Drawing
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 Drawing facts

• Instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, various metals (such as silverpoint) and electronic drawing
• A drawing instrument releases small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark
• The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, may be used
• Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard or indeed almost anything
• The medium has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history
• It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas
• The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities
• In addition to its more artistic forms, drawing is frequently used in commercial illustration, animation, architecture, engineering and technical drawing
• A quick, freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work, is sometimes called a sketch
• An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman or a draughtsman