Saturday, December 29, 2012

online videos on Art Education / Drawing?

My question is: What videos are available on the internet about the subject of drawing and art education? Until now what I've seen is dominated by classical, academical views on what drawing means, how good drawing looks like... Most videos seem to be how-to-instructions for techniques. The focus lies primarily on a so called "realistic" style, that tries to imitate nature. But there have to be different approaches, I hope. To get an overview I'll try to collect the popular videos as well as the rarities.

1. "Probe": Shoo Rayner Drawing School
See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/user/ShooRaynerDrawing?feature=watch


My first impressions:
- There's a nice tutorial video about the setup how the videos of the drawing school are made.
- The protagonist seems very reasonable and talks also about motivational issues. So the main goal it seems, is to motivate people to draw, to gain confidence and to have fun while drawing.
- The show also includes answering of viewer questions, a wall of fame for sent in drawings,...
- The drawing videos themselves are mainly focused on certain motives (like "how to draw buildings", "... valentine stuff", etc) and show a particular style of drawing - the style of the author.
- Area of expertise: The author is himself an illustrator and writer of children's books.

Open question:
Do the videos provide a broader view on the subject of drawing? Or do they just propagate a certain very popular and broadly practiced way of drawing? Until now I haven't found any indications on the VISUAL level that go beyond a classical and popular view to look at drawing.


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