Tone/Shade

For our week two class, we where challenged to do a few tonal studies of a few objects. Obviously tone/shade is key in any kind of art, if you want to bring it to life, bring it off the page/screen and make it more interesting and real-like. Without it the image/art can look very flat.

I drew some material and an empty cardboard box from some packaging. I did do these drawings quite quickly so they are not my best drawings ever, although I don't think they are too bad.
I think I got the shading/tones done quite well on the box, enough to make it clear what it is - a box. Maybe if I had drawn out a rough background, like what it was lying on etc it might have made it more real and clearer to read.
With the fabric, it's a little harder to decipher but drawing material is very hard! Although I did quite enjoy drawing the fabric. It was interesting to look at all the different shapes and colours it created, along with the shadow and tone. I think I captured the tone relatively well.