Chapter 6 - Drawing

A drawing can function in three ways:

1. As a notation, sketch, or record of something seen, remembered, or imagined.

2. As a study or preparation for another, usually larger and more complex work.

3. As an end in itself, a complete work of art.

Michelangelo Buonarotti. Studies for Libyan Sibyl on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. c. 1510.11 3/8" x 8 7/16".

Receptive Drawing – attempt to capture the physical appearance

Cartoon - Full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or mural.

Guillermo del Toro. Sketchbook. 2006.

Leonardo da Vinci. Three Seated Figures and Studies of Machinery. c. 1490.

Cartoon - Full-scale preparatory drawing for a fresco or mural.

Auguste Rodin. Cambodian Dancer. 1906.11 3/4" x 7 7/8".

Elizabeth Layton. The Eyes of the Law. 1985.

Vincent van Gogh. Carpenter. c. 1880.22" x 15".

Vincent van Gogh. Old Man with His Head in His Hands. 1882.19 11/16" x 12 3/16".

Vincent van Gogh. Self Portrait with Gray Hat. 1887.17 1/4" x 14 3/4".

Pablo Picasso. Guernica, first composition study. May 1, 1937.8 1/4" x 10 5/8".

Pablo Picasso. Guernica, composition study. May 9, 1937.9 1/2" x 17 7/8".

Pablo Picasso. Guernica. 1937.11' 5 1/2" x 25' 5 1/4".

Drawing Tools and Their Characteristic Lines.

Types of Hatching: Hatching.

Types of Hatching: Cross-hatching.

Types of Hatching: Contour hatching.

Charles White. Preacher. 1952.21 3/8" x 29 3/8".

Judith Murray. Obsidian. 1988.17 1/2" x 19 1/4".

DRY MEDIA – dry drawing media include pencil, charcoal, Conte crayon and pastel

Georgia O'Keeffe. Banana Flower. 1933.21 3/4" x 14 3/4".

Georges Seurat. L'Echo, study for Une Baignade, Asnieres. 1882–1891.12 15/16" x 9 7/16".

conte crayon- organic drawing material, made from earth-clays, difficult to erase, likes to be blended and smudged.

Rosalba Carriera. Portrait of a Girl with a Bussolà. 1725–1730.13 3/8" x 10 1/2".

Dry Media - mediums that are not wet such as chalk, crayon, pencil, conte crayon, pastel.

Edgar Degas. Le Petit Dejeuner Apres le Bain. c. 1894.39 1/4" x 23 1/2".

Vincent van Gogh. The Fountain in the Hospital Garden. 1889.18 7/8" x 17 3/4".

Gary Panter. Back to Nature. 2001.5" x 3 1/4".

Gilbert Hernandez. Fear of Comics (cover). 2000.

Marjane Satrapi. Page from Persepolis. 2001.

Julie Mehretu. Back to Gondwanaland. 2000.8' x 10'.

Christine Hiebert. Untitled. 2004.Length 36' 7“, wall height 11’ 6”.

Barry McGee. Untitled. 2006. 10 3/4" x 8 3/4".