Today I am going to draw a water drop.

And do not leave because at the end of the tutorial I am going to show you 2 paintings

to give examples of how you can use a water drop in a work of art.

To start I sketch the shape of the drop and go over it.

In a transparent object, the light behaves in a particular way:

Lets say that the beams of light come from the top-left,

then the darkest part would be precisely on this part, as the light would go through the

drop and illuminate the bottom-right.

And here, if anything, will be a little reflexion.

Down here then, would be the most light.

I start shading the darkest part of the drop. I«m using a slightly hard lead: an H

It would cast a shadow on this side, but in the middle of it, would be a light.

Then with a brush I smudge the graphite for a more even finish.

I reinforce the shadow in the vicinity of the drop,

and then smudge it.

With a kneaded eraser I pull some reflexions.

And then with a white pencil, pastel like, I reinforce the lights.

It is dry. A sort of chalk.

I darken a little further.

This is not a drawing paper and is leaving me black spots. Even after smudging you can

still see them.

Therefore I sharpen my eraser like an ant eater [chuckles], and I pull the dots.

Then, if I left some white spots, I fill them in carefully with the lead.

It should be smooth and uniform, to look like a water drop.

I want to give it even more light!

The beauty of drawing on a toned paper,

is that the lights really stand out.

Specially if they go with good shadows.

I will extend it further up,

although this part is going to be flatter and without reflexions.

I hope you liked it. That is finished!

And as promised, I will show you 2 paintings:

This is an oil on canvas called Freshness. It is a pretty simple one.

While this... does not have a water drop... it has about 320 drops!

I would really like to know what do you think about it. You can write me in the comments

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