This is project 10 from Drawing for Dummies.

I’m continuing the progress on Chapter 10’s project. I’ve now put in the basic shading and turned this into a thumbnail sketch.

A thumbnail sketch of the lobster trap.

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This is my fourth drawing from Drawing for Dummies.

I’m much more interested in this project. It’s not the subject that created so much interest, but the techniques. How to add highlights and shadow to suggest a 3-dimensional object. The shading will take more practice (doesn’t everything). I’m not as good at gradients with the pencil as I’d like to be. I’m still fairly happy with the results as I can definitely see the shape of the sphere.

A 3-dimensional sphere

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