My suggestion, to warm up, would be to do a collaborative exercise, in
groups of 4-5, where the drawings get passed from person to person at
something like 5 minute intervals, perhaps with some guidance (draw a dot,
an angular line, etc...and then returns to the person who started it, who
gets to finish it, takes away the anxiety of authorship and representation.
Other kinds of collaboration (working in pairs, etc...) could follow.
For a warm up on representation, I bring in weeds from my garden (roots and
all) students select one, and only a part of each one, looking at
structures. Plants are naturally meditative (iterative) and forgiving
subjects.
Best Andrea Kantrowitz
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On 8/21/09 10:12 AM, "Patty Hudak" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> After working as a practicing artist for 20 years, I have yet to teach
> a class. I have just been asked to teach a drawing course, and would
> like to rise to the challenge.
>
> The course is a non-traditional class, focusing on the meditative
> aspects of drawing. In other word's, drawing without anxiety, more as
> a ritual to get at some deeper meaning. Some kind of means of
> creative flow.
>
> We are assuming no previous background in drawing or art, only a
> desire to enrich one's life.
>
> I am calling on you to help me, as the even the idea of teaching a
> class is enough to give ME anxiety.
>
> Are any of you willing to share some drawing exercises (beyond the
> ones we all know), that were particularly successful with your
> students? Something along the lines of the drawing ritual as a means
> of self discovery/relaxation?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Patty
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