Screen Tone Materials and Tools

e products shown on this page are provided courtesy of Too Corporation.

seful Items

!Feather Brush 1

This indispensable item is primarily intended to sweep away bits of screen tone, but it is also used to clean up eraser bits and other particles around the drawing.

This is used to create smooth tone etchings.

!Tone-Scrubber 1

Tone-scrubbers are used to rub and press down the screen tone. They come in many shapes and sizes. Make sure you have one with a somewhat pointy tip for detailed areas of tone. This is used to mark down lines of areas where screen tone is to be affixed but which do not have drawn contours.

Craft and Utility Knives and Replacement Blades

First, select a craft knife. Knives with retractable blades seem to be more popular than penciltype knives. Craft knife blades dull quickly, so change them frequently. Pencil-type knives require more time for changing blades than do retractable knives, so they are consequently less practical. How ever, penciltype knives are excellent when using a straightedge to etch tone . Lay a desk mat underneath the drawing to protect the desk w hen using a

!Non-Photo Blue Pencil (Light Blue) 1

knife.