
The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating ideas. Drawing has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, have been used. There are many digital art programs and devices.Ī drawing instrument releases a small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark. Common methods of digital drawing include a stylus or finger on a touchscreen device, stylus- or finger-to- touchpad, or in some cases, a mouse. Digital drawing is the act of drawing on graphics software in a computer.


Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, erasers, markers, styluses, and metals (such as silverpoint). Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait at the Age of 13, 1484ĭrawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface.
