A drawing is a work generally made on a removable support using a medium, whether colored or not, such as pencils, feathers, pastels, crayons, or charcoal.

Requiring relatively little means, it's often used as the basis for more complex artistic creations in the fields of architecture, design, painting, sculpture, and industrial [Read more]

The history of drawing has origins as vague and ancient as the first rupestral paintings of Prehistory. It would nevertheless seem that it was the Romans who developed the first process that resembled the methods of today. They drew using a metal point dipped in a mixture, generally made up of pigments, whiting, gum Arabic, and powdered [Read more]

The Metal Tip: To draw, during antiquity, a metal tip was employed, generally made of gold, silver, copper, or lead, which was dipped into a mixture, generally made of whiting, powdered bone, gum Arabic, and pigments.

The Quill: Pen-and-ink drawing has been known since antiquity and was particularly popular during Medieval times. Equally [Read more]

For drawings, Japanese and Chinese artists favor pure lines, even often refraining from adding color. On the other hand, Western artists are recognized for their use of gradations and shadow effects.

Leonardo da Vinci's international fame is in good part attributable to his canvases, although barely twenty of them have resisted the wear and tear of time. However, not everyone is aware that the artist was equally the creator of an impressive collection of drawings, plans, and sketches.

In point of fact, over the course of his life, [Read more]