02-21-2023, 04:56 AM
For value and color a pretty overwelming(depending on your artistic understanding) and technical book to look into is
Scott Robertson - How to Render - The Fundamentals of Light, Shadow and Reflectivity .
It a very solid book on fundamental to me it actually the only book which in teach it in a manner that make the reader feel they can trust that this is not just a collection of how do draw x but actually a how to draw everything you want kind of book it certainly not very pratical but everything is grounded in reality.
Most learning book or tutorial don't care about accuracy and it make the beginner wonder about what is the logic to the madness of estimating what is the secret of those artist to get ''good at estimating'' well the secret is you don't have to ... even if guide allow for more accuracy it not very practical when it come to drawing. what important is understanding the concept and developping ''the mind eye'' which is not to physically draw every guideline but to be able to visualize and estimate. The problem is that it take time and to develop this mind eyeability and the more you understand how guideline work the more you can become depend of using them to support your work so there some school of thought that it better not to use guideline or to not simplify form at all.It more like abstract concept to apply with ''the mind eye''.
Scott Robertson - How to Render - The Fundamentals of Light, Shadow and Reflectivity .
It a very solid book on fundamental to me it actually the only book which in teach it in a manner that make the reader feel they can trust that this is not just a collection of how do draw x but actually a how to draw everything you want kind of book it certainly not very pratical but everything is grounded in reality.
Most learning book or tutorial don't care about accuracy and it make the beginner wonder about what is the logic to the madness of estimating what is the secret of those artist to get ''good at estimating'' well the secret is you don't have to ... even if guide allow for more accuracy it not very practical when it come to drawing. what important is understanding the concept and developping ''the mind eye'' which is not to physically draw every guideline but to be able to visualize and estimate. The problem is that it take time and to develop this mind eyeability and the more you understand how guideline work the more you can become depend of using them to support your work so there some school of thought that it better not to use guideline or to not simplify form at all.It more like abstract concept to apply with ''the mind eye''.