Hello,
I highly recommend Frederick Franck 's  books as well.  Really lives in  
  his work .He is now 96 and can scarely see but according to a friend  
who visited him recently,he  is  producing the most wonderful water  
colour washes . He is one of the Patrons of the Dandelion Trust  which  
I helped found in 1988 and i had  the priviledge to meet and work along  
side him 15 years ago.
Enoed reading all the discussions   ...food for thoight......... Ann
On 29 Jul 2005, at 16:29, Rachel Pearcey wrote:

> John Ruskin’s Elements of Drawing is my bible – I’ll look into the  
> other 2 – thanks
>  Rachel
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>  On 29/7/05 11:05 am, "jenny soep" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear Rachel; Have you read 'The Awakened Eye' or 'Zen and the Art of  
> Seeing/Drawing as Meditation, by Frederick Franck?  And John Ruskin,  
> 'Elements of Drawing'.
>  I agree with your drawing as a way to realising something in it's own  
> space; I've been looking at the importance of 'nothing', and the  
> reality of something in it's absence, inspired by my experience of  
> positive and negative space in my practice of Chinese Calligraphy.  
>  Better go and finish my MA though.  6 weeks to go!
>  Good luck with your 3rd Year in Exeter!
>  Jenny Soep
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> Rachel Pearcey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>  Dear Jenny I like to draw from life . I don’t know whether it is  
> meditation  but it is certainly concentration. And it is concentration  
> in looking and seeing really seeing the object I am drawing and then  
> creating
>  an image on the paper which is true the to that object and to my  
> feelings about it. Drawing for  me is a way of getting to know how a  
> particular thing is in its own space.
>
>  Rachel Pearcey
>  About to start third year in Fine Art at Exeter
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>  On 28/7/05 11:09 am, "jenny soep" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I draw from what I draw.  
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>  ie, the experience for me is beneficial in that it is like a therapy,  
> but also offers a sort of meditational experience where I am absorbed  
> in the moment and appreciative of what I'm drawing (using studies from  
> life).  The drawing does not aim to be realistic, merely inspired, and  
> allows me to engage with my surroundings in a creative and  
> contemplative form of of expression.
>
>  ps how does one go about getting a job researching drawing?
>
>  Jenny Soep
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>  Almost MA Illustration:Authorial Practice
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>  University College Falmouth
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>  Cornwall
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