A | B |
Drawing Media - Chalk,  | Very dark blacks, blends easily, comes in stick form. |
Drawing Technique - Contour,  | Outline drawing with details, no shading or value |
Drawing Technique - Crosshatching,  | Parallel lines in opposite directions overlapping. |
Pastel Drawing Technique - White and black charcoal pencil,  | Associated with the traditional method of pastels. |
Drawing Technique - Gesture Drawing,  | Quick loose drawing marks showing movement or shape.. |
Terminology - Negative Space,  | Space outside of object |
Drawing Technique - Parellel lines,  | Lines that do not intersect. |
Pastel Drawing Technique - Pastel Direct,  | Chalk on colored paper. |
Terminology - Positive Space,  | Object is drawn or colored in. |
Drawing Technique - Griding,  | Dividing up space for proper proportion for image or still life. |
Drawing Technique - Scribbling,  | Loose, round markings, can give an expresionistic quality to drawing. |
Drawing Technique - Gradational Shading,  | Soft blends between values for the illusion of form. |
Drawing Technique - Hatching,  | Quick, little wispy marks, typically short in nature to add visual texutre. |
Drawing Technique - Stippling,  | Dots and dabs. |
6B Pencil | Soft and Dark graphite |
HB or No.2 Pencil | Medium in color and can still erase, graphite. |
Pure Line | A line which defines no specific shape, often biomorphic. |
Value | Lightness and darkness of a color or neutral. |
Contrast | Degree of difference between the lightest and darkest parts of a picture. |
Pointillism | Dots, dashes and hatching marks to build a visual texture. |
Good Composition Guidelines | Focal point 4 times larger, foreground, mid-ground, background, elements are unified, value in the work. |
Ink Brushwork | Creates a painterly quality to drawing and many tonal ranges. |
Sketch | Quick drawing to layout basic imagery. |
Study | Evaluate and draw an image or still life to build on techniques and experimentation. |
Sighting | Using your pencil extended in front of you to do a measurement for proportioning. |
Critique | Analyzing of artwork. |