9. Creative Jolts

“I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.”

—Vincent van Gogh

At some point, every visual artist draws. Whether drawing is a daily practice, used to think visually, as preparatory sketches, or as one’s chosen medium of expression, drawing allows you to explore, think, and feel. It may well be the most personal medium—it’s easily autobiographical. It’s also portable, and inexpensive, and seems like a natural extension of one’s hand, eyes, and brain.

• Drawing is vernacular.

• Drawing is scientific.

• Drawing is industrial or commercial.

• Drawing is expressive.

• Drawing is conceptual.

• Drawing is ornamental.

• Drawing is fashion.

• Drawing is figurative.

• Drawing is visual thinking.

• Drawing is...

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