Drawing

:This article is about the art form. Drawing also refers to a method of producing wire, bars, or tubes.

Drawing media

The medium is the means by which ink, pigment, or color are delivered onto the drawing surface. Common drawing tools are pencils, chalk, charcoal, crayons, pastels, and pen and ink. Many drawing materials are not water or oil based and are applied dry, without any preparation. Water-based drawing media (e.g., "watercolor pencils") exist, which can be drawn with like ordinary pencils, then moistened with a wet brush to get various effects. There are also oil-based pastels and wax-based crayons. Very rarely, artists have drawn with (usually decoded) invisible ink.

Related Topics:
Medium - Pencil - Chalk - Charcoal - Crayon - Pastel - Pen and ink - Watercolor - Invisible ink

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Some examples of drawing media include:

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• chalk
• charcoal
• colored pencil
• Conté
• crayon
• graphite
• ink
• marker
• pastel
• pen and ink
• silverpoint