Module Two -dubbed 'Animal Magic' is all about tonal studies with animal markings as the starting point. All work will be in black and white. Click images to enlarge.
As a preliminary task I collected visual information on animal markings and made the collage above for my sketch book.
Chapter IFocusing on the study of tone.
I produced a series of tonal columns on paper using different media.
Chapter II
Further work on tone.
A tonal column in stitchery using a counted thread stitch (cross stitch) in black and white threads on canvas.
And next a series of columns showing tonal effects using the technique of Blackwork, a traditional counted thread work, popular in the Elizabethan period in Britain.
This uses spacing of stitches to control the tone.
This uses different thicknesses of threads to create a darker tone.
