Drawing Glossary
Sunday October 5, 2008
I'm currently working on the drawing glossary, editing and adding.... I think it's an eternal work in progress! I particularly enjoy researching pigments and foreign terms that have come into English vocabulary. The glossary is still very small so I'd love to hear your suggestions for words that need to be included. Do you remember being stumped by some odd word when you first got into drawing? Had an assignment for some technique that sounded like something out of a French cookbook? Add them to the comments below and if I think they're remotely suitable, I'll add a definition!
Comments
I’ve always liked the term grisaille. One of the people we filmed, Janie Gildow, usese grisaille in her colored pencil.
Good luck on your terms dictionary!
Lynn
Oh that is a lovely word, Lynn. And a fascinating process. One you don’t see used a great deal in drawing mediums, more in painting, but I’m interested to hear of an artist using it in colored pencil.
I’d love to hear more about your film.
Another reader has suggested:
proportion, Foreshortening,perspective,heroic, chalk pastels, portfolio, tooth, 70 lb, no. 2, 4b, .5, fixative,Vitruvian Man,Construction, blending,portrait,centerline
best
Helen