Compare and Contrast

Media / technique	Characteristics, properties	Potentials / Limitations	Compare / contrast	Health and Safety
M: black drawing ink T: stick and ink	Fluid, dense (unless diluted with water), waterproof Creates strong, lively marks, varying thickness of line as no reservoir, ink line runs out, requires frequent application	P: Strong, dynamic marks L: Unforgiving line, rarely varies in darkness/strength P: Vigorous, lively, dramatic L: Inconsistent, unreliable line, needs frequent application	To quink ink COM:– fluid, darkness of tone CONT: Unaffected by bleach, quink has a bluey-black quality so not as good when strong black mark required Potential	Indelible, so wear protective clothing, ensure have newspaper to work on to deal with spillages, ensure lid tightly fastened when storing, moving around studio
Coffee	Fluid once diluted with water, strong marks.	Creates strong dark marks if water is diluted with lots of coffee. Creates tonal qualities easily.	Com: Quink Ink: Liquid, fluid. cont: Coffee: Stain Quink is stronger and bleach works into colors.	Do not get it on your clothes it will stain.
Quink Ink (stick and ink)	Opaque unless applied thickly.	Creates dark, bold and heavy marks. Resists well with bleach.	Com:  drawing ink:  both dark, both fluid. Cont: bluey black quality, effected by bleach.	Do not get it on your clothes.
Emulsion (applying with mountboard)	Thick (impasto) Water-soluble.	Creates different tonal qualities. Can spread easily. Water-soluble.	Com: Bleach destroys colour. Is not impasto. Removes all colour and tone.	Do not get it on your clothes.
Bleach	Thick, dense, the weight flows off the brush like molten.	Creates tone. Easy helps create light and dark.	Com: White spirit: Similar properties, similar consistency, same opacity. Cont: Doesn’t bleach, doesn’t take colour out of things.	Do not get it on your clothes. Do not swallow. Do not eat. Not on skin or eyes
Camera Phone	Not many pixels. Portable, Pocket size, lenses, high resolution.	Quick and easy. Variety of settings. Immediately saves pictures.	Com: Digital camera: Lenses are similar, Portable. Cont: Cannot fit in pocket, less pixels than digital camera.	Don't stare at for too long because you will get headaches and your eyes will hurt.
App (slow camera) (slow shutter speed)	Slow shutter speed.	Fantastic effect. Variety of settings. Creative quality.	Com:  Phone camera: both have a variety of settings, good resolution. Cont: slow camera has more of a variety of settings. Can create slow shutter speed on slow camera.	Save pictures securely because they won't save by themselves.
Digital camera	High pixels, saves photos to the memory, non removable storage, removable,	Greater pixel quality. Perfect shot every time. Portable.	Com: Traditional Camera: both take extremely good photographs. Cont: Traditional only comes out in black and white and can come out grainy after you have developed it wrong.	Don't stare at for too long because your eyes will hurt and  you will get headaches.