People can't draw now and don't feel it's necessary. Art students don't seem to want to draw.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was aware that the teaching of drawing was being stopped almost 30 years ago. And I always said, 'The teaching of drawing is the teaching of looking.' A lot of people don't look very hard.
I am among the few who continue to draw after childhood is ended, continuing and perfecting childhood drawing - without the traditional interruption of academic training.
After a long period of not drawing, you have to, like, relearn how to draw. It's not very fun.
Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.
I would like to say to children, 'Don't stop drawing. Don't tell yourself you can't draw.' Everyone can draw. If you make a mark on a page, you can draw.
I want to bring drawing back to the basics, make it about the pleasure that it can afford and remove the notion that it's some kind of precious or difficult activity. It's another way of telling a story.
As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.
Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.
Painting is something that requires a lot of time - it's not just one good idea out of art school.
There is, however, a change going on in the world. There's far more interest in drawing now than there has been in a long, long time. Schools are beginning to teach drawing again in a serious and meaningful way.