I love to draw! I think it's relaxing to use drawing instruments to turn paper into a masterpiece!
So what are you called ?
I'd like to think of myself as an artist! I use many different mediums in my work. Sometimes I use pencil, pen, wax colored pencils, chalk or even charcoal!
When was the history of art ?
Drawing goes back thousands of years, some say it has been a fundamental means of public expression throughout human history!
What other forms exist apart from drawing ?
of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.
In addition to its more artistic forms, drawing is frequently used in commercial illustration, animation, architecture, engineering and technical drawing. A quick, freehand drawing, usually not intended as a finished work, is sometimes called a sketch. An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman
Andrew Solway, Stephen Biesty) (2003). Biesty now lives in Somerset with his wife and son.
Biesty uses paper, pen, ink and water colour paints. He never uses a ruler, drawing everything freehand.
Biesty describes his work as follows:
There's really no end to the amount of detail you can include. I don't use a computer and I don't think I ever will. I draw with a pencil initially and then I work on top of that with ink, usually