Includes bibliographical references (page 264) and index.

To start... / Julian Bell -- Studio space. Focusing on the individual / Ishbel Myerscough ; The life room / Thomas Newbolt ; Looking and listening / Eileen Hogan ; Skill and vision / John Lessore ; The gallery as visual dictionary / Ann Dowker ; Drawing from ancient sculpture / Ian Jenkins ; Modelling / Isley Lynn -- Open space. From the studio to the street / Timothy Hyman ; Learning the city / Liza Dimbleby ; Buildings as objects in space / Martin Shortis ; Other people's terrain / Mark Cazalet ; Covering the ground / William Feaver ; Finding and making in open country / Daniel Chatto ; Nature up close / Clara Drummond -- Inner space. Stroke, body, space / Ewan Clayton ; Graphic medicine / Emily Haworth-Booth ; Drawing from film / Catherine Goodman ; Walk the line / Sarah Pickstone ; Text and image : where two rivers meet / Sophie Herxheimer ; Being drawing / Dilip Sur.

Ways of Drawing brings together a sophisticated, exciting range of reflections on markmaking by practising artists, teachers and writers. From explorations of how it feels to draw and personal accounts of artistic development, to short, imaginative propositions for looking, understanding and experiencing afresh, this collection repositions drawing as a vital creative and intellectual endeavour. The book is divided into three sections: 'Studio Space', which focuses on drawing within four walls; 'Open Space', which ventures out into the cityscapes and landscapes around us; and 'Inner Space', which returns to the living, feeling, drawing person. Each section is comprehensively illustrated with a wealth of drawings, prints and paintings by faculty and alumni of the Royal Drawing School, works by established artists past and present, and photographs of artists at work.