Chapter 5 Summary Drawing
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Chapter Summary

While reading chapter 5, I learned about drawings. On p (105) it gives the definition of the word drawing “a drawing is a result of an implement running over a surface and leaving some trace of gesture. When you are creating a drawing the surface or the support of the drawing can be two-dimensional are monochromatic which is paper or parchment. Although paper is the most common surface of a drawing you can also use other surfaces to make a drawing such as; burned wood to burned paper, bristle brushes dipped in ink to gunpowder ignited by a fuse, or the use of colored chalks, pastel, wax crayons. The idea of using colored, chalks really caught my attention while reading about the different types of implements, the reason I have this interest is because of my real life encounter with and artist that uses this method. My encounter start when my family and I decide to celebrate the 4th of July by taking a trip to the Waterfront located in Wilmington N.C. While we were walking along the city we noticed a guy drawing something on the ground there was a crowd around him so we when to investigate. The man was making beautiful images from drawing on the concrete using colored chalk. Looking at his creative style gave me more appreciation for drawing and it aroused my mind to think outside of the box when one is making drawings. In this chapter it also talks about the categories of drawings, these categories are; Sketches that record an idea or provide information about something that artist has seen, Plans or preparatory, Studies for other projects and fully developed and autonomous work of art. The materials in which drawings use or divided into two major groups “Dry mediums and Fluid mediums”. One of the oldest mediums used in the Middle Ages to early 1500’s are silverpoints. Silverpoint drawings are created by dragging a silver-tipped implement over a surface that has been coated with a ground of dust or chalk mixed with gum, water, and pigment. A list of dry mediums implements are pencils, color pencils, charcoal, pastel, binder, and crayons. Fluid mediums primary use inks to make drawings, some of the traditional instruments used to carry ink are pen’s and brushes. Some examples of fluid mediums drawing or Egyptian papyrus drawings, ancient Chinese scrolls, Asian calligraphy, and cartoons. Brusher and ink are versatile drawing implements and have a wide variety of materials, widths, and shapes that produce different effects. After reading this passage I now have a clear understanding of the different types of drawing instruments used to implements over the surfaces in the history that lays in every portrait.