Just finished another semester of Visual Thinking at Loyola Marymount University. The individual expression of the students is what always keeps the course fresh and interesting. Here are some of their project images…
Good job on the wikis about Light + Space art. I know for a number of you it was the first time you’ve collaborated this way, and I appreciate everyone’s effort. Future team projects will be more open ended in terms of the form of the response.
Please review what the other teams have created. It is a diverse take on this subject.
The course emphasizes abstract, process-oriented drawing. Too many people have been damaged when they were children by harsh criticism of their attempts at representational drawing. A favorite drawing process of mine, is “Seeing-Drawing” which was invented by Freidrich Franck, and described in his book, “The Zen of Seeing.”
Here is an instructional enhanced podcast I made of the process.
INTRO & SURVEY – definitions, and use of Visual Thinking
SYLLABUS – format of course, grading methods, contacts, due dates, supplies.
THE USE OF WEB 2.0 – step one, we’ll be using VoiceThread a lot. It’s an informal way to share thoughts and opinions about images. In class practice with a sample thread.
EXPERIMENT WITH SEEING-DRAWING PROCESS – It’s all about relaxing deeply, in order to see better.
FOR NEXT WEEK:
Here is a link to a basic introduction to VoiceThread.
