Comparing Drawing Methods

Kimon Nicolaides The Natural Way to Draw (1941)

Mona BrookesDrawing With Children(1996)

ARE 6049 Indie project Kimberly BlairFebruary 2014

Method: allowing students to have an experience of drawing Start at any level or age Exercises are sequential (don’t jump

ahead) Created schedule drawing exercises

(last 1 year)*Practice is Necessary*

Kimon Nicolaides

American 1891-1938“The effort you make is not for one particular drawing, but for the experience you are having and that will be true even when you are eighty years old.” Nicolaides

3 key steps in drawing

Kimon Nicolaides

1. ContourOutermost edges of a form

2. GestureFeel the movement of the whole

3. ModelledCreating tonal shape and mass

Created Monart Drawing School’s “Progressive” Academically-based curriculum in1979. Designed “Alphabet of Shapes” These 5 basic elements of shapes combine to form any object. Exercises are adjustable for starting

level A beginners guide for any age There is training for teachers Integrated & Multicultural studies Techniques for EC & at risk students

Mona Brookes“I am convinced that drawing realistically is a natural ability that we all possess.” Mona Brookes

American 1938 -

Mona BrookesChoosing a starting pointLevel 1 exercise Ages 3 or 4

Level 2 exercise Ages 6-8

Alexander Age 5

VanyAge 10

LaurenAge 16

Level 3 exercise Ages 8-adult

Arranging the 5 elements , drawings become identifiable objects