HOCKNEY ON Drawing
David Hockney once asked: “Wasn’t it Degas who said, ‘I’m just a man who likes to draw’?” Then he added: “That’s me. I’m just a man who likes to draw”.
It’s true that draughtsmanship has defined the Yorkshire artist’s whole career. As a 16-year-old student at Bradford School of Art, Hockney drew all day, every day, staying at his easel until late in the evening. And today, at the age of 82, he’s still just as fascinated by the whole process as he was more than 60 years ago.
Last spring, soon after he moved into his new house and studio in Normandy, France, he began to draw panoramic views of this new domain on sketchbooks that open out into one
