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Pastel
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all coloured art media, including oil paints.
“Pastel” is also used:
* as a noun - to mean a pastel […]
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Multi-sketch
A hand-drawn sketch created using a Tablet PC or digitizing tablet like Wacom to create improvised progressive line sketches which are captured to video. Such types of cartoons are created in a freestyle unscripted manner, which makes them original, since the whole cartoon does not need editing after it is completed. Originally invented by […]
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Mike Phillips (illustrator)
Mike Phillips is an Author and Illustrator for children. He was born in Georgetown, Guyana. His family immigrated to England and grew up in London. He worked for the BBC as a journalist and broadcaster between 1972 and 1983. He was educated at the University of London and the University of Essex, and gained […]
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Metalpoint
Metalpoint is a dry media technique of drawing in which a special soft metal stylus (typically silver, lead, bismuth, gold or bronze) is used over an abrasive paper surface such as to leave small deposits behind on the paper producing faint lines. The paper was typically treated with bone-dust or calcite. As the particle […]
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Masking
For masking in psychoacoustics, see Psychoacoustics (Masking effects).
Masking is a drawing technique invented in Japan in the mid- to late 20th century employed in comics and animation. It is the use of simplistic, iconic characters in order to assist readers or viewers in associating themselves with them as coupled with […]
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Marker pen
Marker pen, or marker, is a term used to refer to various kinds of pens which have their own ink-source and usually a tip made of some porous material. When the tip is made of felt it can be called a felt-tipped pen. However, see dialectal variations, below.
A temporary marker uses an erasable ink […]
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List of basic drawing topics
Drawing is a means of making an image, using any of a wide variety of tools and techniques. It generally involves making marks on a surface by applying pressure from a tool, or moving a tool across a surface. Basic topics in drawing include:
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Types of drawings
History of drawing
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Perspective (graphical)
Perspective (from Latin perspicere, to see clearly) in the graphic arts, such as drawing, is an approximate representation, on a flat surface (such as paper), of an image as it is perceived by the eye. The two most characteristic features of perspective are:
* Objects are drawn smaller as their distance […]
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Figure drawing
Figure drawing is an exercise in drawing the human body in its various shapes and positions. Life drawing refers to the process of drawing the human figure from observation of a live model. Figure drawing is arguably the most difficult subject an artist commonly encounters, and entire classes are dedicated to the subject. The […]
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Engineering drawing
An engineering drawing is a type of drawing that is technical in nature, used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items, and is usually created in accordance with standardized conventions for layout, nomenclature, interpretation, appearance (such as typefaces and line styles), size, etc. Its purpose is to accurately and unambiguously capture all […]
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