Tone refers to the degree of lightness or darkness in an area, ranging from bright white to deepest black. How we perceive the tone of an object depends on factors like its surface, lightness, darkness, color, and texture. Students are assigned to complete two sustained tonal drawings - one using tonal pencil and one using tonal chalk. They must also complete a page on an artist who works in black and white using a good tonal range. Additional optional work includes creating observational tonal drawings in a range of media in their sketchbook.

2. Tonal DrawingsTone refers to the degree
of lightness or darkness
of an area. Tone varies
from the bright white of a
light source through
shades of grey to the
deepest black shadows.
How we perceive the
tone of an object
depends on its actual
surface, lightness,
darkness, colour and
texture.

3. Tonal Range …

5. Tonal Chalk drawing

6. Sharon Field

7. Anita Taylor

8. Benedict Carpenter

9. Edward Weston

10. Beaumont Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/beaumontart/
Beaumont Blog: http://artatbeaumontschool.blogspot.co.uk
Deadline: 30th September
This week……
-Complete 2 sustained A2 tonal drawings
(one tonal pencil + one tonal chalk)
-Complete a page on an Artist who works in black and
white and uses a good range of tone in their Art work
Extra: Create observational tonal drawings in your
sketchbook in a range of media
(Take further Photographs to draw from if needed)