Primitives¶
Reference
- Mode
Object Mode and Edit Mode
- Menu
- Hotkey
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.
Nota
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.