tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post5304509949174854978..comments2023-04-08T06:06:13.055-07:00Comments on Notes from the Pens: Interpreting Inkblots or Looking at Art?Aya Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830585801297506770noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-66982770212090013992013-07-15T05:23:00.691-07:002013-07-15T05:23:00.691-07:00Yes, that's exactly what I am getting at. The ...Yes, that's exactly what I am getting at. The question is, how are marks on a paper different from cloud pictures we see? Everybody agrees the cloud pictures are all in our heads. But sometimes when we look at a child's sketch, what we see is really there, in the sense that most people will agree what is there. However badly drawn, a child's drawing is usually purposeful, and we see the intent. <br /><br />That sounds like an interesting technique for teaching art, the one practiced by Betty Edwards. Most people have to unlearn what they think something looks like in order to find out what it really looks like. Our preconceptions are so much a part of what we see.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830585801297506770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-22824945618898663992013-07-15T03:18:26.805-07:002013-07-15T03:18:26.805-07:00I like to see pictures in clouds floating by, but ...I like to see pictures in clouds floating by, but at the end, these are just lcouds. Speaking of art, I have a book called "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain," which essentially teaches people who do not know how to draw to create surprisingly realistic drawings. One of the exercises Betty Edwards has her students try is drawing an object by using an upside down reference photograph. This is supposed to take away any representational value the object has, and teach a person how to draw what is actually there. Apparently Betty's approach is considered controversial in the art world, but her books and courses do produce good results. Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147781152448695481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-4614738786033055972013-07-13T08:14:18.692-07:002013-07-13T08:14:18.692-07:00Thanks, Debbie. I can see how that might be what h...Thanks, Debbie. I can see how that might be what he intended, and it would be a nice thing, too.Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830585801297506770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2974406546323301344.post-65889519612382868572013-07-13T08:08:22.788-07:002013-07-13T08:08:22.788-07:00I see a picture of you in his way of seeing things...I see a picture of you in his way of seeing things.Debra Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093828397013403535noreply@blogger.com