Jac Saorsa has a new book just released, which is a profound investigation of drawing practice and therefore may interest DRN members. It is called Narrating the Catastrophe: An Artist’s Dialogue with Deleuze and Ricoeur and is available now.

A collection of interesting links related to drawing in different forms from drawing with light to Rotoscoping to 2D drawing physics games as well as a link to Sketchbook Pro for your Android or iPhone OS smartphones. Enjoy browsing!

Edwin VanGorder discusses the theme of drawing thinking in terms of a meta material.

The theme of this post relates to carving traditions that have influenced drawing . I reflect on traditional printmaking resources to these traditions, also within the structure of digital drawing perceptually . A mark as simple as a blaze has a new life in the new medium as a phenomenon.

Download a copy of Steve Garner’s ‘Drawing Book List’ here. The original list was published on the DRN forum and readers have shared their own favourites which have been incorporated into one list. If you wish to add to the list please add a comment or recommendation here.

Here are an interesting assortment of drawing related videos from YouTube ranging from drawing methods to the making of TV and film effects to A-Ha’s ground breaking MTV video for their single “Take On Me” to the launch of Adobe’s first version of Illustrator. Be inspired by some innovative moments in new media as well as being inspired to create your own drawing video and upload to YouTube!

There has been an interesting thread of discussion on the Drawing Research Network Forum (DRN) about thesis resulting from drawing research. This post has been started for those who has any suggested website links where you can find good drawing research thesis. Please feel free to add to this list by adding a comment and the post will be updated to provide a good resource for everyone.

Ecological Artist and Research Fellow at MIRIAD, David Haley shares his publication entitled ‘Draw Attention: Ecology As Art’, which was performed at an arts research conference in Bergen 2005. David maintains that ‘drawing is integral to perception and cognitive understanding’ and adds to the debate on ‘how do artists teach drawing’?

Strings, a dance-drawing performance conceived by Australian visual artist Rochelle Haley and performed by dancers of Rimbun Daham, from Ballatbase, ASWARA. It took place on Saturday 23rd January 2010 at the the Actors Studio in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It provides insights into new ways to produce art and movment. You can watch a video of the performance here.

- THREE A DAY DRAWINGS – THREE DRAWINGS BY DAY –
– By ANDY KRAFT –
Each day Andy Kraft adds three drawings online to create a poetic diary. These drawings include writings of his daily observations and dreams. This is the 3DAD Project that was launched at the beginning of 2010