Drawing Vocabulary by Joe Ciaccio

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:34:33 UTC

Washes

Courtney Andrews/Conte Crayon

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:34:46 UTC

A brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:35:03 UTC

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Robbin Nickelson/Gouache

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:35:11 UTC

Gouache is a method of painting with opaque watercolors. It made with a gum containing an inert white pigment and can be used in conjunction water colors.

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:35:35 UTC

Comics

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:35:55 UTC

Marker

Andrea Wicker/Pastel

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:36:03 UTC

Sticks of powdered pigment held together with a gum binding agent.

Elizabeth Manary/ Wash

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:36:22 UTC

A wash is a thin transparent layer of paint or ink. Some brush drawings are made with washes of ink thinned with water.

Ashleigh Sorrell-cross contour

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:36:36 UTC

Cross Contour-multiple running lines over the surface of an object, horizontally and/ or vertically , which describes its surface configuration topographically, as in mapping.

Shanna Sagle/Hatching

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:37:14 UTC

Hatching is the use of parallel lines to suggest shadows or volumes.

Gloria Pam/Graphite

joeciaccio — 2013-08-20 14:37:32 UTC

Graphite is a form of lead or crystalline from carbon (also called black lead) that is mixed with clay used to form graphite drawing pencils. Artist use these pencils to make a more crisp sketch or drawings (see picture).

Jena Mandeville/Pastel

2014-02-07 21:00:08 UTC

Pastels are sticks of powdered pigment held together with a gum binding agent. They are usually made in light or pale shades.

Amy Zhao/Chiaroscuro

2014-02-08 03:03:19 UTC

Chiaroscuro is the use of strong contrast of light and dark values in a two-dimensional imagery. It was used by many Renaissance painters to achieve a sense of three-dimensional form.

Ashleigh Sorrell-Chiaroscuro

ashleighellenma — 2014-02-19 00:20:24 UTC

The use of strong contrast

of light and dark values in a two dimensional imagery. It was used by many Renaissance painters to achieve a sense of three dimensional form.

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2014-02-19 00:37:39 UTC

Lya Ramos-Washes

2014-02-19 00:37:39 UTC

Washes consist of diluted ink in water, wet brush ink drawing are very similar to watercolor paintings as a quick and effective supplement to linear techniques. Felt-and-fiber-tipped pens are widely used recent additions to the traditional pen-and-ink media.

Abby Kasprzyk-Conte' Crayon

2014-02-23 20:16:11 UTC

Conte' crayon is made from graphite that is mixed with clay and pressed into sticks.