Being involved with drawing as an art teacher, as well as an artist, is something that can be fun, as well as challenging.
Draw it with your eyes closed: the art of the art assignment:
The contemporary art journal Paper Monument has published a delightful, useful book titled Draw it with your eyes closed: the art of the art assignment. The publication’s editors, Dushko Petrovich and Roger White, asked a wide selection of art teachers (many of them established artists) “to tell us about art assignments: remarkable ones they had given, received, or just heard about.” The book includes over 100 responses of varying length. Amidst the professional demands of art schools, these examples suggest training for the unexpected and capricious expectations of the real world. Read more…
