Price, Gail

Arrylic -- the -- medium - Acrylic -- special techniques.

The artist introduces different types of charcoal and conte crayon and then illustrates how they are used in a series of motivating demonstrations on different papers. The subjects were selected to show a variety of applications including a gesture drawing with charcoal, a mug to show form, and how this media brings life to a cave drawing.

Using felt tip markers, ink pens, colored pencils, crayons, twigs, and palette knife and different colored and textured papers, Gail Price demonstrates many methods including crayon resist to enhance drawings in this fast-moving but comprehensive video.

Introduces the basic techniques of drawing with a pencil, beginning with contour and accent lines, and demonstrates the creation of ten pencil drawings using various pencils, papers, and techniques.

Different types of pastels including hard, soft, oil, iridescent, and pencil are shown and their properties explained. Demonstration drawings of a variety of subjects show how the pastels are used and include still lifes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables, a landscape, a fashion drawing, a dog, and tropical fish. The artist also demonstrates how to combine oil pastels with turpentine for opaque drawings and how soft pastels can be used on velour to create effective textural drawings.