How to Shade a SphereMrs. Comstock

What is a sphere???O A sphere is a

circle that has been shaded so it looks like a three dimensional object and NOT just a flat circle.

Let’s watch a quick clip about this:

O http://video.about.com/drawsketch/How-to-Do-Basic-Shading.htm

When drawing a sphere, you need to consider your light source.

Which side is the light coming from?

O The light is coming from the LEFT. This puts the highlight on the left of the ball, and casts a shadow to the right.

OThe light source can come from OTHER

directions too, which CHANGES which side

the shadow falls.

In this picture, which side is the light coming from? Where is the highlight?

The shadow is always on

the opposite side of

the highlight!

Before we get started, let’s talk about shading. When you shade

there is a right way and a wrong way!

Wrong Way:

Right Way:

STEP 1:O Draw a circle.

We are going to pretend the light is coming from the

LEFT.

Step 2. Add a curved line to the right side of the circle.Fill in the crescent moon shape dark.

Step 3. Draw another light curved line, smaller this time like the hole in an olive. Leaving left side white, shade from dark to

light in the middle shape.

This shows the HIGHLIGHT! Where the light is directly hitting!

Step 4. To add a shadow, make an oval starting at center of bottom of the sphere. Fill in dark. Remember, the shadow is on the opposite side of

the highlight!

Now that we have learned how to draw spheres, let’s

start our project called

FLOATING SPHERES!

We'll start with a small square (probably 5" X

5"), make a vanishing

point and then extend wavy (or straight)

sections outward to

color.

Next we'll make some spheres using pencil and crayon.

You can make the shadows if it helps you, but we are going to cut them out without the shadows so you will be cutting the shadows off if you do.

We'll cut them out and glue them on our initial square.

Next place your square randomly on your larger paper and extend a

few of your black rays

and change the black ray to a

color ray.

AWESOME WORK! VOILA! You are finished! You learned how to draw

a shaded sphere, draw lines from a one point

perspective, and how to make floating spheres!