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Texture

9:35 AM, Friday February 2nd 2024

Hello!

I understand that I need to focus on the cast shadows and the surfaces they fall upon, rather than outlining the form. However, I have read the texture analysis lesson several times and have a question regarding an example: https://drawabox.com/lesson/2/6/step3.

In this example, we see the cast shadow beneath the form, yet the form is outlined. Could you please explain why outlining the form in this example is acceptable?

I am struggling with understanding texture, but I feel like I am learning a lot!

Best regards,

Adrien

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2:47 PM, Friday February 2nd 2024

This excerpt from the text for that section answers your question:

Note: While this part of this exercise is about drawing everything observationally, this is as a step towards understanding the nature of the forms that are present, and how they relate to their surroundings. Later, when we get into drawing the texture gradient, we will be focusing instead on using that understanding in order to invent our own cast shadows for those textural forms, based on their relationship with whatever light source we put into place.

Basically these first two sections of the exercise (the leftmost square and the notes) are where we simply observe and study the reference in order to understand how its textural forms are arranged and how they're shaped, so that we can then use that information to better understand how to design our cast shadows when constructing the texture gradient.

8:56 PM, Thursday February 15th 2024

Read and understood thanks !

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