Learning Objectives

In addition to being able to recognize all of the key terms, artists, and artworks presented to you in the chapter, after reading the chapter you should be able to:

1.

describe how drawings often allow us to see an artist's thought processes and investigations of their visual world, either as preparatory sketches or through erasures and repositioning of marks on the surface.

2.

discuss the variety of drawing surfaces and materials used throughout art history, and describe their use in specific works of art.

3.

distinguish between dry media and wet media, and describe the distinct quality of line each one has to offer, using specific works of art as examples.

4.

discuss the use of computer technology as a drawing medium and its features that distinguish it from most traditional drawing media.

5.

identify contemporary works of art that hark back to the earliest drawings known-cave drawings.

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