Drawing MEDIA
CHARCOAL
The most versatile art medium.
- get your hands dirty
- draw & erase all the time
- start with “foggy” tonal work, avoid using lines
Drawing MEDIA
Conte crayons
Crayons belong to oldest art materials on the planet. It was enough to mix coloured (earth) powder with some fat to start drawing.
Advice 1
work on toned paper to achieve full power of these simple tools
Advice 2 start with neutral colours, add dark tones and finalize with highlights
Advice 3
Use conte crayons to draw 3D forms, atmosphere and space.
Drawing MEDIA
PAPER
The most decisive aspect of drawing is having a good paper. Many great ideas were left unrealized (or poorly developed) due to a bad paper choice.
Advice 1
buy good paper, as the most expensive is poor quality paper which ends in a garbage.
Advice 2 touch the paper before buying, as image cannot justify true texture.
Advice 3
name your sketchbook. This way you will have focus and explore deeper your subjects.
PAPER Drawing TOOLS
Drawing MEDIA
INKS
Inks are possibly the greatest historic paradigm, as they affected the way we live and survive on this planet. All knowledge and events, form signing a peace or marriage agreements are written in inks. Without inks, history would be different, for better or for worse.Advice 1
buy paper that reflects your ink technique (smooth for pens and heavy for washes)
Advice 2
test your tools and techniques on a same kind of paper as your drawing
Advice 3
be present and confident while drawing, embrace accidents and take advantage of mistakes
Drawing EXPERIMENT
Draw+dance
Video recording of the workshop facilitated by Michael Sean Marye and Danielle Baskerville.
Micael Marye website︎︎
video produciton by Michael Sean Marye