Tone refers to the lightness or darkness of an area, varying from bright white to the deepest black, depending on factors like the object's surface, lightness, darkness, color, and texture. This week's art assignment asks students to create observational tonal drawings in their sketchbooks using a range of media and complete a page on an artist who works in black and white using a good tonal range.

1. Tone refers to the degree Tonal Drawings
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.

2. Tonal Range …

4. Sharon Field

5. Anita Taylor

6. Benedict Carpenter

7. Edward Weston

8. This week……
-Create observational tonal drawings in your
sketchbook in a range of media
-Complete a page on an Artist who works in black and
white and uses a good range of tone in their Art work
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Deadline: 30th September