tone

Examples of tone in the following topics:

• The Drawing Process

  • Drawing, one of the major forms of expression within the visual arts, refers to the marking of lines and areas of tone onto paper.
  • Crosshatching uses hatching in two or more different directions to create a darker tone.
  • Broken hatching, or lines with intermittent breaks, can be used to form lighter tones, and by controlling the density of the breaks a gradation of tone can be achieved.
  • Stippling uses dots to produce tone, texture, or shade.
  • Different textures can be achieved depending on the method used to build tone.

• Gouache

  • Gouache generally dries to a different value than it appears when wet; for instance lighter tones generally dry darker and darker tones tend to dry lighter.

• Mezzotint

  • By varying the degree of smoothness on the plate, mid-tones between black and white can be created, which gives the process its name (mezzo-tinto is Italian for 'half-tone' or 'half-painted').
  • This is repeated until the plate is roughened evenly and will print a completely solid tone of black.
  • The process can be repeated, but only a small number of top-quality impressions can be made before the tone starts to degrade as the pressure of the press begins to smooth out the plate.

• Painting of the New Kingdom

  • Their skin tones also follow the traditions that depict men with dark brown skin and women with light yellow skin.
  • Male and female figures are depicted with the same dark brown skin tone, a departure from the past in which women are depicted with lighter skin tones. 
  • Although the depicted figures are girls, their skin tone is the same as their male counterparts.

• Dry Media

  • Powdered charcoal is often used to "tone" or cover large sections of a drawing surface.
  • Drawing over the toned areas darkens it further, but the artist can also lighten (or completely erase) within the toned area to create lighter tones.
  • Conté crayons are most commonly found in black, white, and sanguine tones, as well as bistre, shades of grey, and other colors.

• Aquatint

  • Rather than using a needle to make lines in the surface of the plate, as an artist does with etching, the tones are achieved through exposing the plate to acid at timed intervals.
  • The longer a section spends in the acid, the deeper the bite and darker the tone.

• Light and Value

  • The value-scale is used to show the standard variations in tones .

• Qualities of Line

  • Cross-hatch lines provide additional tone and texture and can be oriented in any direction.

• Hatching and Cross-Hatching

  • Cross-hatch lines are used to provide additional tone and texture and can be oriented in any direction, often overlapping each other to create heavily shaded areas.

• Painting during the Six Dynasties Period

  • Suitability to Type, or the application of color, includes layers, value, and tone.