Level 1: Foundations

Light and Shadow for Illustrators

5.0 (3 reviews)

Ever feel like your images are off somehow? Well, light and shadow are often the culprit. Pro illustrator Lee White shows you the fundamentals of applying light and shadow to your work.

33 lessons
7.5 hours of video content
23 Videos
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Learn a practical step-by-step approach to adding light and shadow to your illustrations

Learning how to apply light and shadow to a drawing is one of the most important foundational skills. Every artist, from beginner to professional, has to understand value in order to be successful. This course will teach you how to take your drawing to the next level and remove any confusion about the process.

Work alongside professional children’s book illustrator Lee White as he demonstrates his approach for adding light and shadow to 6 unique scenarios.

In this class you will learn:
What local tone is
How dark to go with shadows and where to place them
The difference between form and cast shadows
Edge control, including how to use hard, firm, soft and lost edges
Problem areas when it comes to adding light and shadow and how to correct them
How to avoid adding too much light
How to use light and shadow with different styles

Course curriculum

About the Instructor

Lee White
Illustrator Extraordinare

Lee White is a children's book illustrator based in Colorado. He has been illustrating books for the past 20 years and has over 30 titles to his name. His latest book, This Pretty Planet, was released in November 2020. He also teaches all his painting secrets at SVSLearn.com and workshops around the country.

COURSE REVIEWS

5.0 (3 reviews)
Sebastian Andrade
Best course i've taken so far

This is a very complete class with step by step excercises that help you understand and apply light and shadow

Qi An
Another J-I-T gold nugget

This class kills procrastination on learning Light and Shadow dead! Like the other fundamentals, this topic can be dry and boring and hard to understand - so...

Perky Smith-Hagadone
Perfect

Excellent pace. I love it...only on tools and I have learned a ton.

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