January 29th Class Discussion

1. Make a list of what drawings have been used for in the past. Compare and contrast with present time.
Past
- Maps
- Communication, cave drawings hieroglyphics
- Signs, story telling
- Medical/anatomy
- Diagrams
- Understanding anatomy/botany
- Learning
- Recording historical events/life
- Blueprints
- Entertainment
- Decoration

Compare:
Drawing is still used for all these reasons in present time, but there are a lot of other methods of recording, drafting, communicating and decorating.

Contrast:
Drawing used to be more crucial; people depended on it for survival and communication where as today, since we have so many other means of communication and decoration (for example), it has become mostly expressive. Drawing became less important as communication and other ways to communicate developed.


2. Talk about how each of us has encountered drawing as a viewer.
The way you encounter art is personal, and something that differs person to person. Your interpretation of drawings depends on personal taste, your background, passions and the criteria you want met.

3. How have you experienced drawing as a maker of art? How have you used it to make what you have made?
To make sure that the finished, 3D project turns out the way that you had planned 2 dimensionally on paper sketching, drawing diagrams, practicing accuracy to scale are all equally important. This is crucial, especially when it comes to scale, to ensure the finished project turns out the way it was supposed. Drawing is to make sense of ideas and to plan them before putting them into action.

4. When has drawing been most interesting to you?
It’s always interesting to look at different styles from past and contemporary drawings and compare them. I was the most interested in drawing my first semester at Stout, coming in with little high school experience and being taught at a college level. Survey of Art helped connect what we were working on in Drawing with the past and world around us.

5. What should drawing be used for? How should it function?
Used for: Expression, representation, learning, planning, therapy and communication: drawings should not have a limit on what they are used for.
Function: Assigning a way drawing should function could limit its uses. There shouldn't be a single or set use for drawing.