DRAW A FIGURE IN 20 MINUTES

Shading and rendering is my favourite part of a 10- or 20-minute pose. Here, I’ll introduce some of the basic principles, tools and techniques that I use to shade or render in a short amount of time.

Before I begin, I first analyse and limit the values I use. For life drawing, I use a three-value palette of light, dark and mid-tone. This helps me to control values as I shade and render forms.

To define forms, I use a combination of soft or