teaching drawing an expanded field - university of brighton
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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