Discussion – Functions of Drawing

This discussion/essay covers the Drawing chapter from your textbook and explores why some drawings were created. I have given you a format to follow by breaking down the essay into four paragraphs. Please read your chapter first and review the instructor video.

You should have one different drawing example for each paragraph (2- 4). Points will be deducted if your examples are not a clear match with the purpose. Be sure that your examples are drawings from the drawing chapter. You will receive a zero on the rubric if your example is not from the 2.1 chapter. Please note that there are a few images in the chapter that are not drawings. Do not use those as your example.

Points will be deducted for grammatical errors, not referencing examples correctly, and not writing in complete sentences.

Once your grade is posted, please view the rubric to see how your answer was graded. There may also be comments within each category of the rubric. The due date for this discussion will populate on the calendar as Monday to allow for your two responses, but your answer should be posted by Friday.

Paragraph 1: Discuss the statement: Drawing is the basis of all visual communication, for your opening paragraph. Do you agree or disagree? You can discuss charcoal cave drawings, a toddler with a crayon, or even a set designer sketching out where the lighting will fall on stage. For the next three paragraphs, think about the reason the artist created the drawing.

Paragraph 2: Find an example of a drawing from your textbook that can be used to show a finished piece, a complete work of art (as an end to itself). Argue your point and provide the title, artist, and text reference number of each with a brief description. Hint: Often, if the artist meant the piece to be seen it will be signed.

Paragraph 3: Find an example of a drawing from your textbook that can be used to show a record of an observation or to enhance the skill of drawing (to think). Argue your point and provide the title, artist, and text reference number of each with a brief description. Hint: Is this from a sketchbook from the artist? Even though the general public looks at a sketch from a now famous artist, they probably never meant for others to see it.

Paragraph 4: Find an example of a drawing from your textbook that can be used to show a plan for a larger work of art. Keep in mind that sometimes the larger work will be in a different medium. Argue your point and provide the title, artist, and text reference number of each with a brief description. Hint: If an architect makes a drawing of a new project, that drawing is not the building (end in itself), it is just the plan, or it could be a drawing of another object which helps her think of how to proceed with the plan. If an artist is planning a work in his sketchbook, he is not creating this drawing for people to see as a complete work, ready to hang on a wall. What a lot of pressure that would be!