Andre Masson

Masson was one main figures of the surrealists movement, a keen exponent of automatic drawing. Masson would often force himself to work under strict conditions, for example, after long periods of time without food or sleep, or under the influence of drugs. He believed forcing himself into a reduced state of consciousness would help his art be free from rational control, and hence get closer to the workings of his subconscious mind.

Desmond Paul Henry

Desmond Paul Henry ranks among one of the few early British pioneers of Computer Art/Graphics of the 1960's. During this period he constructed a total of three mechanical drawing machines (in 1960, '63 and '67) based around the components of analogue bombsight computers. Henry’s life-long passion for all things mechanical inspired him to purchase an army surplus analogue bombsight computer in the early 1950s. For years he would gaze transfixed at the ‘peerless parabolas’ (Henry) of its inner working parts when in motion. Then in the early sixties he decided to try and capture these mechanical motions on paper and so was born the first of a series of three drawing machines based around the components of the bombsight computer itself.

Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly's calligraphic work is elegant but somehow awkward at the same time. It plays with the letter forms that are reproduced by us intuitively every day, and the materials of chalk and blackboards which are loaded with meanings pertaining to the teaching and learning process.

Nick White

As with Nick White's work, think how through focus on the process and materials used while drawing images can form and grow intuitively.

Daniel Zeller

video of daniel zeller working in his studio gives a good insight to the materials/methods and the overall time needed to produce such dense and visually intricate images. While engaging with drawing process try to keep communication of ideas as a central theme, don't slip into simple surface decoration.

Richard Long

Lines drawn on the earth by repeated walking of a line. Working within the movement of land art Long's work can show you the limits of what a drawing can be.