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More Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain in class 2008-03-07 14:03:53 Most of my Studio students have all but finished with the third assignment from Betty Edwards‘ video Drawing on the Right
Side of the Brain
.
In this exercise, the students use a plastic viewfinder to map out a foreshortened view of their hand using a vis-a-vis markers. They take their modified viewfinder and then translate that [...] Read more:class
Multitasking: You can’t pay full attention to both sights and sounds 2008-03-03 21:54:23 One of the issues I face in my classroom as an art teacher is when my kids tell me that talking to their friends while working is okay for them, actually critical. A 2005 Johns Hopkins’ study, which specifically addressed cell phone use while driving, would also seem to speak to my classroom situation.
Professor [...] Read more:attention
Changing brain structure through repetition 2008-03-02 22:10:21 I found an interesting article documenting a study regarding changes in actual brain structure. The source cited was a 2000 study referencing work done with taxi drivers. Apparently, “the longer a taxi driver had been driving, the larger a specific part of the brain (the part that we believe stores spatial representations of our environment).” [...] Read more:Changing
, repetition
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 2008-02-27 08:30:04 This past week I started walking my students through Betty Edwards‘ Drawing on the Right
Side of the Brain
material using the DRSB video. I was excited to try out this course since learning to draw is top of the list for nearly all of my students and had hoped Dr. Edwards’ credentials would have [...]
Artist websites 2008-02-21 15:09:52 EmptyEasel.com has written a simple little article on the technology driving a website … and, why artists should use one instead of others.
Although I haven’t gotten around to selling my artwork online yet, this is a targeted message you’ll want to read. Artist
s are visual folks and that may end up hurting them if they’re [...]
Obama spend-o-meter is now up around $800 billion 2008-02-21 01:22:29 I seem to be on a political kick recently. These past few days I have found salient articles I’ve wanted to share. Here’s another one that raises some serious concerns about Obama
’s fiscal reliability. Read the article, Obama’s Big-Government Vision, and consider what Lawrence Kudlow has to say. Here are some snippets:
The Obama spend-o-meter [...] Read more:billion
The dangers of misplaced hopes 2008-02-20 08:12:40 Interesting commentary from Cal Thomas:
Placing hope in politicians absolves too many of us our responsibilities … Changed lives produced changed behavior and, thus, changed circumstances, leading to a more hopeful future. Olasky wrote that tragedy occurred when government began to occupy the space once dominated by religious and personal charity, displacing hope and leading to [...]
500 years of self portraits … 2008-02-19 19:27:45 For those of you who’ve seen the online (morphing) work of Phillip Scott Johnson, specifically last year’s 500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art, you’ll probably enjoy his recent offering—500 Years of Male Self Portraits in Western Art. Enjoy!
Dinner at Beau Monde 2008-02-17 20:56:54 We took a drive to Philadelphia to eat at a restaurant called Beau Monde. It’s a creperie meaning everything you order is stuffed into a crepe. It sounded interesting.
The lady at the door wasn’t kidding when she told us at 8:30 that we’d have a 30-45 minute wait. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised [...] Read more:Dinner
Update about my sick days … 2008-02-15 19:58:27 Ok, so here’s the skinny. I met with my Super and it went well. I had to be honest and tell her I’m not sure what I can do about the situation. In reality, this isn’t going to stop - my family comes first. She totally understood that; she actually finished my statement for me [...] Read more:Update
Your time is now my time 2008-03-13 19:51:46 I’ve been struggling with students who talk incessantly in my class (and, as a result, prevent projects from getting started or completed on time). The problem is pretty wide spread in the school so I’m not alone in my frustrations. However, in my art class it means that projects that should take one class can [...]
Neither down nor out 2008-04-14 21:06:10 School has been more draining than usual so I haven’t been posting and that’s been disappointing to me because I felt like I had gotten closer to being more consistent with my posts. Oh well. I’ll get back to where I need to be.
In the meantime, I’d like to share what’s been going on with [...] Read more:Neither
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