yr9 Art quick 6

What is tone in Art? Tick the best description

• How bright and vibrant the colours in a painting are
• The relative lightness or darkness of a colour. One colour can have an almost infinite number of different tones.
• How sketchy a drawing looks
• The texture you can see in a drawing, how rough or smooth a drawing is.

Why do we use tone in Art? (tick all that apply - there is more than one correct answer!)

• Tone can be used to produce contrast within an artwork.
• Tone can help our drawings look three-dimensional
• Tone can be used to show texture in a drawing

What are the 3 secondary colours?

• blue, red and purple
• red, green and pink
• blue, red and yellow
• orange, purple and green
• orange, pink and green

What is the best description of how to start a drawing?

• Press really hard with your pencil and start with the detail
• Draw lightly and make sure you include the tone first before the outline
• Draw lightly and start with the basic shapes, then move onto more detail and tone

What are complementary colours?

• Pairs of colours that are next to each other on the colour wheel
• Colours that have white added to them
• Pairs of colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel
• Colours that have black added to them

What is the best way to apply tone to your drawing? (tick all that apply)

• Press as hard as you can to get the dark tones
• Scribble in as many different directions as possible
• Layer the pencil to create darker tones, never pressing hard
• Follow the contours of the shape you are shading