Shadows are a mixture of many different colours.
- the colour of the object itself
- the colour of the background it is reflected on
- the colour of the light that is shining on it
- any other colour nearby that is refected in it
Light is coming from direction of arrow. start at the left and either paint around the highlight or take it out with a paper tissue, add more paint on the darker side of the ball |
Do not dry completely - mix up the pink with a little paynes grey and don't worry if the pink flows into the shadow. Don't forget that shadows get lighter the further away they are form the object that is making the shadow. So your shadow should get lighter as it goes to the right. Soften the edge of the shadow with clean water if it dries with a hard edge. Darken the very edge of the pink ball. The shadow is darkest right under the pink ball. |
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Draw 2 balls overlapping - paint the pink ball first allow to dry a little but not completely. Then paint the blue ball, dont worry if the pink flows into the blue a bit (reflected colour). Note the shadow shape |
Paint the shadow in one, go mixing pink and paynes grey but adding blue and paynes grey as you work to the right. the pink ball refects pink and the blue shaow has more blue. Soften the edge of the shaow with clean water if necessary. Darken the area under the blue ball where the shadow is darkest |
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