What is Drawing?
[[File:Aofhfeworewour2.jpg|thumb|Pencil Drawing]] [[File:Dogon circumcision cave painting (brightened).jpg|thumb|Cave Art]] '''Drawing''' is a way of making a [[picture]]. Drawings are created by making lines on a surface. Long lines make up the shapes and small lines make the [[Texture|textures]]. [[Drawing (manufacturing)|Drawings]] can be [[images]] of real-life or [[abstract]] images. Drawing has been done for thousands of years, dating back to [[Cave painting|cave paintings]]. It focuses on objects made by [[Human|humans]] for any number of [[Spirituality|spiritual]], [[narrative]], philosophical, [[Symbol|symbolic]], [[Conceptual art|conceptual]], [[documentary]], decorative, and even [[Functionalism|functional]] and other purposes. == Materials == Drawing paper is a special [[material]] sometimes used for drawing, however many just use [[paper]]. [[Pencil|Pencils]] or [[Pen|pens]] are most commonly used for drawing. However, [[chalk]], [[charcoal]], and many others writing utensils are used. [[File:Parametric surface illustration (sphere).png|left|thumb|Sphere Shading]] == Shading == Shading is the [[darkening]] or [[Colouring|coloring]] of a drawing with lines or blocks of color. It can be used to make your drawings more [[3D|three dimensional]]. Shading is the process of adding [[value]] to [[Creating|create]] an [[illusion]] of form, most importantly the [[light]] in a drawing. It should have a highlight (where the light is shining), mid tone (goes darker in color), Core shadow which is the darkest color on your drawing, then there is the [[reflected light]]. Reflecting light is where [[light]] shines on the [[object]] you are trying to draw. [[File:Arcering1.jpg|thumb|Hatching, art technique]] == Hatching == Hatching is a artistic [[technique]] used to create tonal or shading [[Effect|effects]] by drawing closely spaced [[parallel]] lines. There are [[Difference|different]] types of hatching. There is [[Parallel]] hatching, [[Contour line|contour]], crosshatching, tick hatching, and more.