Start shading the orange with a a series of fairly short crosshatch strokes and be sure to leave some space between them. Step 3 – Orange Initial Shading Orange basic shading
The shadow and darker area of the orange will be directly opposite of the main light source which in this case is coming from the upper left of the drawing. Now add some inner details of the orange like the tip as well as the surrounding “wrinkles”.ĭraw an outline of it’s shadow and optionally add some lines to indicate the split between the light and dark area. Step 2 – Orange Line Drawing Orange line drawing Next draw it’s outer shape (basically a circle) and use the center line to help you insure that both halves are relatively equal in width. As the orange in this example is slightly tilted you can draw a straight angled center line to indicate it’s tilt. Start the drawing with very simple construction line sketch. Step 1 – Orange Construction Line Drawing Orange construction line drawing This tutorial will focus on giving the orange a believable 3d looking shape as well as a rough texture of the skin of an orange. It does however have an interesting texture.
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This step by step tutorial shows how to draw and shade a realistic looking orange and includes detailed pencil drawing examples for each step.Īn orange has a fairly simple shape, basically a sphere.