Art and Design A comprehensive guide for creative artists - Aaltodoc

Exercise
1. By associating each element of design to one principle
of design, make a suitable sketch or image inside each
space of a box provided by the table below, in your art
book:
Movement Emphasis Patterns Rhythm
Line
Shape
Texture
Dots
Colour
CHAPTER THREE
Drawing
Drawing is a two dimensional approach of executing
representative artistic images or objects on a two-dimensional
surface by ways of sketching—using a pencil, pen,
chalk as well as a brush.
It accounts for a number of courses relating to drawing. For
instance still life, nature, portraits, as well as human figure
drawing.
In brief, the history of drawing starts from the human desire
to depict—their surroundings in images. As it is evident, we
have read many stories about prehistoric cave drawings and
other artworks created by the early man.
In terms of drawing visual artworks Micklewright (2005,
154) mentions, “there are plenty of alternatives which can
be used to gain basic visual skills. Plants, shells, bones,
buildings, machines, still-life groups, dolls, landscapes and
of course mirrors.” All these can “provide a source of visual
analysis and discovery” for the learner—aiming at obtaining
skills of drawing through critical observation.
Individual and separate types of preliminary drawings can
be sketched for use in various branches of industrial art
and design courses like painting, sculpture, graphic design,
weaving, jewellery making, pottery and mosaics along with
other research-based themes of art, to fulfil specific learning
aims and objectives.
Art and design appraisers, assessors or examiners make use
of drawing as a decisive factor to test devoted students at
the trial stage—to draw or sketch what would be feasible
within the limits of their individual skills. Hoover (1967)
discerns this point: “The good drawing is one in which the
child puts something of himself. It is an honest original idea
of his/her own.”
On the other hand, visiting museums, industries, workshops,
galleries and art exhibitions are among the numerous ideal
places from which creative artists can go to find sources of
inspirations that may result into powerful drawings.
Moreover, a great deal of drawing skills and techniques
can successfully be put into active process by using basic
foundation materials, tools and equipment of different
kinds by individual creative artists.
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