Check out the seminal book "Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain"
for a good resource in drawing exercises that help to subvert
habitual left brain activity that may block people's ability simply
to draw what they see.
Also Ruskin's "Elements of Drawing" for rigorous old skool drawing
tuition.
There are other excellent books you can use as resource that other
DRN members will no doubt tell you about.
all the best
Damian Fennell.
On 26 Feb 2008, at 17:00, Paul Bettinson wrote:
> hi,
>
> i am going to start teaching drawing again and will do some of the
> obvious techniques and introductory classes for adults who "ca
> draw" but i want them to SEE - not to be stuck in their styles...
>
> ..anyway, i want to just start teaching again with some interesting
> methods.
>
> I remember when i was taught drawing I was taught to have a coin on
> my hand to keep the pencil moving but not my hand?!
>
> Also, other people were allowed to draw ontop of my drawing with
> another colour and from a different angle to stop me being so
> precious with the end result.
>
> In addition I remember, painting white on black paper and also
> drawing graphite on paper to rub out the white paper beneath to
> draw LIGHT - this apparently helped us see better..
> ---it worked...but i want to know more techniques or tips that you
> teahcers/artists use to teach drawing.
>
> all of the above is mainly technical diversions to help us see what
> we are drawing....there was once when a teacher got us to draw from
> memory a standard house plumbing system.
> Most students were stuck after drawing the tap!!...and the message
> was that we dont really know alot that is immediaylt around us and
> therefore drawin ghelps us investigatetoo..
>
> i need more drawing activities like this!!..any help?
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