drawing

Also known as drawing (artwork), drawings

thumb|Leonardo da Vinci's [[Vitruvian Man () Accademia, Venice]] Drawing is a visual art that uses an instrument to mark paper or another two-dimensional surface, or a digital representation of such. Traditionally, the instruments used to create a drawing include pencils, crayons, and ink pens, sometimes in combination. More modern tools include computer styluses with mice and graphics tablets and gamepads in VR drawing software.

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Drawing is a visual art created by using tools like pencils, pens, or crayons to make marks on paper, or using digital tools like styluses and graphics tablets to create images on screens. It matters because it's a fundamental way people express ideas and creativity, and has been practiced throughout history by artists like Leonardo da Vinci.

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Research

89,308 papers

Drawing as a versatile cognitive tool.Nature reviews psychology · 2023Fan JE, Bainbridge WA, Chamberlain R et al.DOI: 10.1038/s44159-023-00212-w
Representational drawing following brain injury.Neuropsychologia · 2019Carson L, Filipowicz A, Anderson B et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.107154
Drawing on medical school experiences.International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) · 2023Li ODOI: 10.1080/09540261.2023.2259464
How Drawing to Distract Improves Mood in Children.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Drake JEDOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.622927
Silverpoint drawing for scientific illustration.ReviewThe Journal of biocommunication · 1996Hodge GP
AuDrA: An automated drawing assessment platform for evaluating creativity.Behavior research methods · 2024Patterson JD, Barbot B, Lloyd-Cox J et al.DOI: 10.3758/s13428-023-02258-3
Drawing conclusions: a re-examination of empirical and conceptual bases for psychological evaluation of children from their drawings.ReviewThe British journal of clinical psychology · 1998Thomas GV, Jolley RPDOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01289.x
Novel Software for Pain Drawing Analysis.Cureus · 2021Kanellopoulos AK, Kanellopoulos EK, Dimitriadis Z et al.DOI: 10.7759/cureus.20422

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Commons category: Drawing
Commons gallery: Drawing
equivalent class: schema.org/Drawing
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Overview
History
In communication
In manuscripts
In science
As artistic expression
Notable artists and draftsmen
Materials
Technique
Tone
Form and proportion
Perspective
Composition
Process
See also
References
Further reading
External links

A drawing instrument releases a small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark. There are many drawing instruments such as pen, pencils, pastel, crayons, markers, color pencils, water color, and more. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, vellum, wood, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, have been used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard. Drawing has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating ideas. The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.