teaching drawing an expanded field - university of brighton

TeachingDrawinganexpandedfield

Intheageofthesmartphone

Whatdoartstudentsbringwiththemtoartschool?

Firstyearfashioncommsdegreestudent

• Howmanydrawingshavestudentsmade?• Whatkindsofdrawinghavetheybeenexposedto?

• Isdrawinginformingtheirwork?• Isdrawingmerelymimetic?

Howmanydrawingshaveyoumadefromobservation?

• 15minutesaday• 1drawingperday=365drawingsayear• 365x30years=10,950drawings

• 130sketchbooks: averageof200drawings=

• 20,000drawings!

Isthisresearch?

AdobeCapture

Isdrawingabilityagift?

NO

• Isdrawingstillbeingtaught?

SaulBass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7l0mIlzx_I

UALLevel2

UNIT3:IntroductiontoDrawingSkills

• 2.1 Usesystemsofmeasurementintheproductionofobservationaldrawinginarangeofcontexts

• 4.1Usearangeofmediatorecordtheeffectsoflightandinfluenceappearanceandmeaningindrawing

Unit5:Solving2Dcreativeproblems

• 1.1 Usedrawingandresearchskillstodevelopideastosolvea2Dartanddesignproblem

Unit6:Solving3Dcreativeproblems

• 1.1 Usedrawingandresearchskillstodevelopideastosolvea3Dartanddesignproblem

Unit7:Solvingtimebasedcreativeproblems

• 1.1 Usedrawingandresearchskillstodevelopideastosolveatime-basedartanddesignproblem

• IfstudentsdonotgetexposedtoarangeofdrawingexperiencesatAleveloratFoundationthenwhatneedstobedone?

Datum

WhatIdo

• VisualPerception(howtosee),shaperatherthanobject

• Line• Tone• Paint• Colour• Ideas• Process

Provocation

• 1-10• relianceonmemory• drawingwhatyouknow• thefearofdrawing(performing)• Thefearoffailure

Drawaparentorguardianfrommemory

• 19yrsx365=6935days• 6935daysx2hrs=13,870hours• 832,200minutes• 49,932,000seconds

Untutoreddatumdrawing(10minute)

Blinddrawing(slowdown,connectshapes(10minute)

Partialpeek(10minute)

4x1.5hours later

Measurement

Collaborative

How does the small fit into the large?

Pointandcarry

2days(8hours)

Media

Tone

Yr 10

Colour

IDEAS

NoIdeas

• Thegriddrawingcanbeusedasastartingpointforcutting,slottingandscoringpapertocreateaseriesof3Dstructures.

• Photographtheresultsagainstaplainbackground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Oc36h8wbk&list=PLiA_ZDwAlME2gqyLjjgXry1hgQz9_FAf-&index=8

• Philtyler100

https://uk.pinterest.com/philip1227/

Intheageofthesmartphone

• Drawingshouldbetaughtifstudentsarenotcomingtoartschoolwiththesebasicskills

• Oneshoedoesnotfitall• Therearelotsofdifferentapproaches

Drawingshouldbetaught

• Itcanempowerstudents• Giveconfidence• Demonstrateprogress• Enablethemtothink,problemsolve,carryoutresearchandcommunicateideaandmoveon