Extend Your Drawing Techniques
By Helen South, About.com Guide to Drawing / Sketching
Explore the mediums and techniques which will allow you to best express your ideas. Here are lessons on using charcoal, pen and ink, and colored pencil, among others.
Pen, Ink and Wash
Pen and Ink is a popular and versatile medium. Its 'unforgiving' nature can seem daunting at first, but by learning some basic techniques, you can quickly learn to obtain a variety of linear and tonal effects.
- Pen and Ink Basic Textures
- Drawing Pen Nib Selection and Maintenance
- Drawing Pens and Nibs - Top Picks
- Drawing a Brick Wall in Pen, Ink and Wash
- Sketching in Pen and Ink
Drawing with Charcoal and Conte
Charcoal drawing is an inexpensive and expressive medium, always popular for large figure drawing, but also useful for smaller works, offering rich and subtle tones. The coarse carbon particles offer a far deeper black than graphite pencil, and surprisingly, it can be used for a comparable degree of detail.
- Charcoal Drawing FAQ
- Charcoal Exercise - Soft Volume
- How to Apply Spray Fixative
- Choose Charcoal for Drawing - Top Picks
- Top 10 Papers for Charcoal Drawing
Colored Pencil
Colored pencil can give you the intensity of the finest paint pigments with the precise control and clean delivery of your favorite pencil.
