Pen, brush and brown ink, and wash, over sketch in black chalk.
įigure 5.18, p.115: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO. Often combined with fine clear lines of pure ink to provide tonal emphasis.
Pen and Wash Wash - diluted ink that is applied with brush. Replaced in the nineteenth century with mass produced metal nib, which is slipped into a stylus. Pen and Ink Used since ancient times Earliest were s reeds Quills, plucked from live birds, were sue in the Middle Ages. Chalk and Pastelįigure 5.11, p.112: EDGAR DEGAS. Studies for The Libyan Sybil (1510–1511). Sanguine - a “earthy” red color įigure 5.9, p.111: MICHELANGELO. Umber - yellowish or reddish brown color that comes from earth containing oxides or manganese and iron. Comes in many colors Ocher - dark yellow that comes from iron oxide in some clays. Relatively young, only introduced to France in the 1400s. Made or ground chalk mixed with powered pigments and a binder. 18 1/2 x 25 in.Ĭhalk and Pastel Chalk and pastel are very similar to charcoal. Ĭharcoal Figure 5.7, p.110: KATHE KOLLWITZ. Needs to be fixed with varnish, or can be rubbed off. Now charcoal is made from controlled charring o special hardwoods. Ĭharcoal Also has a long history Used by prehistoric man on cave walls! Charcoal is burnt pieces of wood or bone. Self-Portrait Exaggerating My Negroid Features (1981). The graphite is ground to dust, mixed with clay and baked. Uses a thin rod of graphite encased in wood or paper. History: Came into use in the 1500s Mass produced pencils invented in late eighteenth century. Silverpoint on white ground.ĭry Media continued… Pencil Most traditional media Replaced silverpoint Capable of creating a wide range of effects. Silverpoint Figure 5.3, p.108: ALPHONSE LEGROS. Tom make a area darker you have to use cross hatching. Drag a silver tipped instrument over the surface and the partials stick to the ground. Materials for Drawing Dry Media Pencil Metalpoint Charcoal Chalk and Crayon Wet Media Pen and Ink Brush and Ink Supports Parchment Vellum Paper Otherĭry Media Silverpoint Uses a ground of bone or chalk mixed with gum, water and pigment. We think of drawings as direct expression, from brain to hand. Drawing seems intimate because it is frequently the artist’s note-taking. Drawing is familiar in that it uses the materials we are accustomed to – the pencil, the pen, the stick of chalk. Two qualities often associated with drawing are familiarity and intimacy. There can scarcely be a person above the age of two who has never made a drawing.