List of basic drawing topics

Main article: Drawing

Drawing is a means of making an image, using any of a wide variety of tools and techniques. It generally involves making marks on a surface by applying pressure from a tool, or moving a tool across a surface.

The following topic outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to drawing:

[edit] Types of drawings

• Anatomical drawing

not always

[edit] Basic drawing concepts

• Color theory
• Composition
• Figure drawing
• Linear perspective
• Paper
• Computer
• Proportion
• Sketch (drawing)

[edit] Cartoon

• Animation
• Caricature
• Cartoon

[edit] Media

• Chalk
• Charcoal
• Colored pencils
• Crayons
• Graphite
• Inked brushes
• Marker pens
• Pastels
• Pen and ink
• Pencil

[edit] Tools

• Paper
• Bleach
• Wax
• Glue Gun
• Fixative

[edit] Technical

• CAD
• Diagramming
• Technical drawing
• Engineering drawing
• Technical drawing

[edit] Techniques

• Blind contour drawing
• Gesture drawing
• Grisaille
• Mass drawing
• Scribble

[edit] Notable drawing artists

• R. Crumb
• Jacques-Louis David
• Albrecht Dürer
• M.C. Escher
• Hans Holbein the Younger
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
• Paul Klee
• Henri Matisse
• Michelangelo
• Pablo Picasso
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Antoine Watteau

[edit] See also

• List of basic painting topics
• List of basic sculpture topics

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