To clear their minds and organize their ideas, artists will often start projects by drawing sketches. This book asks why artists and designers use drawing in that way to kick-start their creative thinking, considering the application of drawing and its various uses across disciplines.

Chapter 1: 'Drawing with Purpose in Politics' - Page 1 - Dave Brown Chapter 2: 'Drawing Archaeology' - Page 13 - Dr Helen Wickstead Chapter 3: 'Drawing with Science' - Page 29 - Sarah O'Hana Chapter 4: 'Reflection on Time Spent Drawing: Towards Animation' - Page 45 - Pat Gavin Chapter 5: 'Drawing: A Tool for Designers' - 57 - Dr Russell Marshall Chapter 6: 'None, Yet Many Purposes in My Works' - Page 71 - Lin Chuan-chu Chapter 7: 'Information without Language' - Page 85 - Nigel Holmes Chapter 8: 'Landscape - Drawing - Drawing - Landscape' - Page 93 - Susan Hale Kemenyffy Chapter 9: 'Hew Locke on Drawing and Sculpture' - Page 107 - In conversation with Dr David Cottington Chapter 10: 'Drawing is a Way of Reasoning on Paper' - Page 119 - Andrew Selby