Discover the Pattern of Light and Shadow chapter 5
To further emphasize the light on the top half of the vase, the artist added
more tone to the area around the outside of the top half of the vase. He
used a 4B pencil to add more tone onto the paper. This facilitates the illu-
sion of the lit area of the vase coming forward and “popping out” at us.In this image, the artist added more tone again, but this time he added a
shape to suggest the shadow area at the bottom of the vase. The tone of
this shadow is not darker than the darkest dark. By making the tone
slightly lighter than the darkest dark, the artist has enabled the bottom
half of the vase to come forward. If the tone was the same as the darkest
dark, the vase would appear flat and, consequently, have no form.The shape of shadow was lengthened on the left side of the vase. This
tone is very close to the tone used at the bottom of the vase.CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE