Style

Your drawing style results from a combination of your mind and the medium. Of course, the medium you choose will dictate certain aspects of your style. For example, your work will undoubtedly include more hard, crisp lines and stark value contrasts if you use a black ink pen than if you use pastels, but it is what goes on in your mind that really determines how your drawing will look. What is your intent? What you plan to achieve with a medium? Do you want to express freedom, or exercise control? Do you hope to capture a moment or to develop discipline? What are your personal tastes?

Medium and Style

This mixed-media sketch uses color and the tone of the paper as value variations.

Marie

Charcoal, oil and oil pastel on toned Canson paper

22" × 17" (56cm × 43cm)

Intent and Style

This loose, graphic brush drawing employs a silhouette effect with a touch of light from behind right. The intent here was to focus on the essential shape only. Learning to edit out detail can be a challenging exercise.

The Bass Fiddle

India ink brush and oil pastel on white artists’ vellum

22" × 17" (56cm × 43cm)