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First day in college Drawing

02/08/2008 20:33:00 / other

I have been chuckling about my first day in Intro to Drawing.  The instructor had set up  a still life (I hate still lifes) and we were expected to draw it.  I think this was so she could get an assessment on our drawing skills.  So I started to draw, and soon was aware of the instructor standing behind me watching, then she would leave and return, and this pattern went on for a while.  All the while I was wondering what was up.  I finally decided that this was going to be reminiscent of my short lived career in singing - I was told to hum!  Finally, she said to me, "In all the years of teaching drawing I have never seen anyone start a drawing like you just did"  (What I had done was ingnored the placement of the objects and just drawn what I will call the skyline of the objects.  I assumed that was how it was done, as this was the only way I could figure out how to get everything in its right place).  My comment to her was, "how else do you do it."  She quietly told me to walk around and see how everyone else was doing it.  I went back to my method.


Bruce






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03/25/2008 15:16:02

I haven't spent much time on this site, but just came across your blog entry.  I also teach art and I have never seen anyone approach a still life that way either.  Fascinating. : )  It seems maybe you were doing a skyline by looking at the negative space instead of the objects.  Brilliant!


Mary
www.marysartblog.blogspot.com



From: brstam
02/09/2008 11:03:15

Thanks for the comments.  I should have included that I was reminiscing, and at age 57....well you can imagine how long ago my college days were.


Bruce



From: amyltree
02/08/2008 23:30:51

I've been a drawing instructor for adults in many different venues over the past 23 years. I've heard students mention teachers having used this approach -- the instructor set up a complex still life and the instructions consisted of "draw the still life" -- probably five or six times over those years, and it never ceases to amaze me.  To my way of thinking, there are much more efficient ways to assess the experience levels of your students, and they are not nearly so intimidating and uncomfortable for the students as I imagine this method might be.  Hang in there -- I hope the situation improves! (And please remember, if it doesn't: we're not all like that.)


Amy



From: Lisabeth
02/08/2008 22:13:42

Good for you! Maybe you need to change classes. Or at least teachers! keep your own soul,


Lisabeth









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