This first draft of the Plan de Dessin attempts to map the bigger picture of drawing using a method similar to Harry Beck’s classic 1931 map of the layout of the London Underground.
In my Plan de Dessin there are five functional lines: Line 1 is concerned with decorative outcomes, Line 2 control systems, Line 3 the development of ideas, Line 4 the communication of instructions, Line 5 the recording of information and Line 6 play. These six ‘Lines’ are to my mind what constitutes drawing. On the plan each station is the translation of a multidimensional event into two that for the purposes of this ‘Bigger Picture’ is my definition of drawing. The junctions are the points where lines converge and working methods interconnect.
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This plan is just a beginning: the aim is to gradually improve it. To achieve this goal can I encourage you to make corrections, additions and deletions, and return this map to R. Man at Chelsea College of Art, 16 John Islip Street, London, SW1P 4JU.
A second revised edition is planned for May 2007.
Copyright Stephen Farthing
1st Edition: Autumn 2006
A drawing of the Bigger Picture of Drawing
By Stephen Farthing
