#drawinginstruction

[gregojira]

I didn’t want to end this year without remembering to thank all the amazing students that make my day to day travails tolerable and my chosen career so gratifying!!! I adore you all, my children… my burgeoning “Art Army”! This little group shot represents a small committed subset of the whole gang… the Chelsea Classical Studios Saturday class… :-) I love you all❤️ Many thanks to Barbara, Salome, Jabari, Warren, Jessica, David, Victoria, Blaze, and all the others that make all the work worth it🔥 You KNOW who you are:) #artwork #artstudentsleagueofnewyork #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artteachersofinstagram #artteacher #draw #drawing #sketch #sketching #aslnyc #artparty #thankful #ccsfineartmaterials #lifedrawing #figuredrawing #gesturedrawing #follender2022 #figurativeart #figurativeartist #gratitude #ccsschoolofart #artcommunity #drawinginstruction #inspiration #artmodel #lifemodel #drawingfromlife #artinstruction https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZdNuQpixj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dawoodsekhem]

Drawing people on the train. . . . . #drawingpeople #cafesketching #dailydrawing #sketchdaily #sketchbook #ballpointpendrawing #pendrawing #drawingteacher #drawinginstruction #figuredrawings https://www.instagram.com/p/CfpUp1Zv_qN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[louisguidetti]

If you bring a friend, I’ll knock $25 off. This figure drawing class is for all skill levels. It’s online via zoom but for those of you who live close, you are welcome to actually come into my studio and draw with me. I will be covering all of the foundational techniques I was taught at the Florence Academy of Art. I will go over both pencil and charcoal while teaching you how to develop the human figure. Reference photos will be provided along with a list of materials needed for the class. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions! . . . . . #pencildrawingclass #zoomclass #figuredrawingclass #howtodraw #pencildrawing #drawingclass #drawinginstruction #classicaldrawing #nudefiguredrawing #figuredrawingworkshop #artistworkshop #artclass #shading #howtoshade #penciltechnique #charcoaltechnique #fusainnitram #classicalart #artworkshop #howtofiguredraw #hatching #crosshatching #professionalartist https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQlcChFgxd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chopstickdrip]

#morningmotivation . . . #buchanart#morningcoffee #morningworkout #deadgirl#diadelosmuertosdrawing#idraw#howtodraw#drawinginstruction #drawinggenius #illustrator #animeartists #coloringbook#coloringbooksforadults #adultdrawing#adultcoloringbookclub #shecomesincolors #streetartlondon (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLLcOHFC-9/?igshid=gn58v9me5ekr

[ghostofthegulag]

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Here's a more domestic Wild Art Wednesday; drawing an English pointer #englishpointer #pointer #tutorial #howto #drawinginstruction #timelapse #wildartwednesday

[idrawfashion]

One of the most loved tutorials in my blog is still "How to Draw a Tutu skirt". I should probably make more skirts tutorial?🤔 . . . . . dresses

[jonjmurakami]

AMAZING COMIC CON ALOHA 2020 COUNTDOWN #6 - People have asked “How do I get this cool coloring and activity book from the Hawaii Comic Book Alliance?” 1) Go to participating members of the Hawaii Comic Book Alliance and get one for FREE with purchase of any of their items (while supplies last per person). 2) GRAB BAG- The first 20 people to get their coloring book signed by at least 12 HCBA artists can pick up a grab bag at the Kaaawasaki Productions Booth. 3) PRIZE DRAWING - Get as many HCBA members signatures as you can in the cover of the coloring book to be eligible for a prize drawing (complete rules inside the front cover of the coloring book). • Amazing Comic Con Aloha • Feb 21-23 • Hawai’i Convention Center • Check www.amazingcomicconaloha.com for tickets, VIP packages, guest list, exhibitors, events, program guide, FAQs, and more! #comics #hawaii @amazingcomiccon #amazingcomicconaloha #amazingcomiccon #comiccon #coloringbook #drawinginstructions #hcba #hawaiicomicbookalliance https://www.instagram.com/p/B80_D54DDSf/?igshid=vloh1nmbtnyi

[monalisaliveshere]

“Drawing depends upon two faculties – understanding and taste; skill being the result of practice or experience. It is of the utmost consequence that the first faculty should be developed in harmony with the second.” – Walter Smith

Massachusetts Drawing Act of 1870

This May we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Massachusetts Drawing Act. On May 16, 1870 legislators in Massachusetts signed into law “An Act Relating to Free Instruction in Drawing”, also know as Massachusetts Drawing Act of 1870.

The Massachusetts Drawing Act of 1870 is regarded as a benchmark in the history of American education. With ratification of this legislation, Massachusetts became the first state to mandate drawing education in its public schools, thus placing drawing alongside eight other subjects required in Massachusetts public schools during the late-nineteenth century. These subjects were orthography (the study of spelling and word structure), reading, writing, English grammar, geography, arithmetic, the history of the United States, and good behavior.* (Richardson & Sanger, 1860, p.215)

Drawing Act 150 Celebration

The Representative’s Conference Room at the MA State House

In my position as Advocacy Liaison for the Massachusetts Art Education Association, I was invited to a meeting at the Massachusetts State House on February 13 to discuss a possible statewide celebration for the anniversary of the Drawing Act. State Representative Mary Keefe (Worcester) and Massachusetts College of Art Chief of Staff, Susana Segat, worked together with their staff to pull together a group of collaborators from various arts affiliates to be known as The Drawing Act Coalition*. Together we developed a celebration called Drawing Act 150, to be celebrated at the State House in May*. All of the information can be found here:

  A PDF of this flyer can be found here: Drawing Act 150 call for art 2020

Please note: Keeping in mind that schools have recently been closed throughout Massachusetts until at least April 7, our plans for the Drawing Act 150 celebration may change. I will update this post when that happens.

MAEA Drawing At School 1870-2020 Exhibit

In conjunction with the State House observation and celebration of the anniversary of the Drawing Act, the Massachusetts Art Education Association is hosting an exhibit at the State Transportation Building in Boston at the end of April. All details and registration for this exhibit can be found here:

Note: Again, should exhibit plans be altered by current school closings, I will update the information.

Walter Smith, Art Master

In order to facilitate implementation of programming for the then new Drawing Act, Massachusetts hired Walter Smith of England to serve as the State Director of Art Education. Smith was also named General Supervisor of Drawing in the Boston Public Schools. The first order of business was for Smith to develop a program of study in drawing and to create resources for classroom teachers to use as they instructed students in drawing.

“What we are trying to do in our lessons is to make the children know how to draw, not how to make drawings, and I hope you see the distinction. And the great reason for them to draw is, that the process of drawing make ignorance visible; it is a criticism made by ourselves on our perceptions, and give physical evidence that we either think rightly or wrongly, or even do not think at all.”* – Walter Smith

Walter Smith authored several books about drawing instruction, and over the past few months, I have acquired a few of them through eBay and abebooks. I am especially pleased to have acquired an original 1872 edition of The Teachers’ Companion to the American Drawing-Slates and Cards by Smith.

  Original 1872 edition

To add to the excitement, the book is inscribed by J.W.C. Gilman to Lucas Baker on November 17, 1872.

It also includes these notes on the otherwise blank first page of the text:

And there are margin sketches throughout the book presumably made by Lucas Baker. I love that!

Margin sketches presumably by Lucas Baker

I was able to find the book through the digitizing of library books by Google. I downloaded the book, cleaned up the digitizing by discarding sloppy scans, added a copy of the cover, and uploaded it to my drive. you can see the book and download it in its entirety here.

In researching J.W.C Gilman, I learned that he is a co-author of Manual of Freehand Penmanship published in 1877. I was also able to find this book through the digitizing of library books by Google. You can see and download the book in its entirety here.

  Drawing Cards

I have an especially keen interest in the Drawing Cards (see more about the Drawing Cards below). I am curious how my fifth and sixth grade students would respond to learning to draw this way. With that in mind, I isolated the Drawing Card images throughout the book and compiled them in a new document to share with my students. The collection of Drawing Cards can be found here.

Drawing card

As the Drawing Act was instrumental in establishing art education in public schools, it is understood that teachers of the lower grades taught all subjects, spending the full day with their students. Therefore, whether or not the teachers possessed an ability of their own, they had to learn how to draw well enough to demonstrate for their students.

Teachers carefully made the drawings on a blackboard, and students imitated them using chalk on slates. Walter Smith’s recommendation was for drawing instruction four times per week of a half an hour each or six of twenty minutes each for children under 10 years of age. Older students could have longer, less frequent lessons.

From The Teachers’ Companion to the American Drawing-Slates and Cards

Drawing Slates 2020

Because I now have the document containing all of Walter Smith’s Drawing Slates from The Teachers’ Companion to the American Drawing-Slates and Cards, I will be sharing it with my students through Google Classroom. Imagine how Walter Smith would react to that! I am going to encourage my students to follow the sequence of the cards and to draw in their handmade sketchbooks using pencil. I am excited to hear how they respond to the challenge and to see their drawings. here are some more of the Drawing Card images:

A selection of the Drawing Cards

Passion Project

When I first heard about a celebration of the Drawing Act, I was immediately interested. It wasn’t until I started researching the act and those who implemented instruction that I realized I had included a paragraph about the Drawing Act in my Master’s thesis back in 2002! No wonder it was so familiar to me!

  Master of Education in Art Thesis

For the past few months I have been busy searching out resources and reading the books I’ve acquired. This has become a bit of a passion project for me. Along with the digital books with links included in this post, I have physical copies of a few others:

At this point in the process I am ready to attempt the drawings along with my students. I am looking forward to starting my own sketchbook of drawings and promise to share as I go. I’ll be posting on social media with the hashtag #DrawingAct150 Please join me!

* Notes courtesy of Billy Claire

*The Drawing Act Coalition affiliates include Massachusetts House of Representatives, MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, MA Department of Higher Education, Mass Creative, Mass Cultural Council, Massachusetts Art Education Association

*See notes above about possible changes due to state mandated school closings

Drawing Act 150: Let’s Celebrate "Drawing depends upon two faculties - understanding and taste; skill being the result of practice or experience.

[fitness4real-texan-blog]

http://www.visualmanna.com/

Visual Manna offers great art curriculum teaching (on video, several free lessons are available) through art-instruction books, and through live teaching, by Sharon Jeffus. Check it out!  We’ve used their materials with several students! Visual Manna is truly inspiring, and encourages older (and younger) students to excel, using their innate gifts in creativity! ... inspire a child!  ... inspire a teen!  ... inspire a high-school artist, aspiring to make a real difference in the art world! Shalom,

[crushillustration]

We’re so excited to learn to draw flowers and plants with Crush member @mwashburnart ‘s new book, available for preorder now! 🌺❤️ #Repost @mwashburnart with @get_repost ・・・ I am super excited to announce that my first book, being published by @quartocreates , will be out in July! It’s available for pre-order now at Amazon, B&N, and other online retailers, and you can learn more in the link in my profile! ❤️🌺 . . . #learntodraw #drawflowers #botanicalart #florals #drawinginstruction #100flowersandplants #natureillustration #drawingbook #learntodrawflowers #quarrybooks #flowerart #publishing #bookillustration #quartoknows https://ift.tt/2ULegOv

[julieat13]

Just the wood boards left to do behind the lock on my demo charcoal drawing for the online Charcoal and Pastel class at #ActonArtDrawingSchool www.actonArt.com www.JulieAT.com #artschool #demodrawing #Demo #artclass #drawingclass #demoportrait #stilllifedrawing #drawing #realisticdrawing #zoomclasses #contemporarydrawing #contemporyart #contemporaryrealism #realisticdrawing #realism #artofInstagram #charcoaldrawing #artonInstagram #artstudio #art #studioart #charcoal #charcoalstilllife #realism #hyperrealism #inprogress #drawinginstruction https://www.instagram.com/p/CDkI20tFxuU/?igshid=joq8981bekgq

[hildurko]

How to Draw the Head from Any Angle

Video by Proko In this tutorial, Proko will attempt to summarize Andrew Loomis's approach to drawing the head. It's a great method for drawing the head from various angles. Get Loomis's book here - http://www.proko.com/books For more from Proko Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/prokotv Twitter - https://twitter.com/StanProkopenko Instagram - http://instagram.com/stanprokopenko Tumblr - http://stanprokopenko.tumblr.com/ Google+ - http://bit.ly/stangplus Email Newsletter- http://www.proko.com/subscribe amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "hildurkocom-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "My Amazon Picks"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "ece6c3553e0c60198942b60ae29c8d9a"; amzn_assoc_asins = "0857680978,0857680986,1845769287,0857687603,1933492732,067031255X,0615272819,0857687611"; Read the full article

[scilla1993]

Set of couple poses 

[ctupa]

Cute tiger from my latest how to draw video. My YouTube channel is ArtbyTUPA. #drawinginstruction #watercolorpainting #watercolor #painting #howtodraw #howtodraw #inking #inks #tigerstripes #youtube #artwork #artistsoninstagram #instagramartists #youtubeartist #cutedrawings https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm07z05H8w_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k0bco7jbd1dy

[hewhostarvesoften]

@Regrann from @quinatasya - Very quick study of Immanuel Kant. #timelapse #metaphysics #ethics #drawing #contemporaryrealism #immanuelkant #quinatasyaart #Regrann #illustration #drawing #illustrator4hire #sketch #sketchoftheday #art #drawingtutorial #instructional #drawinginstruction

[hildurko]

How to Draw with Colored Pencils on Black Paper, TIPS and WALKTHROUGH

Video and Text by Kathleen Darby Drawing on black or toned paper walk-through. What materials I use and why. And my pro artist tips that you have not thought about! This drawing took about one hour, see what you can do when you give yourself an hour! Clear and good tips in this walkthrough video.  Easy and helpful coloring tips. For more from Kathleen Darby @ Instagram @ Facebook @ Twitter  amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "hildurkocom-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "My Amazon Picks"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "df02bbbf0853ba3ae189c2db859a38f4"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B000E23RSQ,B010Q39VS2,B0027AIM2O,B00DERBQJK"; Read the full article