Learning Through Demonstrations and Practice

Drawing is the result of a union between knowledge and intuition.

Knowledge arises from learning foundational principles such as linear perspective, tonal range, and color theory. It’s also the outcome of acquiring technical skills, developed through consistent and diligent practice. 

Intuition is the terrain where insight emerges. It involves using our sensibility and nurturing it by absorbing Beauty, whether from nature or other art forms (literature, music, cinema, architecture…) and by experiencing life itself. 

Both these dimensions enhance our visual perception: through study and practice, we train the brain to look beyond common sense or mere facts, infusing new, personal meanings into what we perceive. Seeing negative spaces are a perfect example of this capacity. 

Regarding the foundations, here are examples of demonstrations I did during my classes at Madeline School of the Arts, as posted earlier.

One of the demos I did in the classroom, using the colored box

On-location demo - explanation. I stated that we can keep the same structure while changing the visual field, the format, and the position of the eye level within the frame.

Notice the emphasis on the visual reading aspect on this demo - the shapes on the sky, the angles on the ground.

Below, a few photos of classes:

Everyone brought their stools. On the back, you can see Oliver's class going on 

Our little, beloved barn we used for studying perspective and visual reading. It was the perfect subject!

More students. On the left you can see a woman 'reading' with her pencil. The building behind is the "Milk House", where there are two big, comfortable classrooms.