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Media

• things with which we draw (medium=single form)

• Have different working and expressive qualities

• Choice of medium important to effect of drawing

Pencils

• B pencils = soft, darker, more graphite than clay

• H pencils – harder, lighter, more clay less graphite

• Wide range of values

Charcoal

• Wide range of values and deep intense blacks

• Vine or stick – lighter values

• Compressed – richer, blacker, harder to erase

• Charcoal pencils – hard to soft

Ink

• Black, brown and variety of colors

• Used with brushes for washes

• Pens and nubs for line drawings

Charcoal Paper bumpy, has teeth to grab and hold charcoal or pastel

Drawing paper

smooth, range of thickness, we use 80# for final pencil or ink drawings

Ground = Paper

Viewfinder

•A rectangular opening that is in scale to your paper. •Edges used to determine where things are on paper. •Blocks out unwanted visual information

Sighting Stick

• A stick or pencil

• Measure objects

• Determine proportions with drawing

• Calculate angles within drawing