That is a box of needles… there is controversy if a colored pencil drawing can be called painting on some cases (while on other cases it obviously is not).

Some people consider it a painting when the pigment was dissolved with oil, alcohol, etc… and created a uniform cover over the paper. Some people do not consider it a painting because the pigment came from a round tube of wood and not from a brush or from a knife.

Some extremists do not consider it a painting even when it is an acrylic painting with colored pencil details.

It seems pastel works are always called “paintings” but the process still involves dragging dry media across a surface.

We had this discussion some time back and I seem to remember it was decided that coloured pencil was called a drawing. Maybe Elaine can find the post although it may be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Vena

Haha! I’m certain there are multiple threads discussing this point. Because, there is no definitive answer. Call them what you want. It’s strictly a matter of opinion. I call mine drawings. In my mind, pastel works are also drawings. Using the term painting seems like an effort to elevate what many consider to be an inferior medium. Personally, I don’t understand that. I draw and I paint. Painting is much easier. I proudly call my colored pencil work drawings, and smile proudly (and a little smugly :smug: ) when someone is astonished in learning that it’s not a painting. “You did that with pencils??” Yep. I sure did. :lol::smug:
So, I googled and this came up. Easier than going back through the archives! :eek::lol: Have at it!

But I think it should be called PO-TAH-TOE!

I suppose the difference to many people is whether a dry medium or a liquid medium was used. What about works that use both? A watercolor base with CPs over top – drawing or painting? Perhaps we should just call them works of art. :wink2:

We just need to start a new definition:

I here therefore rule that all picture rendered in paper or canvas, whose main means of depicting color is trough application of colored pencils to be called a POTATO!

I understand that when the tool that made the PO-TAH-TOE in question (:cat: ) makes lines, it produces a drawing.

Now… If the PO-TAH-TOE was made with a pencil, but there are no obvious lines, or contours outlining the forms, and the planes show due to shading, being the tool a pencil or a brush dipped in paint, it can be called a painting.

But… If someone gets a fine brush, dips it in paint and makes lines but no planes, would that be a carrot or what else???