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The P*JET * Dictionary:
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| Charcoal Charcoal is the burned remains of plant material. It comes in the form of sticks or in pencils. Charcoal is a black substance that is very soft and can be smudged and smeared in various forms. Charcoal is often used for quick drawings or as a basic outline to paintings. Charcoal and graphite repel each other and should not be used to try and blend into one drawing.
Chiaroscuro Curo-scuro. The balance of light and shadow in a painting or drawing. The use of good chiaroscuro is that the scene has accurate or dramatic lighting, having many medium highlights integrated into strong highlights and dark shadows. Chiaroscuro adds depth to the 2-D surface, creating the illusion of a 3-D space.
Graphite Silvery substance used to make pencil leds. Graphite also can be used in powder form. Graphite pencils come in many different hardnesses, the hard leds have numbers followed by the letter H and the soft pencils have a number followed by the letter B. The led that straddles the two hardnesses is an HB. It is a medium hardness.
Hatching A technique used in drawing and engraving where fine lines are cut or drawn together to achieve a shading effect
Shading Creating a smooth, blended area representing a shadow. Shading involves spreading the graphite or charcoal on the drawing surface and rubbing it with either your finger or a blending stump, or even lamb skin.
Sketch A sketch is a quick drawing often used to get the basic composition worked out on paper. Sketches rely on form and outline versus highlights, shadows, and detail to convey their points. Many artists use sketches as a foundation for more detailed and sophisticated works of art.
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