DO'S & DON'TS with Pencil Shading

By PRB ARTS

Materials

Pencil

Paper

7B

A4

Don't shade like this

Rough shading strokes is not recommended for beginners

Don't Overlap Like this

Overlap shading is not recommended for beginners, because some stokes will be darker and some will be lighter in shade tone, it will be harder to control

Step 1

Practice pencil strokes like this

Step 2

Practice short-distance pencil strokes like this

Step 3

Use your pencil strokes like this, it will improve your free hand skills

Avoid sharp pencil in shading if you are a beginner

Use rough texture paper if possible, it will be helpful for the beginners

There are few techniques for shading and blending with pencil

Hatching & Cross-Hatching

Scribbling & Circling

Blending with paper piece, using rough brush & also using your hand finger

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