Design Communication - Visual Diary Task 2

Visual Diary Task 2 - Tonal Values

Basic tonal shading techniques for sketches:

• Hatching - Repetition of parallel lines.
• Crosshatching - Adds another series of lines that cross the first set.
• Scribbling - Random lines.
• Stippling - Fine dots

Tonal shading give a sense of depth, space and volume to an object.

We are required to draw some fruits with different techniques.

Besides that, we are told to produce the tonal values using the four techniques by using a range of pencils from 2H to 8B. 

The pencils I used for the task were 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, and 8B.

Stippling

Hatching

Crosshatching

Scribbling

Reflection

Different types of tonal shading techniques creates different types of effect on depth and volume. Besides that, the tones can be achieved by using different range of pencils when using a same technique. I realized that I am quiet weak on hatching, scribbling and stippling and probably needs to put more effort in bucking up my skills.