Primitives

Reference

Mode

Object Mode and Edit Mode

Menu

Add ‣ Grease Pencil

Shortcut

Shift-A

In Object Mode, the Add Grease Pencil menu provides three different Grease Pencil primitives:

Grease Pencil primitives.

Blank

Adds a Grease Pencil object without any stroke.

Stroke

Adds a Grease Pencil object with a simple stroke as a reference.

Monkey

It creates a 2D monkey head. The Monkey’s name is “Suzanne” and is Blender’s mascot. 2D Suzanne is very useful as a standard test.

Note

Materials and 2D Layers

Adding Stroke or Monkey primitives also adds a set of preset materials and 2D layers to help start drawing with the new object.

Scene Line Art

Sets up a Line Art Modifier for the active scene by creating an “empty” Grease Pencil object with a Line Art modifier referencing each object in the scene.

Collection Line Art

Sets up a Line Art Modifier for the active collection by creating an “empty” Grease Pencil object with a Line Art modifier referencing each object in the collection.

Object Line Art

Sets up a Line Art Modifier for the active object by creating an “empty” Grease Pencil object with a Line Art modifier referencing the active object.