ABSTRACT
The elements of line and tone are fundamental to two-dimensional art-making and the use of graphic materials. Line and tone also contribute to the creation and understanding of shape, and expression in three-dimensional form, and for creating pattern and texture. Tones are shades of light and dark - everything has a tone, as evidenced more clearly in black and white photographs, whereas to everyday view colour, pattern and texture often distract. Pupils may learn to make a range of increasingly purposeful marks and varied lines in a range of graphic materials: felt pens, paint, chalk, pencils, crayon, thick charcoal, fingers, and ball-point pen, and by impressing and etching into malleable materials such as a clay tile using a modelling tool. Pupils may find working from photographs easier than synthesising impressions directly 'in the field' - at least the subject matter remains static, and an image can be recreated at the pupils' own pace.
