Elements of Art: Tone

The lightness and darkness of an object

• Line

• Tone

• Colour

• Balance

A drawing technique to mark or shade with two or more overlapping series of parallel lines that are used to shade an object

• Cross Hatching

• Scribbling

• Shading

• Sketching

A drawing technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing close parallel lines...

• Scumbling

• Blending

• Hatching

• Stippling

A technique of shading with a gentle and gradual transition from one tone to the other

• Blending

• Hatching

• Tone

• Stippling

A technique which is created by small short marks or dots that together produce an even of softly graded shade...

• Hatching

• Cross Hatching

• Blending

• Stippling

A series of spaces filled with the tints and shades of one colour, starting with white or the lightest tint on one end, and gradually changing into the darkest shade or black on the other…

• Fish scale

• Major scale

• Pentatonic scale

• Tonal scale

The lightest spot or area – any of several spots in a modelled drawing or painting that receives the greatest amount of illumination (#5 on the image)

• Shade

• Tone

• Highlight

• Light source

Any device/ sun serving as a source of illumination...

• Cast shadow

• Sun

• Lamp

• Light source

When an object blocks a light source it creates what? (#1 on the image)

• Blending

• Shadow

• Shade

• Highlight

What is mark-making?

• Marking your work

• A supportive tool to help draw work accurately

• Colouring

• A technique used to add shading and texture