Comments on: 25 Days to Better Drawings – Day Ten – Drawing Basic Forms

By: Matt Boyce

Matt Boyce — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:56:33 +0000

My paper doesn’t let me mix white over graphite, makes it nearly impossible. Looks great though! Still did the best I could and did the shadows etc

By: Julie Archambault

Julie Archambault — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 22:20:45 +0000

I am very sorry, but the only thing I learnt with this lesson is how to copy what you are doing. It would have been very useful to have images of each form to show us the effect of the light on them. Like Tania, I don’t undestand why the left side of the box is so dark when you stated that the light came from the upper left corner and sligthly in front. The left side should be in the light.

By: Ana Ruiz

Ana Ruiz — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:44:22 +0000

In reply to Sabrina Manneh-Velazquez. Thanks for posting this! I was interested to know too because mine acts very differently than the one used in the demo!

By: Tania Tyler

Tania Tyler — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 01:56:57 +0000

I’m not understanding why the left side of the box isn’t a lighter tone with the cast shadow where it is on the right. Wouldn’t that mean the light would be hitting the left side (and top) and thus need to be a lighter tone? The pyramid has that face lighter. Thank you.

By: Marianne Post

Marianne Post — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:31:58 +0000

In reply to matt. Thanks for the tip.

By: matt

matt — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:42:10 +0000

In reply to Marianne Post. Hi Marianne, I usually like to slowly darken values. It's always easier to make values darker than to make them lighter if you go too dark.

By: Marianne Post

Marianne Post — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:49:13 +0000

Matt; I don’t see this question posed in the above comments. Why do you lay down a tone with your H pencil and then overlay with a 2B. Why not just start with the 2B?

By: Barbara Bekhuis

Barbara Bekhuis — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 13:23:34 +0000

With every lesson i get mote confindent in drawing freehand. Thank you Matt

By: Michelle Molitor

Michelle Molitor — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 13:21:29 +0000

Like others I struggled with understanding where the cast shadow was to be placed.

By: jackie connell

jackie connell — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 21:28:24 +0000

if i was doing casts shadows without your help matt and with the light coming from the top left, my shadows would be at the bottom of each object and not to the right.i guess i need to learn more about cast shadows.