WIT KRIJT

CRAYON (eng.) · CRAYON (fra.) · WEISSE KREIDE (deu.)
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WEISSE KREIDE (deu.) · WHITE CHALK (eng.)

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Daer wert oock noch een tweede soort van stoffe in ’t Teyckenen gebruyckt, namentlijck tot de hooghsels, soo wanneermen op Gront-Papier Teyckent; en daer toe gebruycktmen gemeenlijck vande Kley daermen de Toebacks-Pijpen af backt; dese roltmen (weeck zijnde) in Pennekens, een Vinger lanck {Pijp-aerde.}: (…) Nu tot een stercker Hooghsel, soo neemtmen oock wel Wit-krijt {Wit-krijt.}; en is dienstigh, om by gheval hier en daer een sterck Hooghsel te maecken.

[suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] There is also a second type of material that is used for Drawing, namely for the highlights, when one draws on Grounded Paper: one commonly uses of the Clay of which one bakes Tabacco Pipes; these are rolled (when soft) into Small pens of a finger long {Pipeclay.}: (…) For a stronger Highlight one also takes the White Chalk {White Chalk.}; and it is useful to randomly make a strong highlight here or there.

In this section Goeree explicitly discusses which choice of drawing material is best for each stage of the drawing process. [MO]

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MATERIALITE DE L’ŒUVRE → technique du dessin