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• Finishing materials used in enhancing and decorating finished products

  • Paint
  • Stain
  • Sandpaper
  • Varnish
  • Shellac
• Sketching


  1. Drawing an image in a loose manner

  2. Freehand drawing on the surface of the product

  3. Using creativity and imagination to apply different colors

  4. Creating a beautiful and attractive design
• Shading


  1. Marking the inside of an outline to project shadows or degrees of lightness and darkness

  2. Creating shades of lights and dark patterns

  3. Creating illusions of space and distance
• Blending stump


  • Tightly compressed paper with two pointed ends
  • Suitable for smaller areas for precise detailing
  • Creating smooth transition in between values
  • Filling white gaps and smudging, smearing and creating patterns
• Graphite pencil


  • Writing utensil with graphite lead embedded in a wooden shaft
  • Mainly used for artistic sketching and drawing
  • Can be removed with an eraser
• Colored pencils


  • Made with wax and pigment
  • Gives different lines depending on clay content
• Charcoal pencils


  • Allows for darker shades and less glossy reflection
  • Includes compressed charcoal, vine charcoal, and powdered charcoal
• Blending brush


  • Excellent tool to lift graphite and charcoal
  • Use to blend charcoal drawings for a smooth and realistic look
• Kneaded eraser


  • Gives artist ability to apply highlights and adjust shadow tones accurately
• Outlining


  1. Making lines on the outer parts of any shape, object or figure

  2. Emphasizing the shape of a design
• Drawing table


  • Made of wood, measures 26 by 22 or 18 by 24 inches
  • Working edge is straight and surface is smooth
• 1. square


  • Made of wood, metal or plastic
  • Has two parts joined together in a 90 degree angle
• 1. square


  • Technical drawing instrument used by draftsmen
  • Guide for drawing horizontal lines on a drafting table
  • May also guide a set square to draw vertical or diagonal lines
• Triangles


  • Used to draw vertical and oblique lines
  • Common angles are 45 degree, 30 degree, 60 degree and 90 degree
• Protractor


  • Tool used to set measurement of angles and arcs
  • Outer scale 0 to 180 degrees, inner scale 0 to 180 degrees
• Pencils


  • Drawing tools that come in different grades and hardness
  • Classified by number and letter like B, B1, HB, 1H
• Compass


  • Technical drawing instrument used to inscribe circles or arcs
  • Can also be used as dividers to transfer measurements
• Divider


  • Used to divide distances in two equal parts
  • Transfer measurements and space points or lines