I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on this one. I was "taught" how to
draw during my college prep courses. Once I learned this skill I was then
able to move on to develop my own style. It has been my experience that the
students I have that do not want to be taught how to draw correctly are
either lazy or have been successful drawing that one style of car, yin-yang,
etc. If you look closely at these student's work I believe you will discover
that the child is not expressing his/her creativity, and this attitude will
probably be reflected in their classroom work as well. I realize that this
is a blanket statement, but does reflect my past observations. Lowenfeld is
only one "expert" - what about Mona Brooks? That is my 2 cents.
~Michal
whest177@wheatstate.com
http://www.geocities.com/theartkids
> It is patently unfair for you to "show" a 10-11 year old how to draw
> according to Lowenfeld. Drawing is a personal form of expression and what
a
> child draws at this age in his development falls to his internalization
and
> not your direction. Take away his freedom of expression to accommodate
your
> ideas of "realism" and you could be doing some harm. Please read
Lowenfeld.
> Peter
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