10 Observations about Drawing

1.     Drawing is the most direct and naked act of the visual artist.

2.     Often, at its best, drawing becomes a tool for research.

3.     Of all contemporary visual practices, drawing is the most basic, the most embracing, the most permissive of play, the most flexible and open to exploration of process, and the least weighted down by the need to be a product.

4.     When drawing is seen as a language, the possibilities for style, content and poetic vision are infinite.

5.     Drawing is not a magic ability practiced by a gifted few. Drawing is a tool and a skill useful to everyone.

6.     In drawing, talent is a gift, not a necessity.

7.     Drawing, stripped of all else, is a physical act, which carries the potential of the entire body, its history and experiences.

8.     Drawing the figure from life is a skill practiced over time. Drawing life from the figure emerges from a deep understanding of the human condition.

9.     A good drawing is an organic thing, which refuses to have its future planned for it.

10.  When you draw, you dance.