Today the topic of our discussion will be a creation of textured object with lighting. A mere marble ball - to draw this by hand is harder then it seems. You should know how the light effects rounded objects.

So let's begin.

CTRL+N - create new document.



Use a gradient on it background - black to white - Rounded.







Now another gradient to set the color - I chose this one (new layer).



Layer position and settings:



Now to the object, use the Ellipse Tool (U) - create perfect cycle holding the SHIFT key.



Now make the selection of the path (Alt - click on path in the PATH BOX - [Layer - Channels - PATH]), when the area is selected use a rounded gradient and fill the selection/path + copy the selection to a separate layer.