I found this project online and created a powerpoint to provide step by step instructions for my students. This project is not my own and is an online project (I do not have the details for the original site but am giving credit to that source indirectly :) )

1. How to Shade a
Sphere
Mrs. Comstock

2. What is a sphere???
O A sphere is a
circle that has
been shaded
so it looks like
a three
dimensional
object and
NOT just a flat
circle.

3. Let’s watch a quick clip about
this:
O http://video.about.com/drawsketch/How-
to-Do-Basic-Shading.htm

4. When drawing a sphere, you need
to consider your light source.
Which side is the light coming
from?

5. O The light is coming from the LEFT.
This puts the highlight on the left of
the ball, and casts a shadow to the
right.

6. OThe light source can
come from OTHER
directions too, which
CHANGES which side
the shadow falls.

7. In this picture, which side is the light
coming from? Where is the
highlight?

8. The
shadow is
always on
the
opposite
side of the
highlight!

9. Before we get started,
let’s talk about
shading. When you
shade there is a right
way and a wrong way!

10. Wrong Way:

11. Right Way:

12. STEP 1:
O Draw a circle.

13. We are going to pretend the
light is coming from the LEFT.
Step 2. Add a curved line to the right side of
the circle.Fill in the crescent moon shape
dark.

14. Step 3. Draw another light curved
line, smaller this time like the hole in
an olive. Leaving left side white, shade
from dark to light in the middle shape.
This shows the HIGHLIGHT! Where
the light is directly hitting!

15. Step 4. To add a shadow, make an oval
starting at center of bottom of the sphere.
Fill in dark. Remember, the shadow is on
the opposite side of the highlight!

16. Now that we
have learned
how to draw
spheres, let’s
start our
project called
FLOATING
SPHERES!

17. We'll start with a
small square
(probably 5" X
5"), make a
vanishing point
and then extend
wavy (or straight)
sections outward
to color.

18. Next we'll make some spheres
using pencil and crayon.
You can make the shadows if it helps you, but we
are going to cut them out without the shadows so
you will be cutting the shadows off if you do.

19. We'll cut them out and glue
them on our initial square.

20. Next place
your square
randomly on
your larger
paper and
extend a few
of your black
rays and
change the
black ray to a
color ray.

21. AWESOME WORK! VOILA!
You are finished! You
learned how to draw a
shaded sphere, draw lines
from a one point
perspective, and how to
make floating spheres!