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Drawing is the basis of two-dimensional art. It is most likely as old as humans; it is a basic communication tool. It involves making marks on a 2-dimensional surface. There are many different types of drawing mediums. Some are dry, others are liquid. Drawing can be with graphite, ink, pastel, or colored pencil. Drawing can be a practice or study for a painting or it can be a work of art in itself.
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Draw a simple object with two or three different drawing mediums.
Do gesture drawings with charcoal and newsprint
Do a contour line drawing of a familiar object such as a shoe or face.
Jane Burden Rosetti, 1858 crayon.
Dragon Pine on Mount Huang Hung-jen, (China), 1610, ink,
Darumaby Sesshu, Ashikaga Period (Japan), 15th c.
Head of Woman, Federico Barocci (Italian), 1528, colored chalk on blue paper.
Landscape with Horse, Guernico, (Spain), 1620, pen and ink and watercolor.
Studies for Sistine Ceiling, Michelangelo (Italian), 1511 crayon.
Man in Arms, Perugino (Italian), 16th c. metalpoint.
Fright Daumiere (French) 19th c. crayon and charcoal on ivory laid paper
Finding Arabesque, Degas (French), 1877, pastel.
From Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak 1963, colored pencil.
White Young Woman Seated in Armchair, Picasso (Spain), 1922.
Three Women (American). 20th c., ink.
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