Since the 14th century, artists have used sticks made from a mixture of lead and zinc, which were sometimes called "silver pencils", for drawing. Slate pencils have been known since the 16th century. That night in 1565, a storm broke out in the English county of Cumberland.

The softness of charcoal and pressed crayons makes it easier to work with tones in graphics, and sharpened charcoal pencils allow you to achieve maximum detail even on a small canvas. Although charcoal is mainly used for sketches and under-drawings, graphic artists choose it as the main material for work. Albrecht Durer (a Renaissance artist known for…

Art is one of the most important and interesting phenomena in the life of society, an integral part of human activity, which plays a significant role in the development of not only an individual, but also society. The essence of art is determined by the fact that it represents the most complete and effective form of aesthetic awareness of the surrounding…

The basis for painting is any physically existing material or surface on which paints are applied: metal, wood, fabric, paper, brick, stone, plastic, vellum paper (thin parchment, wax, tracing paper), parchment, plaster, glass. However, only a few of them represent the traditional foundations for oil painting; they are divided into two groups: elastic…