Orange Drawing With Shadow. And just add some dark areas around the eyes to suggest that there are cavities in this area. For instance your shadow on the sidewalk on a sunny day.
Draw an outline of its shadow and optionally add some lines to indicate the split between the light and dark area. The next step of our illustration is to create casted shadow from the twig and the leaf to the main body. For instance your shadow on the sidewalk on a sunny day.
Now you might be wondering why not use the existing casted shadow layer.
This is the darkest part of your drawing. I use juicy shades of orange mixed with red and yellow and I paint the leaves and the stem green. These shadows are used along with highlights to define the form of the object. Because its easier to draw the abstract shapes of a shadow more accurately than observing and trying to draw a familiar object see the 3 reasons why you cant draw 2.