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Even adept artists occasionally struggle with crafting realistic three-dimensional pictures. Of course they know the basic concepts and create realistic drawings instinctively. Only occasionally yet the most skilled find parts in their artwork that look deformed and unnatural.



For novices it is yet harder, they've to exercise daily to move up a training curve. It is long-familiar that outstanding drawing abilities are the outcome of daily exercising. Instead knowing the three most important rules of three-dimensional drawing can make your life easier . They can be a shortcut to improving your drawing skills and help even experienced artists to pinpoint parts that need a makeover.



So what causes a drawing look naturalistic and three-dimensional? There are three rules that contribute to the realistic appearance of your pictures. Each of them must be mastered. Together they ensure outstanding outcomes:



* Composition

* Perspective

* Illumination and Darknesses



Composition



Does composition actually contribute to the three-dimensional appearing of your images? Of course! The three-dimensional appearance of any picture has much to do with the relationships connecting the various objects inside the picture. You can produce an image consisting of objects created according to the laws of perspective and have ideally composed lighting and dark parts. But a bad composition will spoil most of the three-dimensional effect.



There is just one important composition rule: allow your drawing's objects overlap! Often I see beginning artists avoiding to let objects in their pictures overlap , because they're afraid to ruin it completely.



Indisputable - if your picture has lots of overlapping parts it is more complicated to depict. There are more dark parts also perspective and dimensions of the objects have to be much more exact.



That’s demanding sure enough. Closely composed objects in your drawing may relentlessly uncover all weak points. On the other hand if you cope to get the perspective, lighting and shadows proper, a denser arrangement will beef up the three-dimensional effect.



So take the bravery to arrange your picture’s objects nearer together. Allow them to overlap and show how good you are able to draw them according to the rules of three-dimensional pictures.



Perspective



Creating a drawing employing correct perspective is the moment where a bit bit maths comes into play. No need to worry - no complicated know-how, simply drawing some extra lines.



By creating a picture keeping the laws of perspective in mind you ensure that:

* your drawing's elements have the correct dimensions and size

* your drawing's elements have the correct distortion according to the distance of the viewer

* your drawing's elements are arranged correctly to each other



All this is accomplished by employing one small rule:



“Picture elements and parts of them get smaller the farther they're away.”



This rule cannot be stressed too much. If you fail to apply it properly, your drawings will appear warped and awkwardly. So drawing some extra lines will help you to employ this rule correctly.



Light and Shadow



The correct lighting and shadowing is the 3rd important principle for realistic appearing three-dimensional scenes. It is for the lightings in your drawings that shadows emerge. And shadows are necessary for a realistic appearing drawing - except you depict “gray rainy day” scenes only.



To craft realistic shadows there are some rules you've to keep in mind:



* you must know where the light originates from

* this enables you to find the proper dimension of the shadow

* the proper bearing and alignment for the shadow

* and the correct silhouette of the shadow



Unfortunately realistic shadows are not that easy to realize. But there are some helpful techniques. Exactly in this moment I'm writing on a tutorial explaining these methods step-by-step. It will follow here soon.

This is just a first sketch of my conceptions on http://drawingsecrets.com/drawing-realistic--naturalistic-style/perspective-and-shadows/the-three-principles-of-great-three-dimensional-drawings.html

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