What is drawing? (Tsianina)

 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?
A drawing is anything composed of lines and shapes created in two dimensions. I think drawings are made with any kind of media, and can be of anything and on any surface. To me a drawing has to be 2-D, otherwise i'd consider it a sculpture.
~ Must drawing be graphic in nature? Elaborate with at least 2 examples.
I think all drawings are graphic naturally, by graphic I mean that it has contrast. If something wasn't graphic it wouldn't be as interesting to look at. 
Examples:

Marilyn Monroe, G0RMAN, Coloured Card, 42x60 cm, 2013

Does the act of drawing necessarily result in a drawing? Are the two mutually inclusive? Explain.
I don't think the act of drawing necessarily results in a drawing. I think the act of drawing can result in no physical art. One way of drawing I can think of that doesn't result in a piece of art is when you're drawing designs with your finger on someone's back. It's the same act as drawing but there is no drawing in the end.

Taboo, Adon Elmir, lead and graphite, 40x28 cm, 1999

Does drawing serve as the basis for other forms of art or stand on its own? Does it matter that we make a distinction?
I think drawing can stand on it's own, but it is also the basis for most other forms of art. It's pretty hard to build a building if you didn't draw out the blueprints first. I think there is a distinction between drawing to draw and drawing to create something else. If you're just drawing then that's the whole plan, but if drawing is the planning then it's something different. A blueprint can still be beautiful, but it's not the end result.

~ Find three examples you feel best exemplify DRAWING with captions (artist, medium, date, size) and an explanation on WHY you chose these.


I think 'Focus' by Paul Cadden is one of the best examples of drawing. ( I can't link the photograph from the website, but it's found here: http://www.paulcadden.com/#!portraits/c18ty) I think this drawing is one of the best examples of perfected technique. His drawings are so accurate they are often mistaken for photographs.

Still-life Study, Charcoal on newsprint, 9x12in, 2011
I think this drawing represents the expressiveness that drawings can have. They don't need to be photorealistic to be lovely. This drawing represents the looser, free-er type of drawing

Triumph, Graham Matthews, Graphite on Bristol, 9x12, 2012
I think this drawing represents the third type of drawing that's made solely from your mind. Abstract drawings are the freest of all and can come from anything and look like anything. Drawing from your imagination instead of observation is like driving somewhere you've never been, without a map