by BACALAR | Jan 10, 2022 | Resources for learning to draw
On the “What is Art?” page: – brief bios of Plato (the author) and Socrates (the main character) – the dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon begins: there is one idea of a bed, the one a carpenter makes – the artist painting the bed only...
by BACALAR | Jan 10, 2022 | Resources for learning to draw
On this “Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi” page: – a brief bio of Csikszentmihalyi – recollection of Michelangelo’s work on the Sistine Chapel and link to creativity – Csikszentmihalyi and his theory of creative “flow” –...
by BACALAR | Jan 10, 2022 | Resources for learning to draw
On this “John Cleese on Creativity” page: – a brief bio of Cleese – the script of his Video Arts presentation on creativity – what creativity isn’t – creativity and the open/closed modes – what conditions favor the open...
by BACALAR | Jan 10, 2022 | Resources for learning to draw
On this page: – bio of Brian Bomeisler, son of Betty Edwards and head teacher of the method – the left/right brain method and the interview: – what “talent” is about – what students experience, the challenges and how to overcome...
by BACALAR | Jan 10, 2022 | Resources for learning to draw
On this page: – bio of Dr Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain© – the interview – how we learn to draw – what obstacles need to be overcome – what is the legacy of her findings –...
by BACALAR | Jan 10, 2022 | Resources for learning to draw
On this “How to be Creative” page: – how the Ancient Greeks and especially Plato gave creativity a bad name – where the idea of “genius” came from (hint: they were Roman) – the Middle Ages and how being artistic was about...
