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Basic Pencil Shading

February 2, 2013 2 Comments

Learn the basics of shading with pencil. Here I review some bad drawing habits to avoid when learning how to shade. Also, no beginner drawing lesson would be complete without demonstrating a good approach to using graphite pencils on paper.

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  1. Christine says

    April 4, 2018 at 9:43 am

    Thank you for the great tutorial. I would like to do longer pencil drawings and not just quick sketches and will definitely use the techniques you demonstrated.

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    • John Morfis says

      April 4, 2018 at 4:21 pm

      That’s fantastic Christine!

      Reply

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