January 2014 Video Tutorial : Drawing Plastic and Chrome What's the Diff?

[Barbara B]

Drawing Chrome & Plastic: What’s the Diff?



A lot of Xara artists (especially Ron Duke, our Featured Artist!) like to draw shiny, complex, reflective shapes. So what is that shape made out of so it reflects? Plastic? Chrome? Swiss cheese? This month Gary takes you into both a physics lesson and an artistic workout as you learn how to draw stuff that looks like plastic and other stuff that looks metallic.

Nuances are everything in the competitive field of art. And face, it: you really want to learn how to draw chrome! C’mon along!

Watch the video and get the resource files.

Then show us some shiny stuff in this thread!