Someone sent me these tonal drawings with a theory that my heavy use of line could indicate my black and white view of the world, and (my) black and white responses to most things.
Tonal drawings, according to the person who sent these, rely on tonality of colour and light and dark, and shading ( obviously) to represent form, rather just line this is a much subtler, gentler approach to form. And in fact, is notable for its absence of line, yet creating strong effects.
This is a form of drawing I have almost never explored. Perhaps the sender of these very subtle and beautiful studies was suggesting that I could perhaps stand a little less hard edged lines in my life, and a little more tonality.
