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Universal Principles
...a drawing is always an abstraction at its basis
..it distills essence and reconstructs it with specific intent.
In Given Context
Various Intentions...accurately reproduce observed forms in space
eg narrative and pictorial realism or /
f the intent, in a given context, is to accurately reproduce observed forms in space, this may be another criteria upon which to judge a drawing’s success.
However, a decision in favour of pictorial realism is narrative, solely dependent on the nature of the communication; only then should success also be evaluated on this basis.
A drawn image is a constructed interpretation of a subject or an idea...
Intrinsically drawings are designed images...
fall within a spectrum of representation between literal and abstract
Sketching...
• informs all drawing processes,
• an end in itself
• quickly roughing out layout ideas
• evolutionary process that emerges into a final work,
Abstract and non-pictorial sensitivity
Stylising =
delivering a unique expression through choice of medium and approach that differentiates the communication
mood
feelings
gestural expression
formal juxtapositions
iconic simplicity non-pictorial forms /evoke intangible concepts
a searching mechanism
• evident within the final image’s form as original marks and erasures or obliterations,