Exploring Mark-Making and Shading Techniques

Scratchboard art is a way of creating an image by starting with a black surface and scratching through it to reveal a white layer below. It’s a type of direct engraving, which means cutting or incising an image into a surface. When the image is done, you can add color through ink or watercolor.

Crayon etching: A drawing made with crayons, where a heavy coat of black wash is applied. An etching tool is used to create patterns in the ink, removing the ink and allowing the crayon colors to appear. Related terms: Scratch art, scratchboard.

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7 essential painting techniques for artists

• Underpainting. Work paint up from thin to thick, especially when using slow-drying paints.
• Blocking in. Brushes come in a number of shapes and fibre types.
• Building up texture. Have a dry flat brush you can use to blend and create smooth transitions.
• Dry brushing.
• Sgraffito.
• Glazing.
• Painting with mediums.

• Cross-Hatching. Cross-hatching- Shading technique.
• Contour Lines. Contour Lines- Shading technique.
• Weaving. Weaving- Shading technique.
• Stippling. Stippling- Shading technique.
• Scribbling. Scribbling- Shading technique.

Drawing Techniques for Beginners

• Back and forth: When we say basic, this what we’re talking about.
• Hatching: Hatching involves making tiny ticks on your page.
• Cross Hatching: This technique is the logical extension to hatching.
• Scribble: Scribbling allows your hand the opportunity to fly across the page.

Sketching approaches

• Hatching and cross hatching. Hatching is one of the most basic drawing techniques.
• Tonal sketching. Unlike hatching and cross hatching, the tonal approach has no visible lines.
• Blending.
• Accent lines.
• Use your eraser to define form.
• Keep your paper smudge free with another sheet of paper.

Common techniques include:

• Small dashes.
• Hatching (long, parallel lines on an angle)
• Cross-hatching (parallel lines at right angles)
• Stippling (dots)
• Scribbles.
• Small crosses.
• Small circles.

10 of the Most Popular Art Styles

1. Abstract Art. This bizarre art style will confuse you if you are the kind of person who seeks meaning in everything.
2. Impressionism. Impressionism was first introduced in Paris before it spread throughout the US and Europe.
3. Pop Art.
4. Cubism.
5. Modern Art.
6. Surrealism.
7. Contemporary Art.
8. Fantasy.

• Rough sketching.
• Doodling / Scribbling.
• Industrial – Architectural Drawing / Technical Drawing.
• Caricature.
• Anime / Manga.
• Cartoon.
• Realism / Photorealistic.
• Pointillism.

The first step to finding your style is forgetting about your style. You can’t develop a style while thinking about it too consciously. Don’t even think about style, just trust that it will come together (it always does eventually). Immerse yourself in the process of making art.

How do artists find their style?

1. Copy the Artists You Like. But a bunch of them.
2. Copy the World Around You. Mimic nature.
3. Practice. Practice.
4. Step Out of Your Comfort Zone. Push your skills.
5. Make Time to Play. Release expectations and just have fun.
6. Remember That it Takes Time.
7. Resources:
8. Additional Reading:

Here are ten ways in which an artist may develop their own artistic concept.

1. Experiment with other styles and techniques.
2. Study art history.
3. Develop your personal story.
4. Spend time viewing your peers’ work.
5. Talk about your art.
6. Push yourself.
7. Work.
8. Cross study.

Today we are going to chat today about 4 things that you can do to create a more consistent art style of your own.

1. 1) Be Prolific (Create a LOT of Art)
2. 2) Being Intentional With What You Create Art Of.
3. 3) Create an Art Series or Collection.
4. 4) Create Artwork of Something You Love.

Traditional categories within the arts include literature (including poetry, drama, story, and so on), the visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.), the graphic arts (painting, drawing, design, and other forms expressed on flat surfaces), the plastic arts (sculpture, modeling), the decorative arts (enamelwork.

A self-taught artist is generally someone who has taken a different career path in life than anyone who has pursued art as a career from an early age. A trained artist may have gone to college to study fine arts, or worked as an apprentice for an established artist.

Self taught means to educate yourself or to learn something without help of a teacher . So self taught means you are using the available resources to expand you knowledge without help of any coach or teacher . You face problems , you find the solutions yourself . You have the self motivation to learn something .

The components of a bio are quite straight forward: Name and medium you work in; special techniques. Key themes; what you hope to accomplish with your art. Showing history; any collections your work is in.

The fundamentals of art are what I consider to be the building blocks of an artwork. They are color, composition, value, form, brushwork, and perspective. The fundamentals are generally universal across different mediums and styles.

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Elements of art are stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate. The seven most common elements include line, shape, texture, form, space, colour and value, with the additions of mark making, and materiality.

The first thing that most drawing tutorials teach you to draw is shapes, starting with a sphere. After all, any object that you see around you can be constructed by using one, or a combination of, three different shapes: A circle – a sphere is a circle in 3D. A square – a cube is a square in 3D.

• Quality Drawing Pencils. We’ll start off with the most obvious essential – quality drawing pencils.
• A Sketchbook. A sketchbook is one of the most important things an artist can have.
• Quality Drawing Surfaces.
• Variety of Erasers.
• A Good Pencil Sharpener.
• Charcoal or Conté
• Drawing Pens / Ink.
• Blending Stumps / Tortillions.