Following on from the getting started lesson, the next step will be to draw a tone wheel.
Remember it is not necessary to use a different pencil every time you want a slightly different tone. Just increase or decrease the pressure of the pencil on the paper.
It is a good idea to draw a tone wheel for all the pencils you will use for drawing, but possibly not the H or 2H as they will not yield the same effect. The drawing below was made with a 2B pencil.
White appears to be coming forward in the picture and the dark (black) appears to recede.
A slight grey tone around the edges softens the image and it gives a rounded look.
A light grey tone or soft grey (in pencil drawing) is used for anything from the sky to skin tone. It is a very versatile tone.
Dark grey tones are used for dark shadows and possibly thunder clouds and often used in stead of black.
Black tone is very intense and not often used. Remember it is very difficult to erase black.
Artists use shading (tone) for various reasons:
- It softens the appearance of an image
- it makes an image look solid
- it adds variety
Can you see the difference?
Both the left and right image started off being the same sized circles. The circle on the left was shaded in the same tone and remained a circle or dot. The circle on the right was shaded using different tones in such a way that considers the direction of light, e.g shining from the right hand side. This action created an object that looks like a ball or sphere.
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