Online-Instructions - Learn to Draw and Paint
Drawing the Paperwarrior - Step-by-Step - Page 2
by Markus Agerer
Step-by-step instruction - How to draw the Paperwarrior
Now you can draw step by step all the remaining body parts of origami gorillas.
I draw the areas which lie in the shadow dark black, while I leave lighted areas throughout white. By doing that a stronger light-dark contrast can be achieved and the image looks exciting.

Drawing the Paperwarrior - Paperwarriors with shaded right leg
You can draw some very dark or completely black shadows. Although at the end the picture should not look too dark, but you should not be too stingy with dark areas. In contrast to the dark areas you should also leave some parts free from shadows. But this is also a matter of taste.

Drawing the Paperwarrior - The Paperwarriors head is completed
As mentioned above, to dark shadows belong also light areas, if you want ot draw a picture with striking contrasts. In the event that a bright area already became too dark, you can brighten it up again with an eraser or even better an eraser pen. You should however make sure that you use a soft eraser (or Radierstift) which doesn't damage the paper. (More about eraser / erasing you can learn in my guide about drawing with crayons)

Drawing the Paperwarrior - with completed arm
And that's the Paperwarrior after all shadows have been drawn. It almost hurts that I'll draw over the shading with the coloured pencils. Already the black-and-white drawing looks really good. But I guess it will look awesome with the colour.

Drawing the Paperwarrior - The paper warriors completely shaded
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