Sunday 19 April 2015

Times and the tools

Prehistoric - Ground minerals, animal fat, paint sticks, shoulder bone for grinding, stone tools for engraving with scratches and pigment on them, hollow bone airbrush, giant sea snail shell mixing pot

Egyptian -  Paint brushes, red blue green yellow white black in palette, palette, ground pigment mixed with gum/animal glue  powders of orpimentred ochre, and malachite. Papyrus? resin/varnish

Medieval - Natural pigments, green yellow red, ultramarine purple, black lead white, pigment and gum arabic or egg white binders, medieval brushes hair etc. quill, old pencil, sheepskin?

Renaissance - 

Victorian 

50's ish

Now

Near Future

Distant future machines vague robotness

Further future automated drawing robot human.
Virtual reality?








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