Drawing Challenge#9 Light 光

I've spent 2 hours on this artwork. Pencil on A4 size cardboard.

This is an entry for a drawing contest by @helene with the theme Light. Light enables us to see what we see. Actually, we can just draw anything for fitting into the light themed contest as it would a total darkness if no light was present. But obviously, that wasn't the intention of the organizer.

I have to find something that can represent the light in our everyday life. The first thing that came to my mind was the glass cup. The glass has the ability to capture light motion as it moves, complimented by various blurred shadow. However, that would be a repetition since I have drawn the beer cup for 2 weeks ago for the same contest series too. I got to find something else that is able to show the presence of light in an interesting way.

The subject I chose for the contest is the dewdrop on a leave. I always love the look of dewy leaves. Early in the morning, the dewdrop silently sitting on a leave, facing towards the sunlight. The naturally perfect circle shape was crystal clear. Combined with the refractions of outside world, showing a tremendous detail of morning light.

此作品花了近两个小时，用的是铅笔画在卡片上。

我将会用这幅作品参加由@helene举办的，以光为主题的绘画比赛。光是我们能看见事物的最重要元素，几乎任何东西都可以参加以光为主题的比赛。因为没有光就看不见任何东西，没有光暗表现，将是一片漆黑。但那应该不是主办方的本意。

现实生活中有很多东西可以呈现光线，第一个想到的就是玻璃杯子。玻璃杯子有很好的透光性，还可以因为造型的不同把光用各种匪夷所思的角度弯曲，让平平无奇的光线呈现千变万化的舞姿。但在之前的比赛已经画过同类型的两只酒杯了。不想画重复的东西，只好再继续寻找适合的主题。

如上所见，这次选择的主角是露珠。露珠是很可爱的存在，每个凌晨霞光初露寒气未散之时，花园中的叶子上总会有点点晶莹剔透的露珠。它们静静的坐在叶子上，完美圆形的透明身躯被阳光透过，配合外界的事物，在小小露珠的世界里呈现了光怪陆离的光线。

Breakdown of drawing

I wanted to draw on a toned surface to showcase the white strokes of light. But all I have is the pure white paper sketchbook. Why not trying to draw on the cardboard cover of the sketchbook itself? The surface was rough but it should be fine.

因为手上只有纯白的画纸，为了呈现白色的光线只好使用绘画本的棕色卡片封面。表面是粗糙了些，但是无碍下笔。

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Sketch the outline of the dewdrop shape and the base of leaves.

先把草稿画出来，主要是露珠的原型和叶子底线。

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Drawing the detail of shadow first with a pencil, you don't want to go hard on the stroke now.

把露珠的阴影用浅手法画出来。

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Extend the shadowing on the leave, now heavier stroke can be used as we almost got the whole frame steady.

初具格局之后，用稍微重的手法把暗影加深，也把露珠所带出来的影子呈现在叶子上。

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Now comes the exciting part. This is my first time using white pencil, now you see the point of drawing on a toned material, else the whites can't play a part in it to present more contrast against the shadow.

处理好暗影部分后，是时候试一下白色铅笔的效果了。现在在中色纸上作画的好处就会显现，白色比划很好的呈现露珠里的光线。

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Whiten the reflective areas in the dewdrop, as well as the glowing shadow on the leave. The white pencil and gel pen work like charm covering up the graphite by pencil.

第一次使用的白色铅笔和原子笔出乎意料的好用，露珠和叶子的反光部分很立体的描述出来了。

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Touching up the background with a few really rough blurred shade, added a few tiny dews too. Now it is the time to darken the shadow inside and around the dewdrops to make the contrast looks more real.

Dewdrop did a great job to capture the shapeless light and present it lively under the close-up angle. If you like the content, you know what to do. Peace!

主体完成之后，可以把叶子的背景再加强点，利用模糊背景的手法把主体衬托得更突出。白笔的第一次使用效果很不错，露珠的透光效果令人满意。

在镜头放大之下的露珠果然是捕捉无形光线的好帮手。希望你会喜欢！

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My other artworks:

• Cloud 云
• Two glasses 两只酒杯
• Steemit Hero · Steemit英雄
• The Venom 超级毒液
• Eagle 老鹰
• Spiderman 蜘蛛人