Drawing: Tone and texture
Exploring how artists use tone and texture. Applying these techniques in observational drawings.
Unit outcomes
Learners who are secure will be able to:
- Experiment with a range of materials to create marks and tones.
- Use different pressures and control to make different marks.
- Describe the texture of objects.
- Identify how artists use tone.
- Control shading to show tone.
- Sketch simple shapes lightly so that changes can be made.
- Refine a drawing by building up the outline of an object.
Suggested prior learning
Drawing: Make your mark
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Exploring drawing materials
Lesson 2: Understanding and creating texture
Lesson 3: Exploring tonal shading
Lesson 4: Sketching and refining a drawing
Lesson 5: Creating an observational drawing
Key skills
Generating ideas
- Beginning to generate
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Key vocabulary
grip
mark making
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Unit resources
Key vocabulary
Cross-curricular opportunities
None.