drawing
Sign in to savethumb|Leonardo da Vinci's [[Vitruvian Man () Accademia, Venice]] Drawing is a visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to create a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, sometimes in combination. More modern tools include computer styluses with mice and graphics tablets and gamepads in VR drawing software.
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Drawing is a visual art created by using tools like pencils, pens, or crayons to make marks on paper, or using digital tools like styluses and graphics tablets to create images on screens. It matters because it's a fundamental way people express ideas and creativity, and has been practiced throughout history by artists like Leonardo da Vinci.
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- Overview
- History
- In communication
- In manuscripts
- In science
- As artistic expression
- Notable artists and draftsmen
- Materials
- Technique
- Tone
- Form and proportion
- Perspective
- Composition
- Process
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Leonardo da Vinci's [[Vitruvian Man () Accademia, Venice]] Drawing is a visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to create a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, sometimes in combination. More modern tools include computer styluses with mice and graphics tablets and gamepads in VR drawing software.
A drawing instrument releases a small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark. There are many drawing instruments such as pen, pencils, pastel, crayons, markers, color pencils, water color, and more. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, vellum, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, have been used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard. Drawing has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.