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It is an experimental processes and a drawing can be created using a variety of materials, techniques, processes and styles. Drawing is a vital component of GCSE Art and Design as it is an important method of researching, investigating, developing and communicating ideas. You should draw from both primary and secondary sources to help develop your theme and ideas.  \nAs part of your initial research and development it is important to explore different drawing media and techniques. You could experiment with combining them to see what effects you can  \nachieve.  \nDrawing tools and materials .  \nIt is important that you use a variety of tools and materials when drawing. Experimenting with a diverse range of techniques and processes will give you the opportunity to gain more marks within the assessment objectives.  \nDrawing materials include pencils, graphite sticks, biros, fine line pens, felt-tips, charcoal, chalk, oil pastels, drawing ink and erasers. It is also important to consider a variety of surfaces to draw onto creating interesting textures and backgrounds to your drawings.  \nPencils come in a range of different hardness. The h range is hard and light and useful for design or technical drawings. The b range is soft and dark and more suitable for shading and tonal drawings.  \nGraphite sticks are like pencils, but without the wooden casing. They are useful for shading and blending. Coloured pencils can be blended on the page and their tone can be altered by pressure. Some coloured pencils are water-soluble. Water can be brushed over them, or they can be used on wet paper to create more painterly effects. Water-soluble pencils tend to be softer than ordinary coloured pencils.  \nCharcoal is a fast and responsive drawing media. It gives both soft and strong lines depending on how you use it. It smudges easily so use a fixative to keep it in place.  \nChalk pastels have a soft, matt quality. Colours can be blended by working over the top of each other. Like charcoal, chalk pastels smudge easily so use a fixative to keep it in place.  \nOil pastels are made from pigments, waxes and fats. They are good for strong coloured drawings. Working colours over the top of each other can blend them. They can be scraped away in sections and combined with other materials such as inks or watercolours to give a wax resist effect, or white spirit to create amore painterly effect.  \nWax crayons are harder and more brittle than oil pastels. Like oil pastels they can be layered and scratched, and used to create a wax resist effect.  \nBi ros are good for drawing. They can be very expressive and are useful for exploring crosshatching. Different coloured pens can give different tonal effects.  \nFine liners and felt-tip pens create bold, bright colours. Some fine liners or felt-tips can be used with water, which makes them act more like ink.  \nDrawing ink can be used with a pen n ib for drawing and crosshatching, or with a brush for a softer effect. You can use a variety of objects with in k to create textures and marks. Inks can be used with wax resists for interesting effects.  \nErasers are normally used for removing unwanted marks but they can be used to create drawings too. Cover an area with charcoal or graphite and use an eraser to remove different amounts of the surface to create different tones and expressive marks.  \nPapers and surfaces can be used to create texture on which your drawing is completed. Considering and preparing a surface can give an interesting and exciting effect to the drawing. You could use newspaper,  \nbrown paper, tissue paper, tracing paper, wall paper, textured papers and any other interesting surfaces you come across to enhance your drawing.  \nDrawing techniques .  \nMark Making  \nMark making describes the different lines, dots, marks, patterns, and textures we creat","cbCainPy62GaKscG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainPy62GaKscG","pdf",5420683,11,"English","# What is drawing?\n# Drawing tools and materials\n## Types of drawing materials\n# Drawing techniques\n## Mark making\n## Observational drawing\n## Composition and design","[{\"question\":\"What is drawing in the GCSE Art and Design context?\",\"answer\":\"Drawing is an expressive process where a person uses materials to make marks on a two-dimensional surface. 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