Tuesday, January 1, 2013

online material on Art Education / Drawing?

In a google search some websites on the subject just pop up on top of the list. But: What's their quality beside the promising name?

See for yourself: www.drawspace.com




My first impressions:
- Materials for classes can be viewed online, downloaded as PDF and used or free (see license).
- The "Illustrated Glossary of Drawing Words and Terms" is useful for people with english as their secondary language (like me ;-) ).
- At a first glance: The list of the drawing lessons is very long. It indicates a classical spectrum on the subject of drawing, where especially technical methods (improving skills) are emphasised; drawing by nature, constructive drawing, getting proportions and perspectives right, ... - basically "imitating nature" with a grain of artistic freedom in expressing yourself, dominated by classical views.
- The formula following classic formula is very dominant in almost all lessons 
(1) start with a rough sketch and get the proportions right 
(2) to refining you drawing more and more... 
(3) until everything is perfect 

Is this really the only approach promoted on this page?
> These contens can be found in many books about drawing. Some of them go more into detail and some keep it short. But in the end it's all more or less the same. Actually it's hard to find books going into an OTHER direction than this... To be fair: My research on this is only starting. So no rash assumptions ;-)

Open questions:
Are there lessons in this list that go beyond classical views on the subject of drawing?

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