For this exercise the goal was to make and show understanding of value scales. Value scales are very important for drawing. The shadow line on the paper is sadly from a wrinkle in the paper where the wind had folded my drawing while I was walking.
The value scales themselves include (from top to bottom) hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, and random markings which I drew “bubbles/stones” for.
The first image below was to show intermediate progress in shading the sphere, I used contouring lines. The second image was to show when I had finished shading the spheres, and moved onto the shadow for the sphere which can be seen below the next text block.
I drew and shaded the sphere mainly with an Ebony pencil and did some final touches to the shading with a B and a 6B pencil. For removing areas I felt got to dark I mainly used a kneaded eraser.
I was not thrilled about the sphere as I did not have a reference in front of me for the shadows of shaping it was purely from memory. I should have gone and found a marble or something but by the time I thought of that I had already laid in my darkest shading.
I drew the outline for the cube with an HB charcoal stick and shaded it mainly using twig charcoal. After I was happy with the layer of twig charcoal I then did touch ups with the HB charcoal stick. Just as with the sphere any part that got to dark I used a kneaded eraser, and cleaned the edges with a rubber eraser.
When I was drawing the cube I had pulled up a reference to get a sense of where the shadows should go and about how dark they should be comparatively. In the end I was very happy with my charcoal cube.
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