An introduction to artists, tools, and techniques in drawing and painting. Based on chapters 2.1 and 2.2 in the textbook "Gateways to Art" (2012) by DeWitte, Larman, and Shields.

1. Art Appreciation
Professor Paige Prater
T, R, 9:30-10:50AM
A850

2. 10 Elements of Art:

4. Drawing: Dry Media
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Pencil
Charcoal
Silverpoint
Conté crayon
Chalk
Pastel
Crayon

5. Drawing: Pencil
Ilka Gedö, Self-portrait, 1944.
Graphite on paper, 11 5/8”x8 3/8”.
British Museum, London, England.

6. Drawing: Colored Pencil
Birgit Megerle,
Untitled, 2003. Pencil
and colored pencil on
paper, 16 ¾” x 11 ¾” –
MOMA, New York.

7. Drawing: Charcoal
Käthe Kollwitz, Self-Portrait in Profile to
Left, 1933. Charcoal on Paper. 18 ¾” x 25”.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Léon Augustin Lhermitte, An Elderly
Peasant Woman, c. 1878. Charcoal on
wove paper, 18 ¾” x 15 5/8” National
Gallery of Art, Washingon, D.C.

8. Drawing: Silverpoint
Raphael, Heads of the
Virgin and Child, c. 150911. Silverpoint on Pink
Prepared Paper. 5 5/8” x
4 3/8”. British Musuem,
London, England.

9. Drawing: Conté crayon
Georges Seurat, Trees
on the Bank of the Seine
(Study for Le Grande
Jatte), 1884. Black
Conté Crayon on White
Laid Paper. 24 ½” x 18
½”. Art Institute of
Chicago.

10. Drawing: Chalk
Michelangelo, Studies for the
Libyan Sibyl, 1510-11. Red chalk, 11
3/8” x 8 3/8”. Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York.

11. Drawing: Pastel
Edgar
Degas, The
Tub, 1886.
Pastel, 23
5/8” x 32
5/8”,
Musee d’
Orsay,
Paris,
France.

12. Drawing: Wet Media
• Ink
• Quill & Pen
• Brush & ink

13. Drawing: Ink
Vincent Van Gogh, Sower with Setting Sun, 1888. Pen and brown
ink, 9 5/8” x 12 5/8”. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

14. Types of Ink
• Carbon ink: 2500 BCE in China/India
– soot+water+gum
– Smudges
• India ink: contemporary version of carbon ink
• Iron gall ink:
– tannin (oak galls/parasitic on trees)+iron sulfate+gum
arabic+water
– Not lightfast
• Bistre: wood soot/yellow-brown
• Sepia: derived from cuttlefish secretions!

15. Drawing: Ink
Claude Lorrain, The Tiber from Monte Mario Looking South, 1640.
Dark brown wash on white paper, 7 3/8” x 10 5/8”. British Museum,
London, England.

16. Drawing: Process
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Life-drawing
Plaster cast
Photographs
Gesture
Contour
Henri Matisse, Themes and Variations, series P,
Woman Seated in an Armchair, 1942. Pen and
ink 19 ¾” x 15 ¾”. Musee des Beaux-Arts,
Lyons, France.

17. Painting
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Encaustic
Tempera
Fresco: buon & secco
Oil
– Impasto
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Acrylic (1950)
Watercolor/gouache
Ink
Spray paint

18. Painting: Encaustic
Portrait of a Boy, c. 100150 CE. Encaustic on
Wood, 15 3/8” x 7 ½”.
Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York.
Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958, Whitney Museum of
Art.

19. Painting: Tempera
• EGGS!
• The Virgin and Child with Angels,
Ferrarese School, c. 1470-80.
Tempera, oil, and gold, on panel,
23 x 17 3/8”. National Gallery of
Scotland, Edinburgh
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20. Painting: Fresco
• Fresco secco - dry
• Buon fresco - wet
Michelangelo, The Libyan
Sibyl, 1511-12. Fresco. Detail
of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling,
Vatican City.

21. Painting: Oil
Jan van Eyck, The
Madonna of
Chancellor Rolin,
1430-34. Oil on
wood, 26 x24
3/8”. Musee de
Louvre, Paris,
France.

22. Painting: Oil (impasto)
Joan Brown, Girl in Chair, 1962. Oil
on canvas, 5 x 4’. LACMA.

23. Painting: Acrylic
Roger Shimomura, Untitled, 1984. Acrylic on canvas, 5’ ½” x 6’ ¼”.
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

24. Painting: Watercolor/Gouache
Albrecht Durer, A Young Hare, 1502. Watercolor and gouache on paper,
9 7/8” x 8 7/8”. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria.

25. Painting: Ink
Suzuki Shonen, Fireflies at Uji
River, Meigi period, 1868-1912.
Ink, co.lor, and gold on silk;
hanging scroll, 13 ¾” x 50”. Clark
Family Collection.

26. Painting: Spray Paint/ Wall Art
John Matos, a.k.a. “Crash”,
Aeroplane 1, 1983. Spray paint on
canvas, 5’ 11 ¼” x 8’ 7”. Brooklyn
Museum, New York.
Blek le Rat, David with the Machine Gun,
2006. New York.