I thought I would take a minute and walk you through my processes for the “Random” Object drawings.
1 Sketch in the broad shapes just as light as possible
2 Begin adding tonal edges
3 Begin filling in shadows
4 Watch for similar values blending into one another
5 Here I add “Shape” shading. The thing is both round and columnar so I lightly shade those shapes
6 I pay attention to reflected light AND reflected shadows
7 I got carried away with the shadow and made too distinct of a line
8 Lightly roll a kneaded eraser over it to lighten and blend it out
9 Sharpen my pencil and start working close up on making solid edges and blending them into their value edge
10 Contact shadows help distinguish edges of similarly valued shapes
11 Remember it is round and add shading to “The Dark Side”
12 Fuzzy edges make it look “sketchy” Clean them up with your kneaded eraser rolled into a point for exact work
13 The last thing I do is shade the entire image because nothing on the object is “white”
14 Ta-Daaaah!
