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Old Logo Concept from a while ago.

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Collection of quotes I found in 'Drawing on the RIght side of the brain' by betty edwards.

art teaching:

“The most significant requirement is a teacher who knows how to draw, knows how to teach the basic perceptual skills of drawing, and knows how to transfer those skills to other domains.”

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” -Oh einstein again.

“...with time for solitary thought. Silence is a rare commodity in modern classrooms.”

“It does seem that often in american education, fast is judged to be better, even when it isn’t.”

“The right hemisphere exists in the moment, in a timeless, implicit world, where things are buried in context, and complicated outlooks are constantly changing ...the competitive left hemisphere tends to jump quickly into a task, bringing language to bear.”

“Learning observation is best done by drawing--best not only because you have to look and look again (There are no hiding places for ignorance between pencil and paper) but also because drawing demands a more or less methodical approach: a general sizing up of the whole subject followed by more and more minute inspection of the details” --hugh johnson, principles of gardening (mitchell beazley publishers limited, 1979.

“It is very much like teaching someone to ride a bicycle: Both skills are difficult to explain in words.”

“Learning to draw is really a matter of learning to see--to see correctly--and that means a good deal more than merely looking with the eye.”

--Kimon Nicolaides, the Natural Way to Draw, 1941.

“It is fairly rare today for teachers to help by demonstrating a drawing, which is extremely effective. A well-kept secret of art education is that many art teachers, having come up through the same system that prevails today, where real skills in drawing are rarely taught, cannot themselves draw well enough to demonstrate the process to a group of students.”