Trois crayons
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Trois crayons refers to a drawing
technique using three colors of chalk
: red (sanguine
), black, and white. The paper used may be a mid-tone
such as grey, blue, or tan. Among numerous others, the French painter Antoine Watteau
drew studies of figures and drapery aux trois crayons.
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
technique using three colors of chalk
Chalk
Chalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. Calcite is calcium carbonate or CaCO3. It forms under reasonably deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores....
: red (sanguine
Sanguine
Sanguine is chalk of a reddish color, often called the true colour of blood. tending to brown, used in drawing, The word also describes any drawing done in sanguine.-Technique:...
), black, and white. The paper used may be a mid-tone
Artistic tone
Tone in an artistic context refers to the light and dark values used to render a realistic object, or to create an abstract composition. When using pastel, an artist may often use a colored paper support, using areas of pigment to define lights and darks, while leaving the bare support to show...
such as grey, blue, or tan. Among numerous others, the French painter Antoine Watteau
Antoine Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement...
drew studies of figures and drapery aux trois crayons.