One Famous Sketch Artist

Everyone has sketched in their life, even if it is just doodles in a book. It is still a sketch whether you think it is, or whether it's good or not. The earliest known drawings or sketches are dated back to 30,000 to 10,000 B.C. These drawings were found on the walls and caves in France and Spain (Mules). Somme of the most famous artist that contributed to sketching are: Jeff Koons, Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent Van Gogh. The most famous and still used sketches are from Albert Hurter, which was a sketch artist for Walt Disney, his most memorable sketches were snow white and the seven dwarves, also Pinocchio (DisneyWiki).  This field is mainly the ability to draw, sketch, paint, or a photograph. In the Middle Ages, from about the 400's to the 1400's, art was produced mainly to glorify God and to teach religion (Mules). Painting and drawing merged in the illustration of Bibles and prayer books produced by monks. These beautifully decorated manuscripts were hand-lettered on vellum (calfskin), or later, on paper. Those made for royalty contained miniature paintings ornamented with gold. Those made for less wealthy persons were decorated with pen-and-ink drawings. The flat, linear forms often resembled the ornamental patterns made by metalworkers (Mules)

            Many different styles developed side by side during the 1800's. Pencils were first manufactured early in the century. They became the preferred drawing tools of many artists. The French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres produced highly finished portrait drawings in this medium. Francisco Goya of Spain is known for his expressive drawings rendered with brush and black and gray wash. Late in the century Edgar Degas led the realist movement in France. He experimented with various drawing techniques (oil on paper, pastel, and crayon, for example) with very original results (Mules). Everyday scenes, ballet dancers, and horse races were among his favorite subjects.The tradition of academic training founded on drawing had dominated European art since the Renaissance. In the last quarter of the 1800's, artists began to question the merits of this training. The change began with the impressionists. They painted directly on the canvas without using preparatory drawings (Mules)

Works Cited

Mules, Helen. “The History of Drawing”, Web. http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3753864. Sunday, April 6^th.

Unknown Author, “Albert Hurter”, Web. http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Albert_Hurter. Sunday April 6^th.