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> From: Jazz Green <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 27 February 2005 13:49:00 GMT
> Subject: Call for suggestions, methods/techniques to support visual
> realization through use of sketchbooks
>
> Dear Drawing Research list,
>
> I am new to this list and have followed with some interest the debates
> surrounding drawing... whether as a "hands-on" concrete experience or
> more abstract, cognitive process.
>
> I am about to work with some mid-stage foundation diploma art students
> and plan to begin with the notion and need of the "sketchbook" to
> inform their creative, visual realization of ideas. My methods so far:
> Brainstorm/Mind mapping: physical object, tactile, sensory engaging.
> They will be encouraged to create their own- make paper, stitch,
> bind, etc. This hopefully leads on to engaging them in thinking about
> and exploring their personal relationship with the "object": as open
> book, secret, confessional, therapeutic, risk-taking, discovery,
> scientific journal, etc. They will be encouraged to use (thinking,
> recording, collating, evaluating) a mix of images (drawings, photos,
> scans), text, materials, even sound, to develop and support their own
> ideas. In this way, I hope the drawing aspect will become less
> marginalized/separated from the other "creative" processes, and less
> formalised (ie. planned), contributing to their cognition of
> themselves and the world around them.
>
> My concern is that students often see the development of "sketchbooks"
> as part of the presentation for their final portfolio- very rarely do
> you see the genuine "thumbnail sketches", scribbles or notes on daily
> life- it's all too polished for an external audience.
>
> Can any members contribute ideas on activities/methodologies
> surrounding drawing, which could reasonably be engaged within a number
> of 2-3 hour sessions, to stretch their current capabilities beyond
> creating a visual journal?
>
> Thank you for time.
>
> p.s. perhaps a solution lies in our understanding of the term "sketch"?
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