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== Description == | == Description == | ||
− | A general name for a stick of colored [ | + | A general name for a stick of colored [[chalk]], [[charcoal]], [[grease]], or [[wax]] used for drawing. |
− | See also [ | + | See also [[charcoal crayon]], [[Conté crayon]], [[pastel]], [[wax crayon]], [[grease pencil]], [[colored pencil]], and [[lithograph crayon]]. |
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== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
Revision as of 12:37, 13 January 2014
Description
A general name for a stick of colored Chalk, Charcoal, Grease, or Wax used for drawing.
See also Charcoal crayon, Conté crayon, Pastel, Wax crayon, Grease pencil, Colored pencil, and Lithograph crayon.
Additional Information
M.Holben Ellis, M.Brigitte Yeh,"Categories of Wax-based Drawing Media" WAAC Newsletter, Vol 19(3), 1997.
Comparisons
Websites of pastel, pencil, and marker manufacturers
Websites of pastel, pencil, and marker manufacturers
Additional Images
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 794
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- A Glossary of Paper Conservation Terms, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York City, 1998
- The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Crayon"