Introduction to Pencil Shading

By Helen South, About.com Guide

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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• Pencil Shading Problems
• Irregular Shading
• Circular Shading
• Directional Shading
• Using Lineweight in Shading
• Contour Shading
• Shading in Perspective

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