Drawing Techniques
Introduction to different drawing mediums:
- Charcoal + rubber (drawing with the rubber)
- Watercolour pencils
- Soft and hard pencils
- Crayons (for textures) / Oils
- Fineliners (+wash)
- Soft pastels
Using different papers:
- White cartridge
- Watercolour paper
- Pastel paper
- Colourful paper
- Making coloured grounds
- Layering with tissue paper / tracing paper / collage
Mark Making:
- Light to dark tones (black – grey – white)
- Fine lines + keeping the mark flowing
- Spaces between objects
- Potassium studies
- Line and wash
- Pointillism
- Cross-hatching
- Frottage
- Memory and imagination
- Sculptural drawings - from different viewpoints
Alternative styles for future projects:
- Cézannesque (viewpoints)
- Matisse
- Picasso
- Japanese (perspective)