What Is Drawing - Sullivan

• What is drawing? Are there specific tools/ surface/ media interaction that define this act? Must it be 2-D and does it require a frame/ boundary to exist?
• Drawing is the act of making marks in space in order to create art. Although I usually think of drawing as being 2D, taking place on a surface, and being done with some sort of instrument, it doesn't have to be any of these things.
• Must drawing be graphic in nature? Elaborate with at least 2 examples.
• While most drawing is certainly graphic or visual in nature, I'm sure you could make a case for non-graphic drawing. Some sort of work that is intended to be touched, where the drawing consists of carved marks that the audience "sees" with their fingertips, would count. Some sort of installation that included sound might work--the notes that viewers hear would also have been drawn by the artist, in a way.
• Does the act of drawing necessarily result in a drawing? Are the two mutually inclusive? Explain.
• No, the act of drawing does not necessarily result in a drawing, although it frequently does. An artist may draw as preparation for another type of work--sketches for a sculpture, for example, or an under-drawing for a painting.
• Does drawing serve as the basis for other forms of art or stand on its own? Does it matter that we make a distinction?
• Drawing does both. The distinction between the two only matters in that drawings that will stand on their own need to be treated like complete works; they need to be finished with correct attention to detail, while drawings that are going to be incorporated into other types of art need to simply be solid.