Hi Bryan,
Hello Novia Scotia, it's good to hear from you and hope you are well.
You could submit a paper to TRACEY (drawing research journal) at:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/
Have a look at our various research themes and see where you think it might
fit. We are peer reviewed and our submission gudelines are at:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/call.html
All our drawing research themes are open at any time for submission and we
also supplement that with a particular focus each year.
We are happy to answer any queries.
Cheers
Phil Sawdon
TRACEY Co editor
Loughborough University
Quoting Bryan Maycock <[log in to unmask]>:
> Greetings from Nova Scotia.
>
> Using an eye-tracker and digital video recorder, Ray Klein (Visual
> Psychologist - Dalhousie University) and I are studying eye movement
> during observational drawing. We are 2/3 of the way through a
> longitudinal study of over thirty first year art students whose
> patterns of eye-movement will be compared to themselves (across the
> period for which they are enrolled in three drawing courses), to one
> another, and to a group of experts (professional artists who teach
> drawing at the post secondary level). Ray and my professional
> experience interests are different. But we share a curiosity as to
> whether experts display common approaches to scanning for the purpose
> of drawing and whether novices, as they gain experience, develop
> scanning patterns that begin to resemble that of the experts. We are
> looking only at the 'first' three minutes of the drawing process but,
> as each record contains around 4500 bits of information, analysis
> takes around 4 hours per record for eye-tracker information, and
> slightly less time for the video record. As a result, we are a
> 'little way off' from being able to complete our analysis. That said,
> the time is right to gauge interest in this work and request advice
> as to which art-based venues/journals might be best suited to sharing
> the results of the study. I have been teaching drawing for almost too
> many years to count and, while there are many aspects of this complex
> process that interest me, the notion that experts may share
> strategies and approaches that make it possible to know where and how
> to start a drawing - that most daunting task for many a novice as
> they are required attack the perfect, unblemished surface - is
> particularly intriguing. The expert always seems to know what to
> look at and where to begin. So assuming that others may share my
> interest, do you have any thoughts as to where you would most like to
> hear, or to read about, such research. For those who are unfamiliar
> with the technology being used and/or are curious about similar such
> projects, John Tchalenko's excellent work at Camberwell
> (http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/drawing_cognition/john.htm) is well
> worth reviewing.
>
> Ray and I will certainly publish our findings through our respective
> university websites, and Ray's colleagues in visual psychology will
> have their own reasons and venues for sharing his side of the study.
> But what will work best for artists and art educators? Your questions
> would be welcome and your advice much appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Bryan Maycock
> Chair - Division of Foundation Studies
> NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
>
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