Figure Drawing: Tonal Rendering

Discover how to enhance the dimensionality and drama of your figure drawings using tonal rendering techniques.

Introduction

• Figure drawing: Tonal rendering
• Demo files

1. Introduction to Tonal Rendering

• Using light and shadow
• Creating a five-part tonal gradient
• Building tonality-varied mark making

2. Rendering Light and Shadow

• Demonstrating flat vs. dramatic light
• Rendering block with cast shadow
• Rendering egg with cast shadow
• Rendering cylinders with cast shadows

3. Dramatic Tonal Rendering

• Lighting your model
• Simplifying figures into basic volumes
• Adding tonality, demo 1
• Adding tonality, demo 2
• Building structure to tonality

4. Alternate Lighting Challenges

• Silhouette
• Camouflage
• Putting it all together
• Bonus video: Timelapse of drawing process

Conclusion

• Next steps