. Drawing for beginners . g, ortumbler, upon a white plate and in a strong light. Do younot find that the mug or tumbler—though a shade darkerthan the white plate—mingles with the cast shadow thrownon the plate ? The contents of a small table—a mans smoking table noless than a ladys toilet table—^will offer innumerable objectsfor the study of pure light and shade. A cigar-box with itsgilt and gaily tinted labels is a very good object-lesson inlight and shade, and seen in a shaded position the lightlabel blends with the polished dark wood on the shadowside. A cigarette, like a cigar, presents a
. Drawing for beginners . g, ortumbler, upon a white plate and in a strong light. Do younot find that the mug or tumbler—though a shade darkerthan the white plate—mingles with the cast shadow thrownon the plate ? The contents of a small table—a mans smoking table noless than a ladys toilet table—^will offer innumerable objectsfor the study of pure light and shade. A cigar-box with itsgilt and gaily tinted labels is a very good object-lesson inlight and shade, and seen in a shaded position the lightlabel blends with the polished dark wood on the shadowside. A cigarette, like a cigar, presents a tubular shape, light onone side, dark on the other. The gold or cork tip of thecigarette merges into the shadows of the shaded side ; thecrimson and gold band of the cigar mingles with the richbrown shadows of the cigar itself. If you arrange several objects of contrasting colour closelytogether and in the same light, the contrast helps to forcethe effect. Draw a cluster of purple grapes and light green grapes186. Fig. IOC). Light and Shade on Coloured Objects 186 Light and Shade side by side. The purple grapes catch the hght and holdrich shadows. The light grapes should be as firmly but moredelicately drawn; they require light touches of chalk, andshadow-shapes drawn with a gentle hand. The depth andshade of the grapes vary very little. There is a slightlyheavier tone beneath the dark round globules. A white or cream birds wing leaning against a dark greenbottle with a shadow projecting over the feathers makesa very interesting contrast of light and shade. Only thestopper of the bottle reflects pure light. The rest of it issubmerged into shadow, and, half closing your eyes, you willfind that the bottle loses itself in its own shadow cast onthe ground. The whole of the wing is a light tone, the lightest portionbeing that which is nearest. Draw the triangular shape withfirm touches of white chalk, then shade down with blackchalk where the shadow lies. There is a rich sh
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