Thoughts to draw upon. Issue 1 (1st March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Swartz, Amy
• Is Part Of: Visual inquiry. Volume 2:Issue 1(2013)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 96
• Publication Date: 2013-03-01
• Subjects: Art appreciation -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Art -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 707.1041
• DOI: 10.1386/vi.2.1.87_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2045-5879

Abstract

In our modern world filled with exacting information and result-oriented activities, drawing is both a process and product that feeds the imagination, rescues the mind from literal explanation and builds a connection between emotion and rational thought. The drawn mark can transform into a plethora of optical possibilities, creating visual poetry and free association of ideas. This article is based on my own thoughts about the mark marking process and the wide-ranging, inventive and unexpected ways students' create complex, personally relevant contemporary drawing.