Drawing Techniques

A drawing technique that uses many small dots to build value and/or color.

• hatching

• scumbling

• shading

• stippling

A drawing technique that uses closely spaced parallel lines to create value.

• cross-hatching

• scumbling

• hatching

• shading

The drawing technique of slowly changing from one color to another. This technique works best with analogous colors.

• shading

• stippling

• color blending

• cross-hatching

A drawing technique that uses intersecting lines to create value and texture.

• cross-hatching

• hatching

• stippling

• blending

Adding value to create the illusion of form, space and light in a drawing.

• gouging

• printing

• shading

• sculpting

A drawing technique that uses controlled scribbles to build up value and texture.

• scumbling

• pointillism

• cubism

• stippling

Created when you add white to a color.

• shade

• compliment

• tint

• tone

Created when you add black to a color.

• tint

• tone

• compliment

• shade

A drawing technique in which the artist scratches through a surface to reveal a contrasting color below it. This technique works great with oil pastels!

• stippling

• scumbling

• sgraffito

• blending

The building up of light layers using any type of mark making until all of the paper is covered and the surface appears waxy and smooth.

• burnishing

• sgraffito

• craftsmanship

• printing