Media and Processes - Drawing - The Materials of Drawing: Dry Media
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What are the properties of different kinds of grey pencils?
1. Soft pencils have darker marks and quickly lose their tip. These are often used for writing.
2. Hard graphite pencils create a light mark and are great for sketching/layouts.
2. Hard graphite pencils create a light mark and are great for sketching/layouts.
What is the difference between colour pencil and graphite pencil?
Colour pencil has more wax and some pigment added to it. They are hard to erase, but give off colour.
How are chalk, pastel and crayon made?
From pigment mixed with a fatty binder like oil, wax, gum arabic or glue. The result depends on the binder. Chalk is very powdery due to its mixture of calcium carbonate with gum arabic, pastel is pigment mixed with gum arabic, wax or oil and crayon is just pigment mixed with wax. These are all colourful.
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