Drawing: Tools & Purposes

Dry Media

Fig. 3.3 Willem De Kooning. Seated Woman, 1966-1967. Charcoal on paper, 18 3/4” X 23 1/4”. Collection of the Newark Museum, New Jersey.

Fig. 3.4 Edgar Degas. At the Milliner, 1883. Pastel, 29.9” X 33.5”. Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

Dry media include pencils, chalk, pastel and silverpoint.

Leonardo da Vinci, The Virgin and Saint Anne with the Christ Child and John the Baptist, Charcoal, black and white chalk on brown paper, National Gallery, London

Wet Media

Wet media commonly uses ink, pen, and brush.

Fig 3.6 MI WANZHONG. Tree, Bamboo and Rock. Calligraphy by Chen Meng. Ink, 43 1/3” X 14 1/4”. Musee National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris.

Purposes of Drawing: Sketch

Sketch-preliminary visualization

Purposes of Drawing: Study

Leonardo da Vinci, Study for the Head of a girl, Silverpoint with white highlights,

Prepared paper, Turin, Biblioteca Reale

Leonardo da Vinci, Study for St. Anne, 1501-1506