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Hi Cindy,
I'm glad that my responses have helped some. I put together a quick example of what I was talking about. On the right side I added a line which separates the light from shadow. This isn't 'absolute' and I'm sure they can be separated several other ways, but this is the way that jumped out at me. Between the shadow and light are the halftones or medium tones. The halftones are the values the turn the form. I remember someone on the forum saying that the lightest values of the shadow side should be the darkest values on the light side (except for accents). That's something to keep in mind. I go by a 9 value scale with 9 the lightest and 1 the darkest. The edge on the left should be thin and soft. Hard edges around the form causes a 'cut and pasted' look. There are other members who have much more experience than I do, so please correct me if I'm wrong.
Remember that the drawing is the hardest part, and you already have that!
I hope this helps,
Renee Price
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