What is a tonal drawing? plz answer quick because this is for homework!!!!?

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What is a tonal drawing? plz answer quick because this is for homework!!!!?

Answer 1

In addition to what has been said, a tonal drawing focuses more on the shapes of values than on the use of line.  These are examples of tonal drawings:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

http://drawsketch.about.com/library/grap...

(This one is a life model - nude)  http://bp1.blogger.com/_RRbdARy4l1o/SFyX...

Answer 2

Hi, a tonal drawing refers to the graduations of light to dark in a piece of art, in other words the relationship between the tone of one part of a painting and another. For example a colour can be toned down to make it less vivid or toned up to make it brighter....hope this helps!!!