ch. 2.1 Flashcards
sketch
a rough preliminary version of a work or part of a work
medium
the material on or from which an artist chooses to make a work of art, for example canvas and oil paint, marble, engraving, video, or architecture.
ground
the surface or background onto which an artist paints or draws
cartoon
A full-scale drawing
Silverpoint
Uses hard silver wire to draw images - Can create fine detail
Color pencil
Color pencil is manufactured much like the traditional graphite pencil, but the mixture that makes up the lead has higher amounts of wax and pigment
Charcoal
Charcoal smudges easily, creates lines that can be easily shaped and altered, usually has strong dark value, and is soft compared to metal-based drawing materials
chalk
Chalk is powdered calcium carbonate mixed with a gum arabic (a type of tree sap) binder
pastel
Pastel is pigment combined with gum arabic, wax, or oil,
crayon
crayon is pigment combined with wax
Gesture Drawing
aims to identify and react to themain visual and expressive characteristics of a form
Contour Drawing
aims to register the essential qualities of three-dimensional form by rendering the outline, or contour, of an object