Drawing Transformations, Part 1

Our new project for this semester, which runs concurrently with the other projects of 'De-constructing the Grand Master' for the first 6 weeks, then with "Reading & Responding" for the remaining 6 weeks of this semester, is entitled "Drawing Transformations".

My initial research lead me to the wonderful book, "The Primacy of Drawing" by Deanna Petherbridge, 2010, Deanna Petherbridge.   I have been extremely fortunate in being given a new copy of this book as a gift.  It truly is a magnificent piece of research, extending to about 500 pages.  In the first sentance of the book, Deanna Petherbridge captures something that I also truly believe in;

"Drawing is the basis of all art and visual thinking"

(Paragraph 1, Page 2, The Primacy of Drawing, Deanna Petherbridge, 2010).

This fits nicely to with a mantra that I have tried to follow from my very first week at university, which is;

"Never a day without a line"

I'm looking forward to this project.  I know it will help to challenge my techniques which will of course help me to improve my overall ability in the craft.  I'm keen to try new methods too, as our breifing for this project recommended that we should not only think about the subjects but also to think  and research about our methods, processes and expressive conversions.