Chapter 8
Exploring the Third Dimension
In This Chapter
Training your eyes to see light and shadows as values
Turning basic shapes into three-dimensional drawings
Trying your hand at drawing a sphere
Drawing realistic images involves creating the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional drawing surface. One of the most significant factors contributing to how you (and your audience) perceive three-dimensional forms (which are also called volumes) is the way light and shadows interact across them. Before you can draw realistic three-dimensional illusions, you need to understand how light and shadows work to create those illusions. In this chapter, you discover how artists look at light and shadow and how you can do the same. You examine interactions of light and shadow on three-dimensional forms and explore ways to use value to render functional light and shadows in your own drawings.
Seeing Light and Shadows and Using Values to Represent Them
Light and shadows visually define objects; to create three-dimensional objects on paper, you have to draw both of these elements. But before you can start drawing the light and shadows you see (and the objects they define), you ...
