Today I am going to draw a sphere in 3D.
I'll use Fabriano recycled drawing paper, lead holders with 3B and HB leads, a soft
brush, a kneaded eraser and an 8 ball.
The theory is that if we follow the sight of a person looking at a sphere, and we project
that on the surface, we wouldn't get a circle, but an oval shape.
And, if we drew this oval to the exact proportion, and someone looked at it from the right viewpoint,
it would appear to him, he was looking at a 3 Dimensional sphere
Here is the 8 ball. I'll make a little base with my kneaded eraser, so that it doesn't
roll while I am drawing it.
Carefully, I'll draw the outline of the figure that is being projected on the paper.
Remember that I am not above the ball, hence this is not going to be a circle,
but an oval shape.
You won't believe this but I am drawing with my left hand, and no, I'm not left
handed.
I just couldn't reach with my right hand because I am behind the camera.
Let's do the last little pieces.
OK, here it is.
This is how it looks from above. This is its actual shape. It turns out the best looking
part is the one I made with the left hand!
Anyhow, I refine the line, now that I am sitting comfortably.
By the way, when you trace the shape originally, You should be looking through the view finder
of the camera, or, if you are not using a camera, you should be closing one eye so that
it works.
I want this to have a chrome finish, therefore I do dark shadows and bright lights. I smudge
the graphite with the brush and pull lights with the kneaded eraser.
I get the reflected light bouncing from the paper.
And, I draw the artist's being reflected on the sphere.
The little base I made at the beginning left some grease which marked the drawing so that
was a bad idea [boo].
But nothing that can't be simply resolved with the same eraser.
I give a tone to the background so that the lights on the sphere look even brighter by
contrast.
This is how it is looking from above.
I use a piece of paper to keep the drawing clean.
Remember, that it's the contrast between lights and shadows that produces the glow.
I want more reflections, and of course, I do them following the round shape.
The last details, and it is ready! [ahhh]
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Translation by Marty Rickard Tauranga, New Zealand