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4 Darker shadows will give depth to the Tips !
artwork so take a soft charcoal and add
darker details like the leaves in the illus- damp the brush with water to
trations. Give it a smudge but not too make a seamless blend.
much that it loses its details but good
enough to shade the background.
smudging rely on softer charcoal for a
nice gradient.
be careful not to smudge unwanted places.
Materials
charcoal pencils
Hard ,medium,and soft range.
Kneaded erader
The last step is to see if the dark and light is 5 Tissue
balanced and clean up white areas from the Brush
smudging .Take a kneaded eraser and make a
point so that its easier to pickup the charcoal
marks .
Colour Gradient
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