Red chalk

Red chalk lends itself naturally to sketches, life drawings, and rustic scenes. It is ideal for rendering modeling and volume, and human flesh. In the form of wood-cased pencils and manufactured sticks, it may be used similarly to charcoal and pastel. As with pastel, a mid-toned paper may be put to good use. A fixative may be applied to preserve the finished state of the drawing. The pigment used in red chalk sticks comes from red earths such as red ochre. Sanguines are also available in several other tones such as orange, tan, brown, beige. ==Gallery==

File:Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_presumed_self-portrait_-_WGA12798.jpg|Leonardo da Vinci, Supposed self-portrait in red chalk, c. 1512 File:L'Image et le Pouvoir - Etude d'après un buste romain.jpg|Mademoiselle de Mondran, Study after a Roman bust, 1786; relatively unusual in fully coloring the background == See also ==