Learning+to+See

=//"Exactness is not the truth."// Henri Matisse and //"let's make our drawings unique instead of exact"// Danny Gregory=

//"How does observing carefully help us to understand art making, artists and our own world?"//
===**Shoshin ( [|初心] ) is a concept in [|Zen Buddhism] meaning " beginner's mind ". It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner in that subject would. **=== ===So in the beginning of this course we will be practicing a variety of strategies for observing in order to see and respond as artists do. We will try to go beyond the stereotypes so that we can draw what is before our eyes. We will draw with our opposite hand, try blind contours not looking at our paper and we will draw an image by looking at it upside down! We must remember at all times that to really see we do not "name" things, instead we look for lines and shapes and their relationships, pay attention to the negative as well as the positive space, draw slowly and always look mostly at the subject.===

===**[|Read this article] in defense of learning to draw!**===

**Check out this video if you need more convincing why drawing is essential**
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__Other Hand Contour__: Composites look cool! drawing with our other hand gathering images from around the school using //overlapping, scale change and values// creates intriguing compositions.

 * [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_3485.JPG width="290" height="223"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_3486.JPG width="302" height="227"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_3487.JPG width="292" height="231"]] ||

Composites 2012
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__Positive Negative__:

 * inspiration... http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Art-of-Negative-Space/1316541**
 * [[image:isbartoneclass/posneg.JPG width="303" height="239"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/kartie8.JPG width="230" height="300"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_0121.JPG width="320" height="208"]] ||

__Light Scales__: intuitive drawing using a full range of values.

 * [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_3483.JPG width="286" height="210"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_3484.JPG width="306" height="200"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/IMG_3482.JPG width="279" height="212"]] ||

Light scale drawings 2012..
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__Cubism Revisited__:

 * [[image:isbartoneclass/coke.jpg width="283" height="223"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/clock.JPG width="263" height="233"]] || [[image:isbartoneclass/camera.jpg width="331" height="200"]] ||

Cubism Revisited 2012
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=**Some interesting web sites to help you improve your drawing skills:**=

[] this course you can take in the summer or anytime to really help you improve your skills!

 * []****Good tips on drawing from observation**


 * Very cool website from England on artists who draw how and why...**
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 * and a group that encourages drawing on site around the world**
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[|**http://curkovicartunits.pbworks.com/w/page/11306901/Observational-Drawing-Project**]
 * A teacher's observational drawing project**

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 * Finished your studio piece try these doodling activities!**