Fundamentals of Art

Assignment 10

TONAL GRADATION

Goals: 1. To observe how tone is relative and how it can be changed by the negative space around it.

2. To develop a better ability to control and place tone in a neat organized manner. Did you achieve an even tone in each box without smearing?

3. TO SEE IF WE CAN ACHIEVE A TRUE FEELING OF THE MID TONE BEING IN THE EXACT CENTER BETWEEN THE WHITE OF THE PAGE AND THE DARKEST BLACK OF THE PENCIL.

Using a SOFT pencil set up a rectangle that is 2 and 1/2 inches wide and 10 inches long, with a 1/2 in strip running down the center of the rectangle.

Set up a value scale going from blackest black to the white of the paper on both sides of the 1/2 in. strip starting with the same tone on the same end. You may use a broken tone of 10 squares or a smooth gradation of tone.

1/2 Inch

Place a flat mid-tone in the middle column.

You may download a template for this assignment Here.

1 Inch	1 inch