I dimly remember a TV show ('50?) --- Art Nagy? --- which taught drawing. He was oriented to "technique" (rather than "self-expression") and in a very "mechanical" (for lack of a better word) manner. A donkey would, for example, evolve out of a series of ovals. There was a series of steps for all basic scenes. Anyone could produce -- he claimed -- a drawing which _communicated_ , if you followed the rules. As I intellectualize it now, his didactic philosophy seemed to be "mechanics first" then "self-expression." Learn the rules well-enough to be clear on when/how you are breaking them.

I've always wanted to be able to draw as a way of taking visual notes. I should google my local arts school and see if they have anything like that.

Posted by: David Sucher on June 15, 2003 10:30 AM