F13 - Light on a Mug

Beginner |7 Pages - 18 Illustrations


This project takes you step?by?step through the process of drawing a simple mug. You first sketch proportions, then outline the various contours, and finally add hatching lines to the sections that are in shadow. By the process of elimination, the remaining sections are touched by the light.

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