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I'm in my drawing class in school now, and am having real trouble with shading. I have a 2H pencil, a good eraser, a blending stupid, a 2B pencil, and drawing paper.

Any tips? Especially for spheres.

another way to study shading is by paying attention to how the light is distributed in nature such as plants and trees. it is not abad idea to invest in a proper set of pencils... they are definately worth it! Another trick which is very handy is to do is find Black and white pcitures and copy them for the shading is already there.. once you become cofident with that, you can then start to add colour... its a really handy way of training your eye!

Shading? Uh... You must maintain the balance everytime... I'm not a good artist but my bro trust me in the shading part... Its like coloring something using a pen... My tools are colored pencils and some color points! If you want to achieve good shading, you don't need anyone to let them teach you: you yourself can do it! Just imagine that even though its stupid its still art you know!

Simple shapes!!!!! Just seperate everything into simple shapes like a human body, While using the circle and cylinder technique you can see how to shade the body parts by knowing how light would hit a ball or a cylinder. Also find the best technique for each part of a shadow, some might need the trusty blinding stump and others might just need some simple cross-hatching. But most important of all Choice a light sorce and keep everything to it! don't have to light sources in a portait, but a scene with many things going on might get harder. If your new to shading stick to one light source and make sure you dont have glars going in different directions. I'll show you what I mean in a later post g2g!!