Gesture Drawing and Other Media, Part 3: CRAYON

       The joy of new learning is experimentation---expanding what you have learned in new directions. Besides pencil, gesture drawing is very amenable to other art media and combinations effecting qualities of line and drawing character. Here are a few.

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  The left teapot drawing surface is watercolor paper, giving the crayon a heavier "toothy" application.This deepens textural quality and enriches color depth. Can you identify the individual color layers?

  Next, the portrait begins with a yellow size definition layer. Each succeeding one is developed with deeper brown shades. A touch of black charcoal pencil completes the contrasts.

  Drawing ordinary objects, the 3rd example, is a good beginning. Yellow, orange, red, blue and purple were used for the objects with different color emphasis, blending and exclusions for each one.

  The right wine bottle offers cool blends on a smooth paper. It exemplifies the bright color intensities as well as the wonderful blending diversity from smooth to pebbly texture that thehumble, but mighty crayon can offer.

Crayon is an excellent introductory medium for gestures, with its color brilliance, fluidity of blends
and textural definition. For another media that complements the quick nature of gesture drawing,
check out the next area: Gesture 4: PASTEL GESTURES