Betty Edwards - Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain

Mit dem Vorsatz "Jede/r kann zeichnen lernen" führt Betti Edwards in ihrem 2-stündigen Videotutorial Schritt für Schritt die Zuschauenden von Übung zu Übung und fordert zum selber zeichnen auf. Das Video entspricht den Übungen eines von Edwards entwickelten 5-tägigen Seminars mit Studierenden. Zunächst zeichnen die Studierenden ein Selbstportrait ohne jegliche Instruktion. Dann folgen die Übungen. Zum Schluss wird erneut ein Selbstprotrait gezeichnet, das nun die frappante Verbesserung gegenüber der ersten Zeichnung zeigen soll. Zu den einzelnen Übungen zeigt Edwards jeweils die Arbeiten zweier Studierender als Beispiele.

Wenn ein sog. realistisches Zeichnen (mimetisches Abbilden) nach Anschauung/nach einer Vorlage angestrebt wird, dann ist dieses Tutorial sicherlich hilfreich. Doch darüber hinaus werden kaum Hinweise gegeben.

Edwards' Auffassung vom Zeichnen fokussiert vorallem ein exaktes Beobachten der Natur (Gegenstände, Menschen, Räume,...), das bewusst ein "erkennendes/wissendes Sehen" zurückdrängt zugunsten eines genaueren Sehens der tatsächlich sichtbaren Formen.

Die von ihr benannten 5 grundlegenden Fertigkeiten (5 basic skills), die es zu lernen gilt, sind (lose übersetzt):
(1) Die Kontur: Linien, Kanten
(2) Die (Negativ)Formen
(3) Die Proportionen sowie die Perspektive; auch Winkel
(4) Licht und Schatten: Schattierung
(5) Die Gestalt: Gesamterscheinung, Charakter

How to Graduate from Art School (Animation)

About the relation between art and language


See also http://www.artybollocks.com/

Welcome to Tumblr - parody

Imbissdeutsch

Hier das Video auf Youtube (lässt sich leider nicht einbetten): spezifischer Sprachgebrauch zur Kommunikation in Imbissbuden.

Kracie - happy kitchen #4 - Hamburger, French fries (Edible / can eat)

There are just cracy things like this Do-it-yourself Mc Menue... Got to Video on Youtube here.

Sparkol VideoScribe

Don't know yet, if it's useful - but I'll have to test it!
See: http://www.sparkol.com/

COMMENT AFTER WATCHING SOME VIDEOS: The software has a large library of allready existing images and texts in different styles you can choose from. Also the "drawing hand with pen" is pre-fabricated. So basically you don't have to draw or film anything on your own and can work with the allready exististing parts and put together new presentations. I don't know yet if you can also (easily) integrate your own drawings - or not. It seems, for the animation of "drawing a picture" you need at least a multi stage documentation of how your drawing developed. In which format you would have to save your own work and how you could import it into your software is not clear to me so far. To find out more I'll have to work with the free testing version for some time (you have seven days).

COMMENT AFTER TESTING THE SOFTWARE: coming in the summer (when I'll have a bit more time).

Zoot Woman - We Won't Break

The Third & The Seventh by Alex Roman HD - video

The Story of Stuff - video

"You're vs. Your" {Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know" KILLED by Mac Lethal}

Hour Physics: What makes a good (or bad) youtube science video

Becoming Youtube

Anatomy of a YouTuber | BECOMING YOUTUBE | Video #1

Russian Dancing Men

See more videos of mrweebl

GOBELINS, l'école de l'image

Loads of very nice and interesting animation videos and short stories :-)

Rhapsodie pour un pot-au-feu / Stewpot Rhapsody

In Between

One day

Graeme Anthony C.V.I.V - Portfolio

Nice example for a video portfolio!

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained

asdf movie - on youtube

See also:

Arts Integration for Deeper Learning in Middle School

See also: http://www.edutopia.org

Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie

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.