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Drawing Connections: Woven Beauty Forms: Paper Weaving

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Woven Beauty Forms: Paper Weaving. This is a photo (by Kiyoshi Togashi) of a simple paper weaving technique, known as the 14th Gift, Woven Beauty Forms, developed by Friedrick Froebel, and pictured in Inventing Kindergarten, a book by Norman Brosterman. See more patterns. Look at William Morris. Famous designer in history. See a contemporary example of woven beauty forms in Peggy Dembicer’s work featured on Flicker. And in a recent article in Make Magazine. Http:/ www.froebelusa.com. Center for Graphic F...

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Drawing Connections: Observing Consumer Consumption

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Artist and photographer, Mark Luthringer, uses photographs to index categories of the things he sees. The comparisons of similar objects and places are striking and thought-provoking. While one can see an amazing display of possibility, consumer choice and innovation through design, branding and manufacturing technology, alternatively one can see an overall sameness to the content, presentation, architecture and environment. The typological array’s inherent ability to depict prevalence and repetiti...

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Drawing Connections: One Point Perspective: Adoration of the Magi

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One Point Perspective: Adoration of the Magi. An online exhibition hosted by The Library of Congress. Leonardo da Vinci's work is really wonderful to look at when learning about drawing, not only how to draw in perspective, but also how to build form with line, to represent volume, to diagram, to explain thoughts, and so on. The Museum of Science has an online exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: Scientist, Inventor, Artist. Featuring Leonardo da Vinci. Below is an exerpt from one section, titled Artist:.

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Drawing Connections: Ray and Charles Eames: An Illustrated Design Process

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Ray and Charles Eames: An Illustrated Design Process. Currently teaching two classes, Sketching and Rendering for Industrial Design, and Basic Design, at Rhode Island School of Design, Drawing Connections readers will notice some entries are geared towards students. This is one such entry. The objectives of this exercise include:. 1 comparing multiple examples of drawing styles and techniques;. 3 discovering appropriate drawing materials and substrates for design drawings;. For the purposes of participat...

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Drawing Connections: Poetry Comics: Every Line in a Drawing Counts

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Poetry Comics: Every Line in a Drawing Counts. US readers: I hope you are having a good holiday! To help celebrate, here is a delightful comic, illustrating a well-known poem, from Poetry Comics, by William Carlos Williams. Posted by the BBC. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Poetry Comics: A Literary Postcard Book, by Dave Morice. Professional Associations and Resources. American Association of Museums. American Institute of Graphic Arts. American Institute of Landscape Architecture.

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Drawing Connections: The Invention of Drawing: An Artist Reveals Perspective

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The Invention of Drawing: An Artist Reveals Perspective. Has this wonderful drawing, The Invention of Drawing. Perspective drawing is a method of representing the appearance of objects, places, architecture and even people. Parallel lines are represented as converging, which gives the illustion of distance. There are many valuable sources to which one can refer in order to understand perspective. The following link is one good example that covers the basics of linear perspective. Belgian, about 1791.

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Drawing Connections: Paperless Drawing and Animation

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Paperless Drawing and Animation. An animator describes how he utilizes the Wacom Cintiq to do animation, effectively eliminating the need for thousands of paper drawings, during the production process. Professional Associations and Resources. American Association of Museums. American Institute of Graphic Arts. American Institute of Landscape Architecture. American Society of Architectural Illustrators. Center for Graphic Facilitation. Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).

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Drawing Connections: Oskar Fischinger: Inspiring Motion Paintings

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Oskar Fischinger: Inspiring Motion Paintings. Featured here is the admirable modernist creator, Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967), an abstract painter and avant-garde filmmaker, whose non-objective “visual music” paintings, films and stills have inspired many artists, including painters, animators and filmmakers. According to Peter Frank, "we now understand Oskar Fischinger not only as a link between the geometric painting of pre-war Europe and post-war California but as a grandfather of the digital arts.".

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Drawing Connections: Chuck Close: A Systematic Approach to Portraiture

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Chuck Close: A Systematic Approach to Portraiture. In order to create such a rendered composition, one must acutely observe the subtle shifts in light and shadow, form and volume. It is an organized, laborious, and systematic approach to constructing an image, and relies on the artist's ability to maintain extreme focus at every stage of the execution. Chuck Close Exhibit at the Walker. Chuck Close Exhibit at the MOMA. Chuck Close Portfolio at Pace Prints. Young Students Collaborate to Make a Portrait.

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Drawing Connections: Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography

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Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography. This beautifully hand drawn alphabet is by Blake E. Marquis. Graphic designers take note, there is an interesting traveling exhibition, titled Alphabet: An Exhibition of Hand-Drawn Lettering and Experimental Typography, which can be viewed now in Orlando, coinciding with the AIGA Conference. ANDREW BYROM / INTERIORS / 2003. LUKE RAMSEY AND A. PURDY / HYPER TYPE / 2005. APIRAT INFAHSAENG / SEVEN BOARD OF CUNNING / 2004. Pushing the limits of legibility, Im...