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An Art Medium

• In art a medium is a material that an artist uses to create his or her artwork.

• Medium is the singular form and media is the plural form of the word.

• There are a wide variety of art media including pencil, pen, watercolor, acrylic, oil, stone, and steel to name a few.

Drawing

• Drawing is the basic and most common art media.

• The main Drawing media are pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, and pastel.

• Each of these media have their own special characteristics.

Pencil

• Pencil is the most common and available drawing medium.

• Pencils are used for making quick sketches or fine detailed drawings.

• They are easy to use and allow the artist to blend and shade easily

Charcoal

• Charcoal is a medium used by most artist to create quick sketches or drawings.

• Charcoal is very similar to chalk. It leaves a fine dust as you draw with it.

• It is very good for shading and blending.

Pen and Ink

• Pen and Ink is used to create detailed drawings.

•There are several pen and ink techniques: hatching, cross hatching, stippling and ink washes.

Pastel• Pastels come in two forms

chalk and oil pastels. • Chalk pastels are dry and

similar to charcoal. They are good for colorful drawings. They blend well but are messy because of the dust they leave behind.

• Oil pastels are oil based and can be applied thickly. They are easy to blend.

• Oil pastels can be used with mineral spirits to create images similar to oil paintings.