I was trying to practice shading using cross hatching as a technique. I found this quite difficult, because whilst there was some tone created in the areas of shadow, it was quite hard to get it to look tidy, and well polished. I was trying to also look at interesting perspectives and I think this also made it difficult to focus on both things. I think there should have been maybe more texture and shading on the ground in the top right image, but I couldn’t think how to shade the ground and also keep the shadow from the door standing out.

After I had trouble with cross hatch shading in the perspective drawings, I thought it would be easier to take things back a little simpler. I started by drawing the 3D shapes of a cube, cuboid and a cone. I looked at different light sources and how that would affect where you put the shading of the form. I think making the shapes simple helped me to work out with the crosshatching and really be able to think about how the light falls.