The phrase "act of drawing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the process or action involved in creating a drawing or illustration.
Example: "The act of drawing requires both skill and creativity, allowing artists to express their ideas visually."
Alternatives: "process of drawing" or "drawing activity".
It was the act of drawing that allowed us to speculate.
The new Fed window is untested and the very act of drawing on it could rattle markets.
Mr. Castle, now a soft-spoken 80-year-old, equated the act of drawing to the act of thinking.
Another way of putting it is that the act of choosing the plants matters as much as the act of drawing.
The idea is to inspire visitors to engage with their environment, to link the two-dimensional act of drawing with the three-dimensional world around them.
Several of her installations combine a performance with the act of drawing -- her rolling about on giant canvases while scribbling randomly with charcoal sticks or crayon.
Additionally, the increasing acceptability of pop and rock music on network TV in the 1960s helped fuel a growing population of acts capable of drawing crowds beyond the capacity of municipal auditoriums and convention centers.
But that act, the process of drawing a sword from stone, can also be seen as a metaphor for metallugy, literally the drawing out of iron from ore or stone.
This slippage and spreading is fitting, as a/r/tography itself "is an act of interdiscplinarity" (drawing on Irwin: Pinar, 2004, p. 9).
With assurances of support from Trump, Republicans have been pushing the "Born-Alive Infant Protection Act" as a way of drawing attention to late-term abortions, after confusing and controversial remarks by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D).
That high-profile act of defiance drew Mr. Sanford national attention, as well as a sharp attack by many people in his own state, including Republicans.
