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Source: Wikipedia.org Drawing is a visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, chalk, pastels, markers, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint. An artist who practices or works in drawing may be referred to as a draftsman or draughtsman.
A small amount of material is released onto the two dimensional
medium which leaves a visible mark—the process is similar to that of painting. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials such as cardboard, plastic, leather, canvas and board, may be used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard, or indeed almost anything.
Definition of Drawing Drawing is a form of visual expression and is one of the major forms
within the visual arts. There are a number of subcategories of drawing. Certain drawing methods or approaches, such as "doodling" and other informal kinds of drawing such as drawing in the fog a shower leaves on a bathroom mirror, or the surrealist method of "entoptic graphomania",
in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of
paper, and lines are then made between the dots, may or may not be
considered as part of "drawing" as a "fine art." In simplistic terms, drawing is distinct from painting, perhaps more
so in the Western view; East Asian art, which generally only uses
brushes, has historically made less distinction between the two.
Critics may praise a painter's ability to draw well, meaning that the
shapes, especially of the human body, are well-articulated, or a
drawing may be considered painterly.
Adding confusion, similar tools and media may be used in both tasks.
Dry media normally associated with drawing, such as chalk, may be used
in pastel
painting. Drawing may be done with liquid media applied with brushes or
pens. Similar supports likewise can serve both: painting generally
involves the application of liquid paint onto prepared canvas or
panels, but sometimes an underdrawing
is drawn first on that same support. Drawing is generally concerned
with the marking of lines and areas of tone onto paper, but watercolor painting uses a paper support. Traditional drawings were monochrome, or at least had little colour,[1] while modern coloured-pencil drawings may approach or cross the boundary between drawing and painting.
The term drawing suggests a process and intent that is distinct from
the traditional act of painting. While there are drawings that are
finished artworks, drawing is often exploratory, with considerable
emphasis on observation, problem solving and composition, often as a
means of preparation for a painting. In contrast, traditional painting
is often a means of execution or finishing an artwork. It is fair to
note that modern painters often incorporate methods of drawing in their
painting process.
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