Drawing Materials
Darkest pencil you can use.
6B
White or light parts of something.
Highlight
Whisper Line
The closest thing part of an artwork to the viewer.
Foreground
What something feels like.
Texture
Lightest Pencil you can use.
H
Darkest or black parts of something.
A rough draft of a drawing that is quick and gets ideas out.
Sketch
Background
Where should you hold your pencil when you are beginning a drawing?
At the eraser end.
Grey or middle values of something.
Midtones
Using your shoulder joint to quickly capture the general shapes of something.
Gesture
In-between the foreground and background.
Middle Ground
Implied Texture
The last thing you add to your drawing not including craftsmanship.
Shades.
Value
Using lines to create a drawing instead of the side of your pencil.
Cross Hatching.
When something in an artwork is bigger, it is usually in the:_______________.
Foreground
Once the gesture and outline are complete, how do you continue adding value to your drawing?
Lightest midtones everywhere.
A scale used to determine amount of value in an image.
Value Scale
Different values of one color.
Monochromatic
Using dots to create value instead of the side of your pencil.
Stippling
How an artwork is organized.
Composition
Drawing helps improve your ____________ _______ _________________.
Hand eye coordination.