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Many beginners draw cast shadows by just scribbling dark lines, making them too light or the wrong shape. This lesson teaches you to treat the cast shadow as a subject in itself. I'll show you how the light source's position determines a shadow's specific shape, length, and direction.

You'll learn to identify the darkest part, the occlusion shadow, and the softer penumbra. I demonstrate step-by-step how to plot and shade the cast shadows for a sphere, cube, and cylinder, ensuring they have the correct values and edge quality to make your forms look three-dimensional.

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