There are really quite lots of
drawing materials that are available for you to try out, and I must add that they
are also very affordable compared to say, painting materials like oil paints
for instance. It is however by plodding and experimenting with these materials
that you will be able to know which one or combination of drawing materials you
will fall in love with, and may wish to eventually adopt at the end of the day.
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| 'Biola' - pastel drawing by Morgan Nwanguma |
I will further let you know that as a professional artist there is no limiting
the height you can assail even by the sole application of any one or a
combination of some of these materials. Thus you could stand out of the crowd
excelling as a draughtsman in say conte renditions, illustration, or in
producing pastel pictures, etc.
The followings are some of the
popular drawing mediums that are available to you either as a student artist,
amateur or professional.
Carbon Pencil
This is a soft black pencil that
produces texture like that of eighteenth century pencil drawings.
Chalk Pastel
This medium is a soft stick of
delicate and pale coloured drawing and painting material. It comes in ranges of
pale hues of pigments mixed with chalk. Chalk pastel usually would require
fixing after use; otherwise, framing your drawing behind glass immediately
after use will be called for.
Charcoal
This medium comes in brittle
sticks of black carbon material. It is a specially prepared residue of burnt
wood; it is only presented in black and usually also needing to be fixed with a
spray of fixative.
Conte
Conte is the shortened form of
conte chalk; it is usually produced in a square shape stick and also mostly
coloured in brown, sanguine or terra-cotta red, black and white. Conte sticks
are brittle but slightly harder and not powdery like chalk pastel, and will
equally require fixing after you have produced your drawing with it.
