The Thinking Hand Course is designed to introduce students to the language of drawing.
We live in a culture that typically prizes the left-hemisphere of the brain. It tends to lend itself and gravitates toward a more left-hemispheric method of thinking. More often than not, the right-hemisphere is seen as the inferior part of the brain; the one that deals with unimportant matters. The left-hemisphere is often seen as the more important part of the brain; the one that deals with that which is essential. But recent studies done by scientists are beginning to debunk these myths. And one way to prove the importance of a right-hemispheric method of thinking, is by learning how to draw.
“The hand is nothing if it is not the servant of the mind.”
- Jean Renoir
Our Mission:
To introduce students to the language of drawing. To make it accessible for students to learn how to draw in a simple and easy way. To equip creatives, students and even the general lay person with the skills and tools needed in order to enhance ones drawing skills to express and communicate ideas quickly and effortlessly.
Course Objective:
To guide students in developing the acquired proficiencies needed to attain the basic ability to draw
To provide a clear and concise criterion to learning the language of drawing
To provide an easy to follow; linear; focused; step by step plan to learn the foundations of the basic principles of drawing
To equip students with the ability to bring the right hemisphere functions into focus
To transfer the perceptual faculties that are activated by “turning on” the right side of the brain into tangible tasks
To grant one to see in new ways; thus allowing for those skills to transfer into thinking and problem solving.
To enhance students’ drawing skills to better communicate ideas
To incorporate both the theory of art and apply the theory to the practical
Course Outcome:
Students will observe the sub-skill components of drawing, which include the skills to observe edges, space, proportion, perspective and relationships and light and shadow
Will be able to apply these observational skills in actual drawing
Provide the foundational linguistical awareness to the drawing process
Application of those skills to transfer them into thinking and problem solving
Support drawing skills development to make students a better drawing producer
To incorporate both the theory of art and apply the theory to the practical
What are the skills that will be learnt through drawing?
Basic component skills of drawing:
Observation of Edges (seeing where one thing ends and another begins with edges and lines)
Observation of Spaces (seeing what lies beside and beyond and space between things)
Observation of Relationships (seeing in perspective and in proportion between things)
Observation of Light and Shadows (seeing things in degrees of values with shading)
Observation of the Gestalt (seeing the whole and its parts)
“…the hand will find solutions before the mind
can even comprehend them.”
- Glenn Murcutt
Course Outline:
MODULE 1 - OBSERVING EDGES
Learn to see where one thing ends and another begins
Learn to increase extreme perception of tiny, inconsequential details
Learn to see details in a fractual-like whole - to see details within details
Learn to see complex edges
MODULE 2 - OBSERVING SPACES
Learn about composition
Learn the importance of negative space
Learn about the relationship between negative and positive space
Recognise the whole as shapes and spaces to create unity
MODULE 3 - OBSERVING RELATIONSHIPS
Learn to see in perspective and in proportion
Perspective and proportion in buildings or interiors
Learn about the point of view formally
Learn the perceptual reality of angular and proportional spatial changes
MODULE 4 - OBSERVING LIGHT & SHADOW
Learn to see things in degrees of value; from light to dark
Learn to see shapes in lights and shadows
Three dimensionality that lights and shadows reveal
Incorporate first three components to envision a complete form
OBSERVING THE GESTALT
Learn to see in whole and in parts
Ability to reach that, Aha moment
Perception and recording of the parts as a whole
The aesthetic response, the human delight in the unified whole
ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS
Learning to see as the great masters saw
Learning to stand on the shoulders of giants
Who should take this course?
Students studying a design course - whether it’s Architecture, Graphic Design, Product Design, etc and are looking to enhance drawing skills to better communicate ideas
A design professional looking at enhancing their drawing skills to quickly and easily communicate ideas
An amateur artist who is looking to develop and grow your drawing skills
Lovers of art; who would love to understand the visual arts and appreciate it better
Anyone really! Drawing is not just for the elite few; drawing can enhance anyones life, whether a professional in the corporate world looking to tap into the richness of a right hemispheric mode of thinking, or the general lay person who would love to procure this forgotten and treasured skill, anyone and everyone will get so much out of this course!
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By learning how to draw,
we will inevitably learn how to think.
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