Tracey is a peer reviewed electronic journal dedicated to drawing and contemporary issues. It is 
varied and diverse with a fast growing readership of academics, students and practitioners.  
Representing a wide range of drawing interests including fine art, architectural design, graphics, 
product design and visual communication TRACEY supports any activity in which drawing is 
essential.

You can see us at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/index.html


In this next invitation for submissions, we are focusing on the theme of What is Bad (Good) 
Drawing? 
My co-editor for this issue, Mark Wright (of Art at the University of Cincinnati) writes: 
'Bad Drawing acclaims aberrant and troubled imaginations in graphic work, from the torrid self-
portraits of high school students to the vibrant subcultures of tattoo and comic book artists as 
neglected seams of rich work. There is a strata of imagery and affect that gets squeezed out of 
drawing practice by the rigours of art school training, never to be seen again. Let s bring back the 
worst of it to infect lackluster line and tone and learn from its malevolence to revitalize our 
drawing traditions!'
Good drawing or bad drawing? Good drawing gone ba,  or just the wrong mark in the wrong place? 
Submissions should reflect on this broad topic and may address one or more of the following 
questions:
*	What is (a) bad drawing?
*	When does a good drawing go (deliciously) bad?
*	Are the classic virtues of the draughtsman the dry echoes of a visual establishment, 
	a museum form? What is the value of tradition in approaches to drawing?
*	Is there a virtue in the functional but unaesthetic?
*	How do we learn what good drawing is? What are the prevalent values and where do 
	they come from?
*	What criteria and judgements are used in 'expert' evaluation? 
*	Does the worth of the drawing reside in the viewer? Does it reside in the context of 
		the production or use of the drawing?
*	Is there such a thing as a 'clumsy line' or a 'crude mark', and if so, how might such 
		terminology indicate aesthetic merit?
*	Do famous artists ever make lousy drawings? Who's going to tell them if they do?
A submission can be drawings or other visual material, texts or research papers that have not 
been published before or have been published in a different context and also texts and images 
combined. There is no word or image limit at this stage.

All submissions will be peer reviewed by two members of the peer review panel.  Please visit the 
site to view our full guidelines for submissions and a list of our peer reviewers.

Submissions should be accompanied by a summary of content and special formatting e.g. italics 
should be highlighted in colour.  Submissions should be on CD or as attachments in MS Word.  If 
text includes images, please send images also as separate files (jpg, tiff etc).  Send to 
[log in to unmask] or c/o Simon Downs, Loughborough University School of Art and Design by the 
25th February 2008.


Simon Downs
1st November 2007.