The Study of Tone

I tried out 12 tonal columns (8x21cm) and particularly enjoyed using pen and ink the most.

Image 1 & 2 - Pen and ink lines:

     

Image 3 & 4 – White hole punches on black paper and an electoral newspaper cutting:

    

Images 5 & 6 – White paint layers built up firstly as smooth layers and secondly stamped and smudged; both on black paper, letting each layer dry between applications:

    

Images 7 & 8 – White paint stamped onto black paper using a ‘bubblewrap’ stamp and black marker pen on white paper:

    

Images 9 & 10 -  Handmade line stamp (from string wrapped evenly around a cassette tape case) firstly black paint on white paper and then white paint stamped on black paper.  In Image 10 some black lines were lastly stamped at the bottom:

    

Images 11 & 12: White oil pastel on black paper and charcoal pencil on white paper:

    

These are all mounted into my sketchbook and the last two have a protective layer of baking paper between the pages to stop them smearing all over the opposite page.