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Many new exhibitions have been added to the Exhibits to Visit section. So many in fact, it is necessary to create an announcement to bring attention to all of them. Some exhibitions are already open and others will open this week, such as the exhibition at the Northbrook Public Library in Northbrook, IL featuring the [...]

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It’s a new school year. Are you tossing around the idea of incorporating drawing into your curriculum? Wondering how you should start? Consider the approach taken by Harry Weekes in Drawing Students Out: Using Sketching Exercises to Hone Observation Skills. Instead of treating drawing activities as special projects, Weekes treats drawing as an act no [...]

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Practical drawings are mental tools. – Henning Nelms When Henning Nelms wrote Thinking with a Pencil in 1957, he wrote it for two groups of people: People who wanted to use drawing “as a tool for thought and communication” but who did not know how to draw. People who knew how to draw, but who [...]

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Now Shipping! Katie Lee’s detailed instructional book about graphite techniques is back in stock. Comprised of 33 methodically planned and well-illustrated exercises, this book provides a solid foundation for drawing any subject. Katie’s one-hour Ask The Artist presentation has been bundled with her book and is included with each purchase. Customer’s will receive viewing instructions [...]

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Now at Classes Near You for Texas, Montana, and California: Mike Sibley Fine Art www.sibleyfineart.com Mike Sibley is the author of Drawing from Line to Life, an inspiring instructional book about creating realistic drawings in graphite. Here is your chance to learn from a Master! Graphite Techniques – San Antonio, Texas. June 3-5, 2011. Sally [...]

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High school teachers, Brian C. Dempsey and B.J. Betz, describe how they use drawing as a learning tool in Biological Drawing: A Scientific Tool for Learning. They observed that while a lot of time is spent drawing during a typical biology lab, biology instructors do not take the time to teach students how to draw. [...]

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Welcome to the new Teaching & Learning column at ArtPlantae. This column celebrates the link between drawing and knowing. Articles related to the teaching and learning of plants, art, and nature will be published every Friday. Subscribe to the RSS feed to be notified when new articles are published or join the email list to [...]

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Drawing From Line to Life by graphite artist, Mike Sibley, is currently shipping for free from the UK. Take advantage of this limited time offer before new shipping rates take affect. If you are a graphite artist caught up in a world of watercolor how-to books, this book is for you! Mike Sibley is a [...]

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Jane LaFazio is a mixed-media artist, teacher, and author. Working primarily in paper and cloth, Jane teaches classes in the San Diego area, internationally at art retreats and leads sketchbook adventures to Italy. In 2010, she began teaching her sketchbook class online. Her much-admired sketchbook work has been featured on the cover of Cloth, Paper, [...]

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Now at Greystoke Cafe and Classes Near You > England: Greystoke Cycle Café & Tea Garden www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk You may remember learning about the Greystoke Cycling Café & Tea Garden during an interview with Billy Showell. This rest stop for cyclists not only provides everything a cyclist needs, it also provides a full schedule of workshops [...]

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