The Shading Course
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Welcome
Shading Course Overview
Material List
Feedback Sessions
Community Platform (Discord)
Private Coaching Session
Set Your Intention
Set Your Intention
Before and After
Make Space
Module 1: Light & Shadow
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Photography Tips
Practice: Terminator Studies
Module 2: Light Effects
Modeling Factors Overview
Reflected Light
Halftones, Highlight, and Center Light
Ambient Light & Occlusion
Penumbra and Review
Practice: ModFac Hunting
Practice: AO Study 1 (2D)
Practice: AO Study 2 (3D)
Module 3: Value Control
What are Values?
How to Draw Smooth Tones
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Couplets
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Practice: Value Scale
Module 4: Value Organisation
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How to Organize Values
Practice: 4-Tone Value Study
Practice: 5-Tone Value Study
Limited Range
Module 5: Realistic Shading
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Inclination & Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: Shading Simple Forms
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures
Module 6: Light Probes
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: Light Direction Quiz
Practice: Update Your Intention
Practice: Light Probes
Module 7: Showing Form
What is Form & Structure?
Geometric & Organic Form
7 Tools for Showing Form
Practice: Section Lines
Practice: Building Blocks
Practice: Crosshatching
Practice: Draw a Box
Module 8: Inventing Shading
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head
Module 9: Maquettes
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
Practice: Maquette Composition Study
Module 10: Final Projects
Practice: Maquette Drawing
Practice: Next Level
Closing the Circle
Resources
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Interactive Light & Shadow
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
Feedback: Working Big to Small
Feedback: Apple Still-Life
Feedback: How to Compose with Focal Points
Feedback: Graphite Portrait Drawing
Demo: Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Demo: Digital Maquette Extended (Blender)
Demo: Halfway-to-Black Head (Blender)
Demo: Ambient Occlusion Paintover
Demo: Sphere Painting Feedback
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Feedback: Working Big to Small
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The Shading Course
Buy now
Learn more
Welcome
Shading Course Overview
Material List
Feedback Sessions
Community Platform (Discord)
Private Coaching Session
Set Your Intention
Set Your Intention
Before and After
Make Space
Module 1: Light & Shadow
What is Light?
Separating Light & Shadow
Practice: Egg Sketches
Light Types
Practice: Eggsperiments
Photography Tips
Practice: Terminator Studies
Module 2: Light Effects
Modeling Factors Overview
Reflected Light
Halftones, Highlight, and Center Light
Ambient Light & Occlusion
Penumbra and Review
Practice: ModFac Hunting
Practice: AO Study 1 (2D)
Practice: AO Study 2 (3D)
Module 3: Value Control
What are Values?
How to Draw Smooth Tones
Practice: Value Gradient
Practice: Value Couplets
✍️
Practice: Value Scale
Module 4: Value Organisation
▶️
How to Organize Values
Practice: 4-Tone Value Study
Practice: 5-Tone Value Study
Limited Range
Module 5: Realistic Shading
▶️
Inclination & Brightness
Common Shading Mistakes
Practice: Halftone Quiz
Practice: Shading Simple Forms
Practice: The Perfect Egg
Practice: Shading Creatures
Module 6: Light Probes
Light Probes
Matte Surfaces
Reflective Surfaces
Fresnel Effect
Practice: Light Direction Quiz
Practice: Update Your Intention
Practice: Light Probes
Module 7: Showing Form
What is Form & Structure?
Geometric & Organic Form
7 Tools for Showing Form
Practice: Section Lines
Practice: Building Blocks
Practice: Crosshatching
Practice: Draw a Box
Module 8: Inventing Shading
Halfway-to-Black Shading
Practice: HTB Worm
Inventing Cast Shadows
Practice: HTB Head
Practice: Refined HTB Head
Module 9: Maquettes
Introduction to Maquettes
Practice: Physical Maquette
Practice: Digital Maquette
Practice: Maquette Composition Study
Module 10: Final Projects
Practice: Maquette Drawing
Practice: Next Level
Closing the Circle
Resources
Recommended Reading
Artist Psychology
Interactive Light & Shadow
Bonus Demos & Paintovers
Feedback: Working Big to Small
Feedback: Apple Still-Life
Feedback: How to Compose with Focal Points
Feedback: Graphite Portrait Drawing
Demo: Digital Cast Painting Sketch
Demo: Digital Maquette Extended (Blender)
Demo: Halfway-to-Black Head (Blender)
Demo: Ambient Occlusion Paintover
Demo: Sphere Painting Feedback
Change Log
Change Log
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