Steve, the EXPERT - NOVICE comparison of skills is indeed a fascinating area
(and I hope that the artist community is not upset by that terminology,
which I don't like myself but it's an established one amongst
psychologists!) There is a paper out now on the brain scanning work that we
did with Humphrey Ocean in Stanford University, Ca. while he was sketching
from photographs:
Solso, R., 2001, Leonardo Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 31-34.
Although very exploratory - in the sense of asking "How can fMRI brain
scans be used for the study of the drawing process?", the comparison of
brain activity between the "professional" painter and people who had never
drawn before, was very interesting. What I intend to do on the subject now
is to set up a short concentrated project using the eye tracker to learn
more about the transition from novice to expert - a follow-up on pilot tests
we did in Painter's Eye. I am searching for potential collaborators and the
right home for this project.
By the way, we really need a JOURNAL for Drawing-Research. Leonardo is fine,
but takes too long to publish and virtually no libraries receive it in the
U.K. What else is there outside the world of art criticism which is too
narrow for what we need?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Garner" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 21 June 2001 13:27
Subject: Re: Drawing and Cognition
> John, I'll reply via the list (rather than reply privately) for two
reasons
> - firstly to encourage list members to view your web site and secondly to
> promote discussion via this relatively new list.
> I appreciate your pointer to your research. Thank you for making the full
> text versions of your papers available. So often, browsing of potentially
> useful papers is hindered by the difficulties of retrieval.
> Personally, I was interested in your comparative analysis of expert and
> novice practitioners. My own research interest concerns sketching within
> conceptual product design and I see some helpful parallels with the
> iterative cycling of action, contemplation and reaction in design drawing.
> I have also had discussions with a consultant radiologist about the use of
> drawing and I will point him to your web site to further our
collaboration.
> I recommend visiting the 'eye drawing' research pages to those who don't
> know this work.
> I hope we get other contributions regarding this area of drawing research.
> Steve.
>
> Dr Steve Garner, Department of Design and Innovation,
> Faculty of Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall,
> Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
> Tel: +44 (0) 1908 655784
> Fax: +44 (0) 1908 654052
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Tchalenko [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 21 June 2001 11:51
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Drawing and Cognition
> >
> > Dear All
> > I am doing work on DRAWING which may be slightly different from the
usual
> > art school approach. You can check it out on
> > www.research.linst.ac.uk/drawing_cognition
> > where it is temporarily housed.
> >
> > I'm trying to find out who is interested or active in this area in order
> > to
> > exchange information and updates.
> >
> > John
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