Using Light and Shadow to Portray an Animal as Three-Dimensional In this section, we shine light on the dog sketched on page 33. Omit details. Conceive of the Corgi’s overall figure as a cylinder. For this sketch, I assumed a light source located to the upper left and added shadows accordingly. Once you have gasped the overall flow of shadows, start thinking about shadows on the heads, legs, and other body parts.
Check Draw the head. Make it round and shade it as a sphere. The right half should be in shadow. The left sides of the snout, neck, shoulders, right foreleg, pastern, and paw should likewise be bright, while the right sides should be in shadow. This will make the Corgi appear three-dimensional. Head Snout (Nose and mouth of an animal; the “muzzle”)
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Neck
Shoulder
Chest and belly Right foreleg
Pastern
Left hind leg
Paw
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Right hind leg
Looking at the overall image, the chest and belly, the left hind leg, the left foreleg and the left pastern are all in shadow. When drawing these parts, start by making them moderately dark according to the degree of brightness and then adjust the shade to create a sense of volume.
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