VISTECH

• Graphite


  The dark gray material usually found encased within a wooden pencil
• Pencil types

  • H pencils (HARDER GRAPHITE)
  • B pencils (SOFTER GRAPHITE)
• Shading


  Used traditionally in drawing for depicting a range of darkness by applying media more densely or with a darker shade for darker areas and less densely or with a lighter shade for lighter areas
• Shading Techniques

  • Parallel Hatching (one of the MOST BASIC forms of hatching)
  • Contour Hatching (define the form of the object)
  • Cross Hatching (one of the QUICKEST and most EFFECTIVE ways)
  • Fine Cross Hatching (RICHEST and MOST SUBTLE form of cross hatching)
• Value

  The darkness or lightness of a color
• Value types

  • Tints (light values)
  • Shades (dark values)
• Contrast


  Deals with difference between elements such as texture, color, size or value
• Location of Value

  • Highlight (the location on the subject where the reflection of light is most intense)
  • Mid-Tone (areas on the subjects where some lights is hitting, but in a manner that is less intense than the highlight)
  • Core Shadow (light is prevented from hitting producing an area of shadow)
  • Cast Shadow (locations of darker value)
• Stippling


  Tiny dots and dashes, creating a soft and gentle texture
• Brush Types

  • Round Brush (GO TO brushes to produce fine lines)
  • Flat Brush (produce good straight edges or to block in color quickly; flats are measured across the width of the FERRULE)
• Fundamentals of Watercolor Rendering

  • Wet-in-Wet Watercolor (Applying wet paint to a wet background to dilute it but timing is everything to this technique)
  • Wet-on-Dry Watercolor (To place a hard or sharp edge on the painting)
• Types of Watercolor Wash

  • Flat Wash (useful for skies, and many other areas requiring smooth color with visible brush strokes)
  • Graded Wash (gradual change in the value or intensity of the color as the wash progresses; it begins from darker to intense paint)
  • Variegated or Blended Wash (allows you to paint a sky that change a color correctly. It will shift from one color to another)
  • Monochromatic (a color scheme that is made up of one color in a variety of values and even tones of the same color)
• Watercolor Still Life Course enhances observation skills as well as adding to the repertoire or texture and effects that you can render with the brush
• Light Source


  This refers to and is taken to be the sun in terms of shade and shadows in architecture