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Shading Basic Shapes Into Forms

This document provides instructions for shading basic shapes to create three-dimensional forms using pencil shading techniques. It includes links to a video demonstration and practice worksheets. The instructions guide the reader to: 1) Practice shading different forms using the demonstration video and worksheets 2) Cut out the shaded practice forms 3) Draw a horizontal line on a paper to separate the foreground and background 4) Color the background with patterns and decorate it 5) Glue the cut out shaded forms on the foreground in an arranged manner consistent with the light source 6) Add cast shadows to make the design more realistic

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Shading Basic Shapes Into Forms

This document provides instructions for shading basic shapes to create three-dimensional forms using pencil shading techniques. It includes links to a video demonstration and practice worksheets. The instructions guide the reader to: 1) Practice shading different forms using the demonstration video and worksheets 2) Cut out the shaded practice forms 3) Draw a horizontal line on a paper to separate the foreground and background 4) Color the background with patterns and decorate it 5) Glue the cut out shaded forms on the foreground in an arranged manner consistent with the light source 6) Add cast shadows to make the design more realistic

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  • Introduction to Shading Forms
  • Shading Principles and Techniques
  • Practice Shading Exercises
  • Art Project Steps
  • Examples and Completion

Shading basic Shapes into Forms

Originally by Italian art teacher and artist Miriam Paternoster

1.View the video on turning shapes into form. Replay as


watch as many times as needed. Practice on scrap paper
using pencil. The video will demonstrate and explain the
steps to shading correctly. Don’t panic. Take your time
and practice your skills before you start on your final art
project. The link below is demonstration on how to
shade shapes into forms.

https://youtu.be/vMr6eimcolc

This picture of an example of light source and shadow placement.

Here are the lines. The shapes are simplified. See the center horizontal
line? This represents the line separating foreground and background. This
will be important after you practice shading.

This is a close up view of shading techniques: different pressure of the
pencil results in darkest to lightest value.

Practice shade with different types of line.


How can you shade different forms? Something with sharp edges and flat
surfaces, like a cube, will have dark, or hard, shadows at the edges. The
darkness of the shadow on the faces will not change much. Something
with a curved surface, like a ball, will have a softer, more gradual
shadow. To practice shading on different forms we use the worksheets you
can find here below. You can print out several forms to practice. You can
the draw the shapes with the help of the video.

Directions/instructions

1. After you practice shading with the video free hand draw or
use the pdf work sheets provided and shade the forms
correctly. Pay attention to the light souce. It should be the
same for all the shapes/forms.

2. Cut out the shaded forms.


3. On a drawing paper draw a line at approximately halfway through the
paper horizontally. That line separates the foreground from the
background. Use marker or colored pencil and color the background with
free forms in color. Think “Zentangle” designs and repeating line and
shape patterns.
4. When you finish decorating the background, glue or tape the previously
cut forms by arranging them in a manner consistent with the light source
and taking care of the positions of the forms on the foreground surface
(front/back – top/bottom).
5. To make our design more realistic, we added the cast shadows.
(Remember the video examples.)
Examples

Please take a quality photo of your completed work and email me or post to Schoology.

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