Wednesday, 30 June 2010

... drawing disciplines the eye and brain, tempers judgement, and makes the hand responsive.

From the Rhode Island School of Design statement of foundation course elements.

In the drawing studio you will work with the development of skills in perceptual drawing, formal visual principles, and abstract thought. Taught by means of the human figure, landscape, still life, or theme, drawing disciplines the eye and brain, tempers judgement, and makes the hand responsive. You will explore form as it pertains to representation and the organization of surface through line, shape, light, texture, and space. At RISD, drawing is considered the basic tool of all art and design disciplines, reflecting the conviction that this skill "the coordination of eye, hand, and brain" is essential to the way the painter, sculptor, architect, or designer creates.

This  is a fabulous statement about the role that drawing plays in Intense Seeing.



Study of a Peacock Feather, 1873. John Ruskin