What in heck is visceral drawing? I was wondering the same thing as I started the Idea Visualization class at SCAD earlier this month. All this drawing has me flashing back to my year of drawing foundation, freshman year of college. Luckily, this drawing class includes less figure drawing.
This is my second class in the Masters of Design Management program. My first thoughts about drawing as a management tool, were well, skeptical. But I’m seeing the light. Or the drawings.
Visceral Drawing is the process of drawing quickly, just the essentials of a object or a subject. It’s a lot like gestural drawing. The part I’m gravitating toward is the imperfection. As a designer, I always focus on getting the details so precise and polished. But with visceral drawing it’s more about how quickly and confidently can you get your point across?
Yesterday, we had a quiz. That’s right a drawing quiz. In 20 minutes, we had to draw “what we did yesterday.” A week ago I would have said that’s not possible, or I would have tried to draw a very elaborate scene in those 20 minutes. Instead, I made a very quick timeline.
Can you tell what I did yesterday? It’s imperfect, and there are a few things I’d draw differently if I were to do it again. But it was fun and has me wanting to keep a drawn diary everyday