PART THREE Chapter 6: Drawing Drawing materials covered in this chapter include: Dry Media: Graphite, Metalpoint, Charcoal, Crayon, Pastel, and Chalk Liquid.
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PART THREEChapter 6: Drawing
Drawing materials covered in this chapter include:
•Dry Media: Graphite, Metalpoint, Charcoal, Crayon, Pastel, and Chalk
PaperPaper originated as papyrus made from plant fibers. The plant fibers are beaten to a pulp, mixed with water, then spread in a thin layer over a fine mesh, and left to dry.
paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Papyrus is first known to have been used in ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptians used this plant as a writing material and for boats, mattresses, mats, rope, sandals, and baskets.
• Japanese are credited with invention of paper
Standing Nude and Seated Man Reading, Fillipino Lippi, Metalpoint, 1480
Dry MediaDry media is usually applied in a stick form.
•Graphite: A soft crystalline carbon. Combined with clay and encased in wood it makes a pencil.
•Metalpoint: A thin silver wire set in a holder. When used on a specially prepared ground it leaves behind a trail of metal particles that tarnish to a pale gray.
1, From 51 Ways of Looking, Shahzia Sikander, 2004, pencil.
Dry MediaDry media is usually applied in a stick form.•Charcoal: Charred wood. Varieties include vine and compressed charcoal.•Crayon: Made of powdered pigments combined with a greasy or waxy binder.•Pastel: Pigment bound with a non-greasy binder.•Chalk: Soft, finely textured stones composed of a variety of natural materials.
Café Concert, Georges Seurat, 1887, Conte’ crayon with chalk
The Singer in Green, Edgar Degas, 1884,Pastel on light blue paper
Liquid Media
Liquid media is usually applied with a tool.•Pen and Ink: Consists of very fine particles suspended in water. A binder like gum arabic holds the particles in suspension and helps adhere them to the drawing surface. A pen with a nib attached is used to draw on the surface.
Cottage Among Trees, Rembrandt, Pen and brush in brown ink, 1648-50
No Title (Not a single Armorer), Raymond
Pettibon, 1990
Untitled, Julie Mehretu, 2001
Liquid MediaLiquid media is usually applied with a tool.•Brush and Ink: Consists of very fine particles suspended in water. A binder like gum arabic holds the particles in suspension and helps adhere them to the drawing surface. Brushes are used to apply the ink in a wash of value to the drawing surface.