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What is dry media? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using dry media?

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Dry media are art materials applied in a dry form, such as graphite pencil, charcoal, chalk, pastel, and conte, used mainly for drawing and sketching rather than painting. Advantages include precise control and fine detail, ease of portability and quick sketching, immediate results with easy blending or erasing for corrections, and a wide range of tonal effects. Disadvantages are that dry media are prone to smudging and dust, can be less vibrant or durable than wet media without a fixative, and have limited ability to produce washes, glazes, or large uniform color fields. Because they can be fragile, finished dry-media works often need fixation or careful handling to preserve them.