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LifestyleHow to Shade and Render your Drawings Like a Pro (Udemy.com)
Shading and Rendering Made Easy: Learn to Create Stunning Drawings with Step-by-Step Instructions
Created by: Rich Graysonn
Last updated June 2023
What you will learn
- Understand the fundamentals of light, shadow, and texture
- Apply different shading techniques to create realistic drawings
- Render different types of light
- Calculate shadows and occlusion accurately
- Add textures to their drawings
How it compares
Against the other 175 rated Udemy courses in Digital Painting on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 26% of them
- Reviews54#145 of 176 by number of reviews
- Length9.4 hourslonger than 81% of them
- Last updatedJune 2023more recently than 70% of them
Course Description
Learn how to shade and render like a pro!
Do you want to create realistic drawings that look like they were made by a professional artist?
If so, then this course is for you!
In this comprehensive course, you'll learn the fundamentals of light, shadow, and texture. You'll learn how to use these principles to create realistic shading and rendering, whether you're using pencil, pen, or digital media.
Here are some of the topics you'll cover in this course:
Understanding values and how they affect shading
Rendering different types of light, including direct light, falloff, bounced light, and rim light
Calculating shadows and occlusion
Rendering different surfaces
Adding textures to your drawings
By the end of this course, you'll be able to:
Create realistic shading and rendering in your drawings
Use different types of light to create different effects
Calculate shadows and occlusion accurately
Render different surfaces with the correct textures
Draw a variety of objects and scenes in a realistic style
This course is perfect for:
Beginners who want to learn how to shade and render
Artists who want to improve their shading skills
Anyone who wants to create more realistic drawings
Sign up today and start learning how to shade and render like a pro!
Here are some additional benefits of taking this course:
You'll learn from a professional artist who has years of experience teaching shading and rendering.
You'll get access to over 50 lectures and over 9 hours of video content.
You'll be able to ask questions and get feedback from the instructor throughout the course.
Don't wait any longer! Sign up today and start learning how to shade and render like a pro!
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Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
54 Reviews
Rich Graysonn
Aside from being an artist as long as I can remember I started offering a few tutorials on Youtube. Little did I know that by teaching people the fundamentals of art and anatomy i'd begin a new dimension to my career. Being a working freelance illustrator with a youtube channel is hard work, and I wouldn't change a thing. I steadily expanded my work from clients who needed branding to doing work on indie games and apps. i enjoy helping artists and non artist achieve that next level. The road to artistic expression and freedom is paved with hard work and dedication. There are setbacks and monsters to slay , but the rewards are great.
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Reviews
By Sheila Oliveira on 12/18/2025
This is a fantastic course. This course is packed with step by step instruction and helpful tips. I have so much more understand about light and shading, hatching, cross hatching, and pencil and pen control.
By William Kerilla on 1/6/2025
The instructors style and delivery exudes patience and experience
By Dr. Harald Kritz on 8/16/2024
Ein wirklich schlechter Kurs. Habe geduldig versucht, den langatmigen Ausführungen zu folgen. In der Mitte des Kurses hatte ich erkannt, dass teilweise die Inhalte nicht richtig sind und habe frustriert aufgegeben.
By Tami Mitchell on 12/17/2023
I like how Rich takes his time to explain things so that one can understand what is going on in his classes. I think this approach helps me a lot and I look forward to other classes.
By David Archvadze on 10/16/2023
I really enjoyed the course as a beginner artist it helped me a lot in my journey to perfecting and improving my drawing skills.
By Ataki Nangaï on 4/9/2022
Super cours de la part de Rich. L'instructeur est très excellent dans son explication et dans sa simplification du sujet mais aussi et surtout dans la mise en confiance de son auditoire. La compréhension du comportement de la lumière et la création de texture sont des étapes primordiales dans l'art de l'illustration et, en suivant méthodiquement, vous comprendrez vite les bases. A la fin de ce cours vous saurez comment analyser et décortiquer l'art autour de vous afin de s'en inspirer : votre art fera un bond incroyable en avant.
By Phillip Lister on 8/10/2021
Instructor has an excellent grasp of his subject. He covers virtually everything about this subject. Covers it in an understandable way without jargon weighing it down.
By Kim Back on 6/15/2021
I feel more confident about drawing since doing this course. Rich was easy to understand and follow. Thanks ha you, thank you Rich.
By Perry Constantine on 4/7/2021
As always, Rich provides great courses with challenging assignments and useful feedback. One thing I would like to understand more is about rendering the human form or when there are multiple light sources. That might be a bit beyond the scope of this course since it's part of his beginner series, but it is something that I'm still struggling to figure out.
By Preston Bates on 9/14/2022
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Overall Score : 88 / 100
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- Provider: Udemy
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