Drawing, according to Taylor

How do you define drawing?

I feel pretty flexible with my definition of drawing. I define drawing as the expression of an idea through one's hand creating a mark on a piece of paper. I consider, pens, pencils, markers, brushes, and even fingers to be among the utensils one can use to draw; I suppose that by my own guidelines, if you can pick up some random object and use it to create marks on paper (e.g. a shoe, a paper towel, etc), then it can be used to draw. The same thing applies to simply folding the paper, like how we talked about last Thursday.

Do you enjoy drawing?

I absolutely enjoy drawing. As long as I have a writing utensil in my hand (pencil, ballpoint, crayon, what have you), and a free second to sketch down an idea, drawing will always be my go-to activity.

What purpose does drawing serve you?

As an artist, drawing serves as my main creative outlet, and allows me to express the many little ideas I have blooming in my head at every waking moment. Drawing is my predominant defining factor as a persons; without it, I'd be the average Jane Doe, working towards a life spent in a 5x5" cubicle of an office building.

What purpose does it serve others?

For non-artists, I think drawing serves as an attempt to relieve boredom (i.e. doodling). I believe that if a non-artist works at it hard enough, he or she could certainly gain some artistic talent by taking this doodling to a new level, but people rarely do such a thing.

Types of drawn marks:

hatching, cross-hatching, shading, lines, dots/stippling, folds, brush strokes, ink blots, splatters, printing, contour

Type of drawing:

sketch, full-blown thought-out piece, painting, figure study, still life, graphic design, gesture, cartoon, portrait, gesture study, color study, contour/line drawing