charcoal

(noun)

A stick of black carbon material used for drawing.

Related Terms

  • fixative

Examples of charcoal in the following topics:

  • Dry Media

    • In drawing, dry media generally refers to pencils, charcoal, Conté, chalk, pastel, and crayon.
    • Charcoal is used in art for drawing.
    • Artists generally utilize charcoal in three forms:
    • Compressed charcoal is charcoal powder mixed with a gum binder compressed into round or square sticks.
    • Compressed charcoal is used in charcoal pencils.
  • Agglutination Reactions

    • The carrier could be artificial (such as latex or charcoal particles) or biological (such as red blood cells).
  • Maori Art in New Zealand

    • Charcoal drawings can be found on limestone rock shelters in the center of the South Island, with over 500 sites stretching from Kaikoura to North Otago.
  • Selective and Differential Media

    • Xylose lysine desoxyscholate (XLD), which is selective for Gram-negative bacteria buffered charcoal yeast extract agar, which is selective for certain gram-negative bacteria, especially Legionella pneumophila.
  • Post-Painterly Abstraction

    • 1952, oil and charcoal on canvas, 86 5/8 x 117 1/4 inches.
  • Art and Architecture of the Southwest Cultures

    • The colors for the painting are usually accomplished with naturally colored sand, crushed gypsum (white), yellow ochre, red sandstone, charcoal, and a mixture of charcoal and gypsum (blue).
  • Art in Western Europe

    • The artists used polychromy, charcoal, ochre, or haematite to create the images.
  • Liquid Media

    • Drawing media are termed either dry (e.g.graphite, charcoal, pastels, or Conte) or liquid because they use a fluid solvent or carrier (e.g. markers, pen and ink).
  • The Drawing Process

    • Most drawing media are either dry (e.g. graphite, charcoal, pastels, or Conte), or use a fluid solvent or carrier (e.g. marker, pen and ink).
  • Paleolithic Cave Paintings

    • The artists used polychromy—charcoal and ochre or haematite—to create the images, often diluting these pigments to produce variations in intensity, creating an impression of chiaroscuro.
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