Joseph Beuys explored a connection with Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks and he produced a series of drawings inspired by the discovery of two lost da Vinci sketchbooks in the 960’s. Paper is not the only support for drawing but it is by far the most widespread. Drawings are made with graphite, charcoal, chalk, or ink and with brush or pen. Drawing is flat and monochromatic and it does not predominantly address colour relationships. ( Ginsborg 2003) Joseph Beuys “..It is not only a description of the thought…. You have also incorporated the senses…. the sense of balance, the sense of vision, the sense of audition, the sense of touch. And everything now comes together : the thought becomes modified by other creative strata within the anthropological entity of the human being” … (Jospeh Beuys in Temkin & Rose 1993) These experiences Beuys talks about and when i view Da Vinci’s image here all these sense seem to unify with my thoughts as i seek to find my identity in relation to the narrative of a drawn image. What strikes a chord with me is that following Dominic and Martine’s comments last semester saying i should give more focus to drawing, Da Vinci, Beuys and Egon Schiele are having an influence on my practice. Dissanayake (2000) discusses mark making as a natural consequence of the innate predisposition of humans to use hands, she gives much dialogue to the prehistoric art making of the first form of communicating as humans. My drawings when i don’t’ think to much, let the senses over ride my desire to make something look realistic, seem to flow in an organic sense of the line moves first then the connection with the brain follows. Looking at Leonardo Da Vinci’s studies of the human body drawings that are documented as ideas on paper initial thoughts again studies, not to be read as finished works of art, i can begin to analyze where my drawings seek to unpack thoughts senses and vision, to this extent they are great starting to points to seek out expanded projects.