Events, things, ideas — anything. Objects and places in the visual continuum, sure, but also from other arts and abstract systems. 
Thomas Nozkowski

 son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing 
Bob Dylan

 painting may be an evasion, a ruse, a strategy away from the real, but towards the true. drawing may be an instrument, a tool, or vehicle for making the real.
so 
maybe... drawing makes real 
maybe... painting makes true 
and,
​of course,
the jack-a-lope lurks nearby.