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Here are a few handy resources you may want to check out, plus some related links. COMPOSITION
AND THE "RULE OF THIRDS" http://www.bluebirdmeadows.com
Santa Cruz High School photography teacher Keith Will's resource
page for students. Lots of great tips for photographers: IMAGE
SOURCES The Borgess Navigation Center's
very own home-grown clipart site: LEARNING
TO DRAW Drawing on the Right Side of the
Brain and Drawing on the Artist Within, both by Betty
Edwards. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is a classic
and has helped thousands of people break down their "I can't
draw" barriers. The website discusses the theory behind the
books, provides exercises you can try, lists upcoming workshops
with Ms. Edwards and her associates, and includes a gallery of those
infamous "before and after" drawings. Drawing the Head and Figure
by Jack Hamm. Not an exhaustive anatomy book; the sample drawings
are amusingly chauvinistic and outdated (for instance, most of the
female figures stand on tiptoe as if they're wearing spike heel
shoes, even when they're barefooted!). If you can get past the early
1960's cartoony tone of the book, there's actually quite a bit of
useful information here. Also check out some of Hamm's other books,
especially How to Draw Animals. Mark Kistler's
Draw Squad. Mark Kistler is well known to some folks for his
PBS TV series "Mark Kistler's Imagination Station" and
for his books and video art kits. He has an awesome website; YOU
MUST GO THERE! Rapid Viz: A New Idea for the
Rapid Visualization of Ideas. From its back cover, "The
basic quick-sketching skills you will develop with this technique
immediately open dormant regions of your mind and enable you to
capture and convert fleeting ideas into visual form." LEARNING
STYLES Our own online Knowledge
Worker Manual has information on learning styles: The Center for New Discoveries in
Learning. Has
a number of useful strategies to improve learning. Doug Dean, licensed educational psychologist,
explores the different motivations and approaches to learning used
by the various personality types. Themestream asks the question: are
Personal Learning Styles tests useful or are they time-wasters?
MG
TAYLOR CORPORATION MGTaylor Axioms. Some
of our favorite axioms may be found at Models and Modeling Language. Descriptions
and discussions of the models begin here. Models' Glyphs. The glyphs provide
a sort of shorthand version of the models. They're especially useful
to scribes. MIND
MAPPING Blooming Brains is really meant for
children but has quite a bit of good stuff on mind-mapping. Their
home page features a mind map! Jan W. A. Lanzing's Concept Mapping
Homepage. Books on mindmapping: Mind Mapping: Your Personal Guide
to Exploring Creativity and Problem-Solving by Joyce Wickoff
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