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Drawing

This article is about the art form. Drawing also refers to a method of producing wire, bars, or tubes.

Drawing is one way of making an image: it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. These marks may represent what the artist sees when drawing, a remembered or imagined scene or abstraction, or, in the case of automatic drawing, may have much to do with the automatic motion of the artist's hand across the paper (or other surface). (In the process of entoptic graphomania, in which dots are made at the sites of impurities or shifts in colour in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots, superficially speaking the subject of the drawing is the paper itself.) The main techniques used in drawing are: line drawing, hatching, crosshatching, random hatching, scribbling, stippling, and blending.

Common drawing tools are pencils, chalk, charcoal, crayons, pastels, and pen and ink. Many drawing materials are not water or oil based and are applied dry, without any preparation. Water-based drawing media (e.g., "watercolor pencils") exist, which can be drawn with like ordinary pencils, then moistened with a wet brush to get various effects. There are also oil-based pastels and wax-based crayons. Very rarely, artists have drawn with (usually decoded) invisible ink.

One thing that differentiates drawing from painting is that in drawing, an artist uses pure colors and cannot mix them before application. (In painting, new colors are commonly created by mixing.)

The colors of drawing media can mix on the surface because of direct chemical interaction. More usually, the mixing is optical rather than chemical: colors are overlaid (also known as glazing) on previous layers so that light reflected from below the surface comes through, or color strokes are close enough that the eye "mixes" them.

Some artists have started referring to pastel and colored-pencil compositions as "paintings".

Drawing may also be done on a computer. Computer illustration makes use of programs such as Paint, Adobe Photoshop, Pixia, and more. Digital art is fast becoming one of the most popular means of illustration.

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1 Drawing media
2 See also
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Drawing media

The medium is the means by which ink, pigment, or color are delivered onto the drawing surface. Examples include:

    **Adobe Photoshop
    **Adobe Illustrator
    **Pixia
    **Paint

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Colored Pencil Society of America
Contains membership, product, and exhibtion information. Includes examples from past International Exhibitions.
http://cpsa.org/

A Darker Vision
Collection of surrealistic artwork in charcoal and paint. Provides artist profiles and information on war model painting.
http://www.darkervision.com/

UK Coloured Pencil Society
Organization promoting the use of coloured pencils as a sketching medium. Provides a calendar of events, member galleries, news and links.
http://www.ukcps.co.uk/

Silverpoint and Meticulous Drawing
Illustrated Laura Shechter lecture on silverpoint and meticulous drawing techniques from the Old Masters to contemporary artists.
http://www.biddingtons.com/content/silverpoint.html

You Draw
Allows visitors to submit an online sketch for possible publication. Features include a draw pad, gallery, FAQ and related links.
http://www.youdraw.com/

Kids Against School
Drawings of school jets and tanks getting blown up by K.A.S. military.
http://www.angelfire.com/pq/32

KinderArt - Drawing
Instructions for various drawing projects for children.
http://www.kinderart.com/drawing

Visual Thinking
Copies of sketchbooks from the Archives of American Art, with descriptions.
http://archivesofamericanart.si.edu/exhibits/sketchbk/sketchbk.htm

MetMuseum.org: Drawings and Prints
Prints by Italian and French artists of the 15th through the 19th century. Includes sketches, finished drawings and illustrated books.
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=9

Portrait Art Tutorial
Offers specific tips, advice, illustrated examples and book recommendations.
http://www.geocities.com/bearsclover/portraits/

Colored Pencils Yahoo Group
Art show created by the group featuring a group project, galleries, member's list and links.
http://gallery.passion4art.com/members/yahoogroup/

The Pencil Artists Web Ring
Designed to link artists whose sites contain graphite or coloured pencil artwork.
http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=pencil_art

Yahoo Groups: Drawing Talk
Discussion list about drawing techniques and tips. Beginners welcome.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DrawingTalk/

Silverpoint Drawing Complete
Provides introduction to silverpoint, and a history of the technique, with links to classical and modern works.
http://silverpointweb.com/

WeSketch Drawing Board
Multi-user online drawing board. Draw with other people on a large sized canvas, then save your work and display it in our Gallery for the world to see. Features, Chat, Games, Message Board and links to fun and educational site
http://www.wesketch.net/board/

About.com: Drawing and Sketching
Offers tutorials and exercises for skill development. Includes articles, categorized links, a gallery where users can submit their drawings, and a forum.
http://drawsketch.about.com/

Sketchbook Show at Pierce College
Shows the sketchbooks of several contemporary artists, from a 2003 exhibition, with notes explaining the role of the sketchbook in the artist's work.
http://billjehle.com/SKETCH/sketch-index.html



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