"drawing on work" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that someone is using information or ideas from previous research or sources in their writing or argument. Example: The author's argument in this paper is strengthened by drawing on work from reputable scholars in the field.
But Bertolucci isn't drawing on work like Fuller's — he's drawing on the fans' appreciation of that work.
The contributors explore conceptual foundations, drawing on work by Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre, and respond to recent critiques.
Drawing on work by the British psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen, he suggests that A.S.D. may represent an extreme form of the "male brain".
Drawing on work done by Scott Seegert, who has written a book on the subject, Mr. Steuer writes about truly bad ideas that have received a patent.
Drawing on work by the sociologist E. Franklin Frazier and the historian of slavery Stanley Elkins, Moynihan diagnosed a crisis in the structure of the black family.
The report was more than a compilation of historic bad debts; drawing on work by other organisations, it also made a stab at estimating the new NPLs that will result from a lending spree between 2002 and 2004.
Bayrle's kinetic sculptures at dOCUMENTA (13) draw on works he created in 1966, when he built machines.
But by drawing on works composed from the 14th to 16th centuries, New York Polyphony could ignore that inconvenient reconsideration.
It presents exhibitions two to four times a year, drawing on works from Mr. Tek's collection of more than 1,000 paintings.
But he put in some serious research for the book, drawing on works of history (Michelet, Norman Cohn, Margaret Murray) and novels including Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes.
"There is not one story line or a single model," said Mr. McFaul, who drew on work he did as a professor at Stanford.
