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CONSTRUCTED TONE LANDSCAPE AFTER
CEZANNE
As well as using tone from observation to
construct form or express an emotion we
can also use a constructed form of tone to
create the illusion of space. In this drawing
after Cezanne the tonal drawing is a very
formal one and is not very reliant upon
observation. Although the basic composition
comes from observation, the tone in the
drawing is a means to an end, and informs us
of a planal recession instead of the idea of
volume. Cezanne in this picture seems to go
out of his way to deny perspective and
instead he emphasises the horizontal and
the vertical axis in the drawing.
He also uses a type of shading thatPart One – THE PENCIL