Light and shade with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing; by Cross Anson K. (Anson Kent) 1862-1944

Author:Cross, Anson K. (Anson Kent), 1862-1944
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Shades and shadows. [from old catalog], Drawing
Publisher: Boston and London, Ginn & company
Published: 1897-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

named are often so uneven in quality that uniform tones cannot be obtained. All these papers have watermarks in the form of straight parallel lines about an inch apart, which are seen most plainly when the sheets are held toward the light. When thus held the watermarked name of the paper is seen, and the side from which it is read is the right side of the paper and should always be used. The sheets are of uniform size about 19 inches by 25 inches. Whatman's cold-pressed paper may be used, but no paper is as satisfactory as the regular charcoal papers named.

Charcoal. — There are many grades of charcoal of which only the best should be used, for with cheap grades, which are often gritty or brown, good results cannot be obtained. Good charcoal should give a perfectly black, smooth tint when rubbed into the paper with the finger. Every stick should be tried upon the edge of the paper in this way before it is used, and if it is gritty or uneven in texture or gives a brown tone, it should be broken and thrown away. When the sticks consist of round twigs the central part of a stick is often soft and brown while the outer parts are black ; care must be taken to avoid using sticks not black throughout.

The charcoal made in France by Cont^ of split twigs and called Fusains Venetien is very satisfactory. It is packed in boxes holding 50 sticks and costs about 45 cents a box.

Extra hard charcoal in boxes holding 50 sticks, costing about 55 cents per box and labelled Fusains Venetien Extra Dur, is prepared by Berville. The student will do well to obtain a box of this grade and, if necessary, a few sticks of a softer grade such as that first named.

Boards. —The surface of a drawing board is unyielding and unsatisfactory to work upon for the grain of the wood and all irregularities of its surface indent the paper and injure the drawing. Instead of a drawing board, a canvas the size of the sheet of charcoal paper on which the drawing is made should be used, and the paper secured upon it by thumb tacks. Its yielding surface will help greatly to produce an artistic drawing.

A portfolio may also be used as a board, and the paper secured to it by thumb clips, but it is not as satisfactory as the canvas.

Paper may be stretched upon cloth secured to a stretcher or it may be stretched upon the frame without the cloth. When the drawing

is completed it is then ready to be framed. It is best that paper upon a stretcher should have the protection of the cloth or canvas backing.

Crayons. — Crayons are sometimes used in finishing a charcoal drawing, as they are harder and more easily kept sharp. They give a deeper black than charcoal, but it is of a different nature, and the student is advised to work wholly with the charcoal or wholly with the crayon.

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