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Introduction to Pencil Shading

By Helen South, About.com

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Irregular Shading

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To prevent unwanted banding through a shaded area, change the pencil direction at irregular intervals, making one stroke long, then next short, overlapping where needed. The example at left shows an exaggerated example of how this effect is begun; at right the finished result.

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