I have regular holidays, as my private classes go with the school terms. They do feel like holidays in the sense that I can laze around in my dressing gown … Read More
Are You in Two Minds About Learning to Draw?
You are in two minds when you learn to draw. Learning to draw activates your whole brain, both the left hemisphere and the right. In our day to day lives … Read More
How Can a Ladybird Help You Learn to draw?
Can a ladybird help you learn to draw? I have just begun teaching a nine year old to draw. Normally I wouldn’t recommend teaching children under ten to draw realistically, … Read More
If You Can Drive a Car You Can Learn to Draw
Anyone who can drive a car can learn to draw. Both activate the left and right hemispheres of the brain and stimulate them to work together. When we drive, we … Read More
Attend to the Process and Optimise the Outcome
I’ve been teaching some of my long term drawing students how to paint with watercolour. They’ve been learning for about 3 months and are gaining dexterity and confidence with the … Read More
The Eyes Have it; Anyone Can Learn to Draw Them
According to Iain Mc Gilchrist we have two mutually exclusive modes of being; the left hemispheric mode and the right. He postulates that the left is predominantly concerned with the … Read More