Unit 3: The Media of Art Chapter 6: Drawing

DRAW… To pull, push or drag a marking tool across a surface to leave a line or mark.

To artists, drawing is an important tool of visual thinking. Used to record and develop ideas.

Receptive Drawing… To use drawing to attempt to capture the physical appearance of something before us.

Projective drawing… Drawing something that already exists in our minds, either as a memory or something we imagine.

“Drawing is still the same as it been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.” Keith Haring

Looking vs. Seeing Although we are constantly looking, we are not always seeing. Seeing is a learned process. As artists, we must learn to see again. Seeing is a critical component of drawing. Drawing is a learned process.

Van Gogh… Carpenter; 1880 Old Man With His Head In His Hands; 1882

Purposes of Drawing… As a notation, sketch or record of something seen, remembered or imagined.

Purposes of Drawing As a study or preparation for another, usually larger and more complex work.

Guernica; Picasso; 1937

What is a cartoon? A full size drawing made as a guide for a large work in another medium.

Purposes of Drawing As an end itself, a completed work of art

Drawing Techniques Three main types Hatching Cross-hatching Contour Hatching

Hatching

Cross-hatching

Contour Hatching

Which example is this?

Dry Media… Pencil Charcoal Conte’ Crayon Pastel

Pencil Most made of graphite (crystalline carbon.) Varying degrees of hardness. Softer = darker/ harder = lighter. 9B (softest) – B/HB/H – 9H (hardest)

Charcoal Similar to those used by cave people Simply charred sticks of wood. Also has varying degrees of softness/ hardness. Easy to smudge, blur, blend or erase. Must be set or “fixed” with a thin varnish called fixative.

Conte’ Crayon Graphite mixed with clay and pressed into sticks. Provides a variety of lines, strokes and values that resists smudging better than charcoal. Better flexibility and durability than wax crayons.

Pastels Characteristics similar to chalk. Purer colors because they are made primarily of pigment. Do not dry so they do not change colors. Do not allow for details, forcing the artist to work boldly.

Liquid Media… Black or colored ink Liquid ink applied with a pen or marker. Can be thinned and applied with a brush. Called a wash. Gouache: opaque water-soluble paint

Graphic Novels/ Comics