Technique consisting of visually representing, in two dimensions, people, landscapes, objects or non-figurative motifs. Until the 17th century, the word “dessin” (drawing) in French was used more in the way that we use the word “design” today, implying a notion of intention or a project, work on a large scale in architecture, painting or gravure printing. Nowadays the word “dessin” in French and “drawing” in English both refer to the action of drawing and the end result.
The implements used for drawing are pencils, pastels (oil or dry), charcoal, the sanguine crayon, pen and ink.