Drawing

In my last blog I talked about learning the craft of drawing. This is only one of the many approaches. Here are less conventional and more contemporary applications of drawing practice as process and as an end in its own right. 

Using chance, letting go of control and authorship by attaching pens to tree branches and letting the wind control the mark-making

Tim Knowles

The How, Borrowdale, Cumbria

Ink on Paper and C-type print

2005

Drawing on unusual supports, e.g., used coffee cups

Paul Westcombe

Coffee Cups, 9 coffee cups

2008

Drawing with fireworks on paper and in the air (not one to try at home or school)

Cai Guo-Qiang

Same Word, Same Seed, Same Root

Min Tai Yuan Museum, Quanzhou, Fujian, China

2006

Drawing from fantasy but in a contemporary fine art context

Charles Avery

Avators

2005

Drawing in 3-D using black wool

Chiharu Shiota