Chalk Drawing Exercise - White on Black

By Helen South, About.com Guide

First we need to place the object on the paper. We aren't really outlining as such - although it looks a bit like an outline - simply giving ourselves a couple of guidelines to build the rest of the drawing. Draw very lightly so that you can easily erase, noting the outline (ok, we'll call it an outline!) of the egg, the shadows and highlights.

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• White Chalk on Black Paper Drawing Exercise
• Chalk Drawing Exercise - Shade an Egg
• Chalk Drawing Exercise - Observing the Light and Shade
• Chalk Drawing Exercise - Sketching the Composition
• Roughing in the Light
• The Finished Exercise - A Shaded Egg

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