List of drawing topics

See also: Index of drawing-related articles

Drawing is a means of making an image, using any of a wide variety of tools and techniques. It generally involves making marks on a surface by applying pressure from a tool, or moving a tool across a surface.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to drawing:

Types of drawings

• Anatomical drawing
• Architectural drawing
• Botanical drawing
• Caricature drawing
• Cartoon drawing
• Engineering drawing
• Figure drawing
• Landscape drawing
• Perspective drawing
• Plan (drawing)
• Portrait drawing
• Silhouette drawing
• Technical drawing

General drawing concepts

• Color theory
• Composition
• Figure drawing
• Linear perspective
• Paper
• Computer
• Proportion
• Sketch (drawing)

Cartoon

• Animation
• Caricature
• Cartoon

Media

• Chalk
• Charcoal
• Colored pencils
• Conté
• Crayons
• Graphite
• Inked brushes
• Marker pens
• Pastels
• Pen and ink
• Pencil
• Trois crayons

Tools

• Paper
• Bleach
• Wax
• Glue Gun
• Fixative

Technical

• Architectural drawing
  • Architectural plan
  • Floor plan
  • Site plan
• CAD
• Diagramming
• Engineering drawing
• Technical drawing
  • Cutaway drawing
  • Exploded view drawing
  • Patent drawing
  • Technical illustration

Techniques

• Blind contour drawing
• Gesture drawing
• Grisaille
• Mass drawing
• Scribble

Notable drawing artists

• Doug Comeau
• R. Crumb
• Jacques-Louis David
• Albrecht Dürer
• M.C. Escher
• Hans Holbein the Younger
• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
• Paul Klee
• Henri Matisse
• Michelangelo
• Pablo Picasso
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Antoine Watteau

See also

• List of basic painting topics
• List of basic sculpture topics

External links

• Timeline of Drawing Development in Children