step and carefully put the shades into the object. Use blur tool if you are on a digital device, and use a tissue or just toilet paper to blend all the shades to create a smooth surface if you are not on a device.

And lastly, add the shadow!! As you can see, the darkest part of the shadow is the nearest to the object because the light reflection is at its minimum point. And of course the further the shadow goes, the blurrier and lighter it gets. So use the blur tool or paper to blur the end of the shadow; it’ll make your shadow’s ending point blend into the background.

We are basically done!! But you are not only going to draw a circle all your life right? So I included some other basic objects and shapes and their shading areas.

And we are done!!!! Hope you like this tutorial, and I hope it’ll help you to improve your drawing~!! See you next time!!

Light Editor: Renée Vazquez