Drawing as Driver of Creativity: Nurturing an Intelligence of Seeing in Art Students. (12th October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Riley, Howard
• Is Part Of: International journal of art & design education. Volume 36:Number 3(2017:Oct.)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 280
• Publication Date: 2017-10-12
• Subjects: drawing -- pedagogy -- intelligence of seeing -- modes of perception -- systemic‐functional semiotics; Art -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Design -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 707
• DOI: 10.1111/jade.12157
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-8062

Abstract

Abstract: The article reasserts the primacy of drawing as a driver of creativity within art schools. It reviews specific aspects of visual perception theory and visual communication theory relevant to a pedagogical strategy as a means of nurturing an 'intelligence of seeing' in art students. The domain of drawing is theorised as a systemic‐functional semiotic model informed by Michael Halliday's model for language, as adapted by Michael O'Toole in his 2011 The Language of Displayed Art . The model is demonstrated as an aid to the production of drawings, rather than its more‐recognised efficacy as a means of negotiating meaning from existing works. The article is illustrated with examples of drawings by the author.