Adding Dark Tones for a Still Life Background

Video Transcript

"Okay welcome back. So underneath the seal is definitely the darkest shadow and even though this is dark, what you see here? You can actually take your time and you'll use a lot of pencil. You'll have to sharpen quite often. When you really get down to this paper and fill in even the cracks and crevices. I don't even have to draw a line for the bottom of the seals belly. If I go in and just do the shadow right up next to it and get really dark it's going to actually, if I make the shadow in the line of the belly it basically draws the line for me. I don't need to draw the line. So I'm going to come in here and then I'm just going to just keep pressing down. And this will be the darkest area of the picture and will be a good focal point for those looking at it. Now there's other areas that are unfinished. But I just chose three main areas, the shadows on the seal, on the bottle and the background. But you can apply these techniques to all of the glass and so forth. And take your time and really look at where the shadows are. You've got a glare there, a glare there. You've got a mid tone here. You've got a darker one there. But with glass it's a little bit different. You can almost say a lot more with pretty much just really light strokes. You don't have to do a lot. But this is a beginner one so I hope you enjoy learning about coquille board and I encourage you to try these techniques and give it a whirl. I think you'll be happy with the results. Thank you."