This lesson examines the variety of materials an artist may use when making a drawing and considers how the choice of material impacts the ideas the artwork communicates to the viewer.

The disruption of the artist's intention and his or her control over the creation of a work of art was a key goal of Dada artmaking, and chance was a key strategy employed towards this end. This lesson will examine the role of chance in creating a drawing and challenge the idea of gesture discussed in Setting the Scene.

Because drawing is versatile and easy to experiment with, artists often use the medium to challenge established artistic conventions. This lesson examines the work of artists who use portrait drawing to make a political statement.

This lesson examines identity as represented in contemporary drawing using a variety of materials and processes. Extending ideas about politics and portraiture from Lesson Three of this guide, this lesson challenges conventional notions of representation and what constitutes a drawing.