Shaded Tonal Drawing

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Shaded Tonal Drawing (major project) Grade 10
Visual Arts
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A tonal drawing is a gradual, soft "blending" of
dark and light areas together.
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Some drawings focus just on the dark, medium and
light tones.
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Some drawings have a full range of tones and use
pencil marks are visible to the eye. Some artists
think the pencil mark is part of the art of the
drawing.
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Some believe that the more the drawing looks like
a photograph, the more impressive it is. This
technique definitely takes technical skill but it
does not make the drawing more of an artwork.
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But sometimes a technically brilliant drawing can
be so good that it is hard to believe it isnt a
photograph. This image has excellent lighting and
a mood or attitude. These things add to the
artistic quality of the drawing.
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This is a good technical drawing but the white
fuzzy areas can detract from the overall impact.
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You need to start with a strong image that has an
excellent range of lights, mediums and darks. The
image should be interesting to look at.
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Divide your photo into 1 squares. Then double
your photo size. Draw a new square on a white
piece of paper and divide the it into 2 squares.
Using little round shading movements, perfectly
recreate each square. Show your first three to me.
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But before you start you have to get past step
1. Step 1 is created to see if you can do
this. Draw a nine step grey scale. Make each
step a 1x1 square. Show me before you start
your tonal drawing.