Detail and Tone.

Detail and Tone.

In this exercise we were asked to draw an object either something like a shell or some draft wood (something with textures) we had to use various different tone work and use techniques such as shading, cross hatching and using an eraser to enhance the light tones of the object.

I found this exercise enjoyable to really go to town on making the object I chose look 3D and use multiple methods to enhance the dark and lighter tones, I decided to go with a shell seen as I found it was the most interesting to get different textures and lighting onto the object. Below is a picture of my result:

As shown on the picture I used a lot of cross hatching to really pop out the darker tones on the shell and I used the eraser occasionally to show the light tones on the shell. I enjoyed using the cross hatching to show the dark tones and using that technique throughout this piece I found worked out and was quite effective, I also thought enhancing the lighter tones with the use of an eraser was an effective use and I’ve learnt a lot about how you can show tone through using a pencil.

All in all I am happy with the result of this piece and I think the techniques I have used turned out to make the tones look effective throughout this piece. I have learnt a lot about different ways to preform toning and how to create different ways of using and showing tones that I will take on board and use throughout my work.

Review of part one:

For this piece I found the best technique for this exercise was the cross hatching- I found this the most effective due to it showing the darkest tones and being buildable to really make some effective tonal work.