"just in case you guys are total beginners" *Didn't need to call me out like that but ok*

*EVERYWERE THE LIGHT TOUCHES IS OUR KINGDOM*

Me: *”I fear no man, but that thing, fuzzy shading, scares me.”*

I saw one of the layers was called "hi" and i wanted to say hi back

Why do I always look forward to when she says "leblehblehbleh" at the end

the white fuzzy shading made me hurt internally

"I'm using a reddy red, to make her skin look less . . . dead"

Feeling real called out by the “marking every colour darker”

The way I shade makes it look dead

I know that LavenderTowne mentions it, but I, someone who does photography for a hobby, need to shed more light on it. The burn tool is awful for art. The burn tool was made for photography, and it fits exactly for photography. The burn tool is supposed to be used as a way to contrast colours to make a photo have more of a personality. That is why the burn tool doesn't just make it darker, but also makes it more saturated. The burn tool is not, and never will be, good for drawing use. Okay, rant over.

“usually people use it in alien, er scary situations” me drawing a couple above the campfire: ...

"I'm using a reddy red to make her less... dead." BrUH tHat is a PERFECT rhYme. Did no one notice? Just me? xDD

Clicked this at the same speed my grades dropped. That's pretty fast mind you.

do a "do this, not that" about posing legs, I have a really bad time posing them (mainly when one is crossing another)

Mom: What are you doing? Me: a science lesson about light

"Oh, look, what lovely information about lightin--" "IT'S HIIIIIIIIGH NOON."

I always listen to the list of patreons to hear "lebluhbluhbluh" it makes me laugh a bit 🙃

Does anyone else not draw that much, but watch Lavender Towne's videos because 1. Her voice is so calming 2. She's just amazing at drawing & explaining things 3. She's very under-appreciated.

Lavendertowne before with Skillshare: 10$ a month is cheap! Lavendertowne after with Adobe Fresco: 10$ a month is expensive!

BASICS OF KNOWING HOW TO SHADE: 4:16 typical basic way 4:48 talking bout how reflecting light bouncing off the ground is kinda complicated to explain, reflection e.t.c ANOTHER ANGLE: (DIFFERENT SUN PLACEMENT) 5:45 TIPS: 7:20 tip that made this SO much easier :D Shade backwards (erase) 3D: 9:09 make em 3d Add hard shade lines to (not in difficulty like you did before) highlight TYPES OF SHADING: 10:35 - using one solid colour 11:33 - strong saturated colour, like a blue, soft brush, it’s so pretty :D - storybook/fairytale

I know a friend who highlights the blush with white out her excuse is "its my art style" .-.

KZfaq is best art teacher.

3:47 is when she start saying some techniques 8:55 is when she talks about soft shading 10:33 is when she talks about her methods

Love the layer you named “hi” 😂 I do that all the time

"Roundier" NEW WORD EVERYBODY!

LavenderTowne: "Speed is key" Me: **smashes through wall** _tOP OF THE MORNIN TO YA LADDIES-_

"Shine a light" .... WHY NOT. SHINE SHINE SHINE A LIGHT. ON YOUR DEEPEST FEARS-

7:03 Lavender: When you shine a light- Me: *SHINE SHINE SHINE A LIGHT*

*Furiously takes notes* Also currently I've been doing the method where you take each color and make it darker so I'm very happy to know that there are quicker ways lmao

You're a better art teacher than my actual school's art teacher. I've been taking so much notes and they've really helped. I've gotten so much better from weird, blocky, messy drawings to clean art with shape! ^^

Lavender: *creates digital drawing* Me: *brings out a cheap pencil and printer paper* Time To Draw! Edit: I don't even remember posting this lol. If you were wondering, I do now have proper art supplies.

"Straight up at high noon." **wH E E Z E**

How to draw hands and legs? :D

I love how you showed so many different ways to shade! I see a lot of art tutorials/tips/guides that are extremely black and white - *this* is the right way, *this* is the wrong way, etc. and I feel like it ends up being more detrimental than helpful since it leaves younger and/or more easily influenced artists thinking they have to do something a certain way. It's great to see a tutorial that shows there's no right or best way to make art, but goes through multiple techniques and demonstrates how they can be beneficial to a piece, even if it isn't a a method you personally use. Great job with this!

wow, Haley's improved so much from then lol, i'm so curious to see what a shading tutorial would look like from her now.

"softier, roundier parts" lmao, amazing video. Really helped!

*"It's high noon"*

I needed this video, I'm still learning how to shade! So thank you so much for making this video and I also want to tell you that you are a huge art inspiration to me! Edit: 332 likes and Lavendertowne loved this comment? WOT

No one: Nobody at all: Me: TEACH ME YOUR WAYS ART SHADING SENPAI

"Straight up at high noon" *Shows a pic of McCree* -. w -.

can you make a video on perspectives?

I just need to say, you are my biggest inspiration. And I'm not just saying that to be nice. I literally watch your videos all the time, and whenever my friends ask me who my favorite art KZfaqr is, I say "LavenderTowne!" without hesitation. Not only do you give the best advice and draw my personal favorite drawings, but you are actually a nice person, and you don't take advantage of your fans. I am a huge fan of yours, and I feel like you should know how amazing you are. I am so happy I clicked on that first video of yours that I've ever seen. Thank you so much for making videos, I probably would have given up on drawing if it wasn't for you.

This was one of the first Lavendertowne videos I watched and I was an absolute beginner. Now that I am a much more experienced artist I still use the shading techniques from this!^^

I love how she said "smoother" and then "roundier" instead of rounder :3

If you draw McCree allways draw the sun above him because for him it's allways HIGH NOON

yes! :3 love these it makes my art a LITTLE less crap

This may be just me but when I shade the hair I use the complimentary color of the hair color (I would only recommend doing this if you have a cartoony style and an unnatural hair color for your character) it may look weird at the start but once you add highlights it will tie everything together

Me: I always wake up at high noon- Mcree: ITS HIIIIIIGH NOON Also..*violently high fives screen* TOP OF THE MORNIN' TO YA LADDIES!

My parents really enjoy your channel, and they never liked KZfaq before I showed them your channel. You're​ amazing.

"Smoother Roundier Parts" - LavenderTowne 2k17 Love your videos!

"unless your straight up like High noon *shows Mccree* " I see what you did therr

This advice is useful and all but *I don’t know how to draw the character to shade*

Shading is my favorite part of drawing, so this video was very enLIGHTENing.

you know that big ball of radiation we call the sun

This video is the only reason I know how to shade properly. Thank you LavenderTowne for single-handedly saving my art.

My style of shading is basically this: Use a multitude of colors to shade unless it's monochrome.

YES SHADING THE THING I STRUGGLE WITH MOST WOOOOOOOOOOIIUUAGHVHGVSTYVWB Edit: The thing I did turned out to be the 'Do This' way WOOOOOOO

you're my art teacher

Hey lavendertowne!, you've helped me with digital drawing alot but could you do a "how to draw/shade clothes" sort of video?

As a traditional artist (and a bit of a noob) my favorite thing to do (and an exercise to warm up) is to make a simple drawing with some shapes (don't use a cube for example) and use a pencil to shade it out but, make it the best possible. It's really fun to make in pencil illustrations.

I am NOT early. I just got here a few minutes after it was posted.

Well, i am just going to just let that unoriginal comment be and stop being childish about it. Now that i stopped nagging around i am going to give Feedback about the actual Video: *I have been mostly struggeling with shading and your video really helped me out. It's clear to follow and is really helpful. I saw a lot of shading and light Videos and this one is the best for beginners like me. Thank you very much for this Video and don't stop Posting DRAW THIS, NOT THAT! :)*

I just tried the one @ 7:31 and OMG IT'S SO MUCH EASIER! I used to just, "okay the lights sorta over there... just shade where something overlaps... every part has shading now..." But I used that, because the piece I'm working on has someone in the woods with a cigarette. So the majority of the light is coming from the cigarette, now I'm just going farther and adding shadows to help further the dimensions. So I have the light areas, the "mid/normal" area, and the shadows. This was so much easier. You are a blessing, and saved my sanity

Haley: Her eyes and her hair on the glossiest parts of her. Me: So she just has really greasy hair?

i love your "do this not that" helpful tutorial thingies so much they have helped me lots! Could you do one on facial expressions or body language some time?

I realized I actually did my shading the hard way; the one where you choose a darker color, and it does seriously take a looooooong time. I'll take your advice and try the 3D shading. :D

My drawing world: what is this “shading” you are talking about

Lavandertowne: *shows a picture of Mcree. Me: *instantly Likes the video.

I thought it would be cool if lavender drew in vivziepops art style, or did a line art swap because vivzie pop has really sharp lines and lavender and really nice circle lines.

can you do a video on perspective?

I can't say I'd recommend anyone to follow the tip about multiply layers. Multiply layers are great, don't get me wrong, but you'll get much better results by manually picking your darker colors. Instead of just pulling down the value, you should also pull the hue towards a particular color. Multiply layers work great for pulling colors towards another color while simultaneously darkening it, but they don't really look natural since it is literally computer-generated. It also looks really gross when the color on top is too close or opposite to the base color. You have a lot more control over the end result with the other technique. It is more time consuming, but it's significantly more appealing.

6:06 there’s a “color the hole area” tool? I can’t even describe how angry at myself I am right now, know this tool would have saved days of drawing

IT'S HIGH NOOT hehe, This was really helpful. Lately I've had some trouble of where shades go and this was my light in the dark. Thank you Lavendertowne :3

Honestly I just love everything about this channel.

I literally could not grasp lighting and shading until your video!! Thank you so much it makes so much sense now, as a visual learner this is invaluable.

High noon made me subscribe this. May the sun be above you.

especially cute drawing today! i love this character ;w; i'm already aware of where shadows fall in certain directions but the explanation you give on how to do it and how to do it efficiently was very helpful!

This is very useful! And I must say using the light source from beneath was super fun for me when I used it in my drawing (the one in my profile pic)

The title is such a mood when it comes to beginners. PLS- WHY DOES ALMOST EVERYONE DO THAT WHEN THEY FIRST START-

All of these videos have helped me improve my art so much! Thank you! Also, I have adopted your "one color shading" style. Plus, that dramatic, only-erase-where-the-light-is-shining technique I use for really dramatic pictures (and they end up being some of my best work)

I thought the video said, "DRAW THIS, NOT SHAT" Also I love your videos. XD

Oml yes, I've been struggling with shading for so long now. and this helped me so much. my art's been improving alot faster since I started watching you. you help me so much, thank you

“a fuzzy white” *gacha tubers have left the chat*

when lavender towne teaches shading better than that one art class you took

That one white square for the thumbnail...

ehhehe.... i totally don't do the second one *nervous laughter*

Thank goodness. I'm always blown away by the beautiful cell shading lavender Towne uses and I'm actually pretty bad at shading in my own art. This video is a life saver.

Thank you for making these types of videos!!! I often forget certain techniques that could better my drawings and it’s nice to be able to come back and rewatch them and say “ oh that’s right! “ really helps! :D

I don't do digital art, but this was an amazing video.

It makes me so happy that you use Amarante's music in your videos, it sounds so lovely under your voice and they're really under-appreciated. I also really love this video and it comes at a very good time. For a while, I did only flat colors in my art because I thought it looked better. In reality, I just didn't know how to do shading in a way that looked nice while still being effective and quick. I've been trying to do more shading recently and I'm happy this video came out when it did, because it gave me a lot of good advice on how to shade quickly and in a way that looks beautiful. Your art is always so adorable and you're such an inspiration of mine, not to mention the fact that your "do this, not that" videos are a freaking life-saver. Thank you so much for this video and every other one, you're an incredible inspiration to me and I hope you never stop drawing.

I know I'm late but I just wanna say how much your work has helped me and encouraged me to keep drawing. In your "Do This Not That" videos you often talk about amateur mistakes that you used to make, but because I've been watching your videos I have been spared from making these mistakes. I often think of giving up, to stop drawing because family doesn't support me or how different the picture I made compared to the one in my head looked, but then, if watch videos like yours I'm reminded that you can improve, and you doing these tutorials just proves that. Thank you, for being such a huge inspiration in my life.

This is actually REALLY helpful! I have struggled so much with shading, and I've only ever gotten occasional tips from other artists, but this was the first time I had ever learned that you could mix hard shadows with light ones, and it was a game-changer lol. Thank you for the help!

all these are sooooo helpful!!! could you do one on eyes, or maybe backgrounds. edit: also perspective and sketching would be suuper helpful as well.

I tend to shade *badly* in that all of my drawings have the same light source. The skin is always shaded below the chin and below the bangs. I don't know why but I always assume the light is coming from directly above and I want to learn how to make lighting from different angles. This tutorial will definitely help me though, thank you for making this video

I just wanted to say thank you because you've helped me improve my art so much lately and I wanted to thank you for that!

so many people do these things, and when i showed them the video and your channel, THEY FINNALLY GOT BETTER! thank you!

the high noon part I can't 😂

Oh wow; Thank you so much! This was extremely helpful as 3:43 looks exactly like one of my drawings and you have shown me how to improve from my original shading style. 10/10!

Okay, I literally just read all of Unfamiliar in one sitting... I’ve been subscribed for a while now LavenderTowne, and I never bothered to read the web comic. I regret not doing it sooner. I love the characters and the storyline, can’t wait for more!

A reddy red to make your character less dead~ is my favorite line in this video. Also, just a little question: what if the head itself is the source of light? My character has a ball of blue fire for a head and that makes shading a challenge for me.