Hello my friends and welcome to another Tuesday of tutorial!
I am Leonardo Pereznieto and today we will draw a gold sphere.
We begin by sketching a circle.
By the way if you haven´t seen the tutorial on how to draw a perfect
circle freehand…
I suggest you to do so.
The link will be right at the end of this video.
For this will make the movement of the whole arm
all the way from the shoulder.
And then we refine the circle.
I´m using a Yellow Sand.
Very good!
And now with the white, we paint the highlights.
After this we use a dark brown for the darkest reflections;
it is just a base.
We will go over it in layers with other colors.
I uploaded a long and in detail version of this tutorial
to my Patreon account.
The link is in the description under the video.
And also below the video is the list of all the materials
that I´m using.
It is important that if you draw in layers, when you lay down
the first colors, you don´t press too much…
lay them lightly, so that then you can apply the other ones.
Otherwise is very hard to get the color on them.
And mix them.
If you want to learn more about it
and draw realistic metals, jewels, precious stones,
flowers and other surfaces
I recommend you my book ¨You Can Draw: Simple Techniques
For Realistic Drawings¨
With the white we go over the areas of a light.
And I´m using it lightly now
and then, with the dark brown we darken a little bit further
the darker areas.
As you saw, a moment ago I also applied some reddish
color to create this effect of the gold ah-- reflecting reddish.
Ok.
I think it is looking good.
Now, so that it doesn´t look like it is flying in the air
let´s draw the shadow.
That will immediately ground it.
Just underneath the sphere
the shadow will be dark.
And then it will soften
as it is gets farther away.
And now I will intensify some of the yellow of the sphere.
And as you saw, I added some of the yellow tone as well on the shadow.
Which is a reflection of the gold of the sphere.
At this point we are working on the upper layers.
And therefore, I have to be pressing
much harder than before.
The shadow of a sphere, usually has the shape of an oval,
unless the lighting is completely above it, in which case will be
a circle of course.
And now I´m using a colorless blender to burnish the color,
burnishing is when you press hard usually with a light color, or with
a colorless pencil,
in order to blend them, or to intensify them, creating a more shiny effect.
Good!
And finally, to give it a more 3D effect, I will just outline the surface
where it is standing, in perspective.
Like this.
Very good!
¡Excelente!
It´s ready!
Click on the link if you want to watch the tutorial, on how
to draw a perfect circle
freehand.
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And I will see you on Tuesday ;)
Subtitled by Grethel Trejo