Year 7 · Art and design · The formal elements · Lesson 2
Tone and shading
Tone in art: tonal scales, H and B pencils, highlights, mid-tones, core and cast shadows, and shading techniques (blending, hatching, cross-hatching, stippling).
16-minute video lesson
Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.
Watch free for a monthWhat your child will learn
- Explain tone
- Create a tonal scale
- Identify highlight and shadows
- Use four shading techniques
The method
- Light source.
- Highlight.
- Mid-tones + shadow.
- Cast shadow.
Key words: tone, highlight, cast shadow, tonal scale, stippling, blending.
Worked examples
The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.
Question 1
What is tone?
- Step 1: Light/dark
Answer: how light or dark something is
Question 2
What does tone do to flat shapes?
- Step 1: 3D
Answer: makes them look 3D
Question 3
What is a highlight?
- Step 1: Lightest
Answer: the lightest part