ABSTRACT
Artists use drawing for a variety of reasons and motivations—telling a story, planning a project in another medium, exploring an intellectual idea, being playful, maintaining an archive, critiquing power, creating for monetary compensation, or simply maintaining a drawing practice or routine. As artists such as April Childers or Roz Crews mention in their artist interviews, good drawing can mean many different things to many different people. Artists master many drawing approaches and styles in order to arrive at one that seems uniquely their own. It is a long tedious process that requires patience and perseverance. This process of seeking out a style involves two main steps: collecting and practicing. First, artists must develop an ever-growing collection of sources and influences. Second, they must practice drawing in a variety of styles to develop a toolbox of drawing options for solving different visual problems. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
