How to sketch and shade a leaf

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With a carbon sketch pencil draw a line and a pentagon around it

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With a hb charcoal pencil lightly sketch the leaf inside the pentagon

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Erase pentagon and thicken stem with an hb charcoal pencil

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With a 6b charcoal pencil add a shadow under the leaf, and blend softly with finger, and highlight with kneaded rubber

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With a 4b pencil add shadows on surface leaf and then highlight with kneaded rubber eraser

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Use white charcoal to add light areas to the surface of the leaf

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Make the ground lighter behind the shadow with white charcoal and blend lightly with finger

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Using a 2b and a 4b pencil make the background dark shade shadows on leaf.

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July 11, 2013

Description: Hey guys I am going to show you today how to sketch and shade a leaf with carbon, and charcoal.

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