How to Draw
Choice of mediums
IntroductionIn this lesson, you will examine various types of media: materials and tools that a designer chooses to help create a design. Media covers a wide range of materials because all sorts of things can be used in designing. Medium is the singular form of media.
Wax crayon, pencil crayon, pencil, paint, felt pen, ink, chalk, pastel, Plasticineā¢, clay, paper, fabric, dyes, yarn, wire, glue, wood, plastic, tape, styrofoam, and tin foil are a few materials that can be used to design. When different materials are combined to produce a piece of artwork, that artwork is called mixed media. For example, you might apply pencil over watercolor, or attach fabric to a paper sculpture.