It can be used for entertainment or to convey a political message, mostly not in favour of the person depicted. CaricatureĪ drawing or painting showing the subject, usually a person, in an exaggerated way, often by enlarging particular facial features. Carbon pencilĪ drawing pencil with a rod that is a mixture of graphite/clay and charcoal, making it run smoothly over paper as well as giving it nice, dark lines. There are also really nifty apps for this for iPads. Another tracing method for artists where the subject is being projected onto the surface of the drawing. The initial painting of basic shapes (blocks) of colour to indicate the position of parts of the subject and rough light and dark areas and to provide an underlayer on which to apply more coats of paint. This can be colours such as purple into blue, for example for a night sky, but also a darker grey pencil area into the white of the paper it’s drawn on.

Gradually merging together of two colours to create a gradient. One colour running into another, most often (but not exclusively) used as a term in water-colour painting. A painting technique where one layer of paint is applied before the other is dry. AlkydsĪ type of oil paint made with modified polyester that have a shorter and more uniform drying time than regular oil paints. The line usually follows a character's spine and limbs and may be drawn thinly on paper in order to model the pose onto it. An imaginary (ideally curved) line in figure/gesture drawing used to create more dynamic poses. For more information and examples visit the Tate Modern website. There are different degrees of this and an abstract chair for example may look kind of like a chair or not like one at all. A form of art that uses colour and shapes to depict a subject (such as a physical object or an idea) without actually looking like the real thing.

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