Drawing v painting

"I think what we call painting is basically drawing in various media."
Frank Auerbach

Reading this reminded me of something that American sculptor, David Smith said, although I can't quite remember what it was. And got me thinking about the difference between painting and drawing. 
None of these points is strictly true (they can be disproved with counter-examples), but generally;

• Drawing is provisional, unfinished, not a finished product.
• Drawing is linear, or has a strong linear element (I'm probably thinking of Auerbach here) Or, is not just tonal.
• Drawing is less historically fixed to a time or tradition. For example, drawing predates oil painting, tempera, etc. Drawing predates everything. It's the first art.
• Colour is not foremost in drawing, more focused on black and white
• Drawing is quick - this ties in with it's linear quality - This speed suggests that it is an approach which can access deeper areas, it has less artifice, or can just create surprise. Philip Guston talked about the long preparation for a few minutes of innocence (something like that). Auerbach says that although he spends a long time working on a painting, most of that time is spent scraping paint off, the final image is made quickly. Freshness, not overworked.
• Drawing uses the colour of the paper, canvas, base
• Drawing doesn't achieve levels of realism that painting can. In the same way that a black and white photo is not as real as a colour photo.

Why did this sentence strike a chord with me this morning? I think it's the first one. Drawing is provisional, unfinished, not a finished product. There is also a sense with drawing that it is not so necessarily meant for public viewing. It's more of a private activity. A way to get ideas out to be worked on.

The hero silences his wife for fear that she will be heard.

The hero burns his wife for fear that she will die of cold.

new painting 1 (in progress)

little casual abstractions

Very excited and slightly irritated by this;

http://badatsports.com/2014/feeling-great-with-lane-relyea/

This is great;

Art is always supposed to be about free time. You just do things for their own sake. And that’s got a real labor aspect to it: who has free time to just do things for their own sake? You’ve got to pay rent, you have to eat. So painters have this problem, where you’re working for the system, in the system, but at the same time your whole identity is about living freely. So the social practitioner has this problem too. Why is that surprising? It’s to the benefit of all to acknowledge that contradiction. It doesn’t have to be self-defeating or annihilating.

And this;

One of the ways I’m talking about painting now is trying to talk about these little casual abstractions that look like something a painter could do when they can find a few hours in the studio when they can actually perform the role of the painter, instead of the residency-runner or the blog-poster.

The anti-practise of painting

A dictionary definition for practise;

Actively pursue or be engaged in (a particular profession or occupation):he began to practise law[NO OBJECT]: he practised as a barrister(as adjective practising) a practising architect
 

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