The value chart was pretty hard to make at first because I went from light to dark really fast. The last three squares almost look identical due to this. Shading wasn't that easy to me at first but as I practiced it more on shapes I was able to do it much easier. Shading circles has never been my strongest suit due to the fact that I always get the direction of shading screwed up. Half of it would be a circular looking motion and the other half would be oval so it didn't show its full dimension. Cones proved to be fairly easy for me on the contrary. It was much easier to get the shading right on those probably due to the fact that the shading motion was easier to perform. Although I do enjoy shading with pencil, charcoal is way better. It just naturally shades itself and looks better. It doesn't take as much effort to make one shade flow into another as it would with pencil. I feel that these shading activities improved my capabilities as an artist.
The value chart was pretty hard to make at first because I went from light to dark really fast. The last three squares almost look identical due to this. Shading wasn't that easy to me at first but as I practiced it more on shapes I was able to do it much easier. Shading circles has never been my strongest suit due to the fact that I always get the direction of shading screwed up. Half of it would be a circular looking motion and the other half would be oval so it didn't show its full dimension. Cones proved to be fairly easy for me on the contrary. It was much easier to get the shading right on those probably due to the fact that the shading motion was easier to perform. Although I do enjoy shading with pencil, charcoal is way better. It just naturally shades itself and looks better. It doesn't take as much effort to make one shade flow into another as it would with pencil. I feel that these shading activities improved my capabilities as an artist.
The value chart was pretty hard to make at first because I went from light to dark really fast. The last three squares almost look identical due to this. Shading wasn't that easy to me at first but as I practiced it more on shapes I was able to do it much easier. Shading circles has never been my strongest suit due to the fact that I always get the direction of shading screwed up. Half of it would be a circular looking motion and the other half would be oval so it didn't show its full dimension. Cones proved to be fairly easy for me on the contrary. It was much easier to get the shading right on those probably due to the fact that the shading motion was easier to perform. Although I do enjoy shading with pencil, charcoal is way better. It just naturally shades itself and looks better. It doesn't take as much effort to make one shade flow into another as it would with pencil. I feel that these shading activities improved my capabilities as an artist.