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Drawing techniques for pen and ink: learn how to create value in texture in your pen and ink drawings. This page demonstrates 5 simple, basic ink drawing techniques! 
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What do you get when you cross squiggles with circles? You get Squirkles! Squirkling is a method of shading incorperating randomly draw curved lines to create textured values.
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This tutorial provide in-depth information about shading with squirkles. It also shows you how to draw basic squirkle sets and create squirkle value scales.
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This tutorial explains the techniques you can use to create smooth shadings using graphite. It also tells you what pencil to use, the ways to apply graphite and how to add texture.
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"Learn the basics of optics to bring your painting skills to a new level. This tutorial is the first in a series that takes you through the fundamental science behind light and vision, so that you can create realistic paintings that make sense to the human eye. First up: light, shadow, reflections, and edges."
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This tutorial provides some useful information about the different techniques you can use to see light and shadow when painting a scene. This article is perfect for anyone currently learning the basics of painting or any artist wanting to improve the detail of their drawings.
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In this video tutorial, you'll learn about shading spheres according to where your light source is located. This is a very useful tutorial for anyone who wants to know about the basics of pencil shading. Check it out.
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"The pencil shading exercise explored on this page is called 'graduated tone'. It is a drawing technique which can be used to create a strong sense of space and form. It is a very useful skill to develop for both pencil and color pencil drawings."
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This tutorial explains how to master the art of pencil shading. Although there are a lot of pencil drawing tutorials floating around the web, there are only a handful that explain how to shade your portraits as clearly as this tutorial does. This tutorial will be extremely useful if you're a portrait artist or a beginner who recently started drawing in pencil.
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This detailed tutorial explains the different techniques you can use to improve the shading and blending of your drawings. It also explains the materials needed for different types of portraits.
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Sketching is an action word, and you can only learn this skill by actually sketching. To give you a feel for the sketching process, numerous illustrations and simple text take you step-by -step through the process of rendering a sketch from one of my sketches (much easier than working from an actual scene).
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A detailed tutorial explaining the various methods of sketching process. If you want to learn about sketching proportions, mapping values and defining values, this tutorial is a good place to start.
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Most drawing subjects can be rendered to appear three-dimensional with only five values plus white. This project takes you through the process of successfully drawing a three dimensional cylinder.
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This tutorial introduces you to the light and shade theory used to draw a three dimensional cylinder based on five values. Among other useful techniques, you'll learn how to accurately measure and draw the outlines of a cylindrical shape, and use pencils to add shading to create the illusion of a three dimensional object.
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Knowing where to draw light and shadows can turn shapes into forms, such as a circle into a sphere. In this article, you examine four aspects of light and shadow created by a dominant light source, which show artists where to draw light, medium, and dark values.
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This tutorial demonstrates the different techniques you can use to draw light and shadows on circular shapes. The tutorial also explains the concepts of using highlights, shadows, reflected light, and cast shadows.
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Shading is a technique that is often overlooked by many beginner artists. Unfortunately, shading isn't something you can simply ignore as it will determine how realistic your pencil drawing end up looking. This tutorial explains the process of creating a smooth shading with a graphite pencil. Check it out.
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This tutorial explains the different shading techniques you can use on your pencil drawings. It contains information about hatching, cross-hatching, contour-hatching, scumbling, and stippling.