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Category: Technique

charcoal chalk drawing

Artists’ charcoal is a form of a dry art medium made of finely ground organic materials that are held together by a gum or wax binder or produced without the use of binders by eliminating the oxygen inside the material during the production process.[1] These charcoals are often used by artists for their versatile properties, such as the rough texture that leaves marks… Continue reading charcoal chalk drawing

Sketch someone off blind

Nicolaïdes and Edwards propose different ideas of why blind contour drawing is an important method of drawing for art students. Nicolaïdes instructs students to keep the belief that the pencil point is actually touching the contour.[1] He suggested that the technique improves students’ drawings because it causes students to use both senses of sight and… Continue reading Sketch someone off blind

Collage

Collage (/kəˈlɑːʒ/, from the French: coller, “to glue” or “to stick together”;[1]) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pastiche, which is a “pasting” together.) A collage may sometimes include magazine and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paint, bits of colored… Continue reading Collage

Write with feather and ink & calligraphy

Calligraphy (from Greek: καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instrument.[1]:17 A contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as “the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner”.[1]:18 Modern calligraphy ranges from functional inscriptions and designs to fine-art pieces where the letters may… Continue reading Write with feather and ink & calligraphy

Manifesto

A manifesto is a published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party or government. A manifesto usually accepts a previously published opinion or public consensus or promotes a new idea with prescriptive notions for carrying out changes the author believes should be made. It often… Continue reading Manifesto

Fairy Tale

A fairy tale, fairytale, wonder tale, magic tale, fairy story or Märchen is an instance of a folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Such stories typically feature mythical entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies.[1] Fairy tales may be distinguished… Continue reading Fairy Tale