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Art in Humanities Readings Outline Chapter 6 Readings for the study slides will be announced in the lectures.

CHAPTER 6: DRAWING Crossing Cultures: Paper -Knowledge of papermaking was transmitted in this way to Korea, Japan, and Vietnam -monks preaching their faith brought along brushes, ink, and papermaking -Asian and Muslim papermakers made enormous strides, learning to make paper of ever greater variety and refinement Two groups of drawing media 1.Dry media 2.liquid media Pigment -coloring material Binder -a substance that allows it to be shaped into sticks (for dry media), to be suspended in fluid (for liquid media), and to adhere to the drawing surface. Graphite -A soft, crystalline form of carbon first discovered in the 16th century, graphite is a naturally occurring drawing medium Charcoal -charred wood -Natural charcoal creates a soft, scattered line that smudges easily and can be erased with a few flicks of a cloth Crayons -the binder is a greasy or waxy substance -using a binder of wax and oil, known as oil pastel -clay and a small amount of greasy binder, known as conte crayon

Pastels -consists of pigment bound with a nongreasy binder such as a solution of gum arabic or gum tragacanth (natural gums made from hardened sap) in water. -often considered a borderline medium, somewhere between painting and drawing Chalk -black chalk (a composite of carbon and clay), red chalk (iron oxide and clay), and white chalk (calcite or calcium carbonate). These stones need only be mined and then cut into convenient sizes for use. Pen and Ink -Drawing inks generally consist of ultrafine particles of pigment suspended in water. A binder such as gum arabic is added to hold the particles in suspension and help them bind to the drawing surface. -Today most pen nibs are made of metal Brush and Ink -The soft and supple brushes used for watercolor can also be used with ink -Raymond Pettibon used a fine brush to draw the slender, even lines of the text at the upper left. He used a larger brush and a looser, more varied line to create the image. Collage -“pasted paper.” -gathering bits and pieces from various sources -Invented by Georges Braque...