Tonal flowers
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can use light and dark tones to create a reduction drawing.
Key learning points
- Artists use tone to show where an object is light and dark.
- Artists can build layers of tone, rather than use pressure, to create dark tones.
- Artists can create light tones by taking away, rather than adding, materials.
Keywords
Tone - how light or dark something is
Light - a tone that is closer to white
Dark - a tone that is closer to black
Reduction - when an artist takes away a material rather than builds up layers of materials
Common misconception
Tone is always achieved through pressure.
Remind children that tone can be achieved through adding pressure, but layers of material can also be built up or removed to vary tone.
Teacher tip
As this lesson requires a large number of rubbers that will become stained, larger rubbers could be cut into smaller pieces. Students may find it useful if their work is taped down using masking tape to help prevent movement when drawing with the rubber.
Equipment
Soft pencil, dark chalks, charcoal, rubbers, sketchbooks or thicker sheets of paper such as neutral coloured sugar paper, flowers or seeds to observe.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which one is an example of a dark tone?
Q2.What do we call the way something feels when we touch it?
Q3.What can you do if you make a mistake while drawing?
Q4.Match the secondary colours to the primary colours that make them.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Tone is always achieved through changing the pressure.
Q2.What is the opposite of dark?
Q3.Match the material to the type of marks it can make.
Q4.Put these steps in the correct order when creating a reduction drawing.
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