CURRENT CATALOG
Color gets noticed first. Tone works more quietly. It tells the eye where to go
before the mind has sorted out the subject. A strip of light across a floor, a figure
held partly in shadow, a pale sky pressing down over a landscape, these are
tonal decisions. They are not just effects. They are how a painting begins to take
control.
Tone starts with value, the movement from dark to light. In paint, it becomes
more than that. It can live in the weight of a surface, the drag of a brushstroke,
or the way an edge softens into air. Two paintings can use similar colors and feel
entirely different because their tone is different.
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