Whether drawing realistic or abstract subjects, an understanding of tone, the variations of light and shade, is important. A variety of pencils are required to create a tonal study. The B range is ...

Not to be confused with colour, tone is a quality of lightness and darkness. Colour is defined by its hue, chroma and tonal value. Tonal value is the lightness and darkness of a colour, and it's this ...

The lowly pencil is not an elite or showy artistic medium. It doesn't have oil paint's gravitas, or plaster's endearing gauche. Instead, the pencil is accessible, plebeian and utilitarian. If put in ...