The Use of Colored Chalk as a Painting Medium

Author

Harriet Loevenguth Becker, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Art

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The problem chosen for this thesis was to use colored chalk as a painting medium. All the drawings included have been executed on brown kraft paper which was found to be the most satisfactory for colored chalk. Charcoal papers with a tooth were used during the experimental stages, but the desired results were not obtained. The use of colored chalk, or pastel as it is commonly called, has been neglected as a major painting medium in the twentieth century. As an expressive medium, the writer has found colored chalk best suited to the technique of short strokes or lines to build up transparent layers of color.

Keywords

Creative ability, Fort Hays State University, Pastel drawing, Portraits, Chalk drawings, People, Processes & techniques, Methods

Advisor

Dr. Joel C. Moss

Date of Award

Summer 1964

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/WCGE7311

Recommended Citation

Becker, Harriet Loevenguth, "The Use of Colored Chalk as a Painting Medium" (1964). Master's Theses. 833.
DOI: 10.58809/WCGE7311
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/833

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