The document describes 13 drawing techniques: automatic drawing which expresses the subconscious mind through free and accidental mark making; blind contour drawing which involves outlining a subject without looking at the paper; contour drawing which focuses on outlines, mass and volume rather than details; chiaroscuro which uses light and dark contrast to create 3D effects; grisaille which uses shades of grey; hatching and cross-hatching which use parallel lines to create tonal effects; masking which renders subjects realistically; mass drawing which focuses on solidity without lines; screentone which applies textures and shades; scribble or doodling which involves continuous marks; stippling which uses small dots to simulate shading or solidarity; trois c

1. 13 Types of Drawing Techniques
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2. Automatic Drawing
Developed by surrealists to express the
subconscious mind.
Drawing is free of rational control where the hand
moves freely and mark making is largely
influenced by chance and accident.
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3. Blind Contour Drawing
This technique involves drawing outline of
the subject without looking at the paper or
medium on which it is drawn.
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4. Contour Drawing
This technique is the creation of outlines of the
subject like a sketch, which is plain and simple
an outline.
The prime focus in on mass and volume rather
than details.
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5. Chiaroscuro
Renaissance technique where dark and light
contrast is used to create a 3D drawing with
dramatic effect.
The principle of this art is the solidity of the
subject is best achieved when light falls against.
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6. Grisaille
This technique mainly uses grey and shades of
grey as medium.
Is widely used as “under-painting” for oil paintings
or to imitate sculptures in drawing.
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7. Hatching
Technique used to create tonal or shading effect
by drawing closely spaced parallel lines.
When lines are place at angles to each other, the
technique is called cross-hatching.
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8. Masking
This technique is used represent subject as
realistic as it is.
Used mainly in cartoons or graphics or
illustrations.
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9. Mass Drawing
Technique used to render solidarity of subject to
tone or color, without more emphasis on line or
edge.
Also called weight and modeled drawing, this is
the basic exercise in figure drawing.
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10. Screentone
This technique applies textures and shades to
drawing.
Often an alternative to hatching.
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11. Scribble
Also alternatively called as a “doodle”, this
technique is simple drawing with concrete
meaning.
The drawing device is hardly lifted off the medium.
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12. Stippling
This technique stimulates varying degrees of
solidarity and/or shading by small dots.
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13. Trois Crayons
As name suggests, it is drawing made using three
colors – red, black and white.
Medium used is either blue, grey or tan.
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14. Dry-brush
This technique uses a paint brush that has very
little color.
Resulting drawing texture is scratchy.
Can be achieved with water-based and oil-based
media.
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