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TEDxFultonStreet 2014 Sketchnotes

My humble note taking for this fabulous event - inspirational and aspirational!

All 24 Sketchnotes on Flickr

Hand Made Sketchbook

Made from papers, scraps and ephemera from my trip to Bristol, UK to meet up with HATCH. Having a hard time getting myself to make marks in it...

HATCH Meetup!

Coming soon to Bristol, UK to meet with HATCH!

Electric Fingers: immersion, location and presence in capacitive drawing

Presenting at the 14th Biennial Arts and Technology Symposium at Connecticut College, February 27, 28 and March 1, 2014.

Sketchnotes from the Art + Technology Symposium

Notes from 20 of the presentations at the conference. The full set can be seen here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157641752068744/

14th Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology: On Location: presence, immersion and location

Collaborative Drawing at the Met

DRN 2013 Sketchnotes

A few sketchnotes from the conference

Finally finished this drawing...

 
 

Curating Inspiration

http://pinterest.com/pattiebelle/drawing/
http://pinterest.com/pattiebelle/sketchbook-inspiration/
http://pinterest.com/pattiebelle/drawing-science/
http://pinterest.com/pattiebelle/drawing-the-figure/
http://pinterest.com/pattiebelle/design-drawing/

Design Drawing Workshop

A half-day workshop at Quinnipiac University for the Interactive Design students

Designers draw before they sit down at the machine: http://pinterest.com/pattiebelle/design-drawing/

Small Finger Drawings

Test prints of iPhone/iPod drawings

Finger Drawing

Electric Finger: an experiment in touch surface drawing

Our fingers are electric. They emit electromagnetic frequencies that allow us to interact with touch screen technologies. It’s called “finger capacitance” and it’s this conductive property of our fingers that makes capacitive touch sensing possible. Mobile devices, such as my iPod Touch, are designed to respond to the taps and caresses of my fingertips, providing access to necessary but mundane information or allowing for moments of unique creative exploration. For decades, it has been possible to draw with a computer using a mouse or stylus, but now we can carry electronic sketchbooks in our pockets with the tools for mark making at the ends of our arms.

TRACEY: Drawing and Visual Research, Loughborough University School of Art & Design, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK

Drawing flowers through the microscope

Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators (CTNSI) has educational programs in natural science drawing, painting and illustration. This was a two day workshop that I took with my daughter during July 2012. We learned the terminology, parts and kinds of flowers as we dissected and drew from a variety of species.

 Drawings and photos from the workshop.

Connecticut Natural Science Illustrators (In Collaboration with Yale Peabody Museum) www.ctnsi.com

The Drawing Continuum

…drawing is many-stranded and comprises at least some of the following elements: it is essential to the conceiving of ideas; it initiates the work of art; it is a part of the developmental processes of making; and it is implicated in the end product, whatever the medium. In other words, drawing is part of a continuum of making and thinking and of invention and completion.

Deanna Petherbridge
The Primacy of Drawing

Drawing with Paint Sticks

Mobile Drawing Kit

The only things missing: iPad & iPhone.

Readings on Drawing

Drawing and Thinking

In this age of technological immersion, are we on the brink of losing drawing as a talent, skill or cognitive tool? 

I, for one, worry that we are. I know that I am not alone. It was through a gadget that I returned to drawing after more than a decade away from it. This, and a focused mindfulness practice, has led me to a deeper inquiry into drawing states and the state of drawing. So, I am embarking upon an exploration of drawing as a means for personal development; to record the world; to practice mindful presence; as a tool for embodied action; to explore and generate ideas; to develop and communicate ideas; to plan and realize ideas; to gain new knowledge; and for the pure pleasure of creative practice and expression. I am drawing and I am researching drawing in the humanities, sciences, business, technology and design disciplines. Some end goals include; joining the international forces that are advocating the resurgence of drawing and drawing research; promote drawing as an activity for anyone and everyone through workshops and events; cultivate my own drawing practice along with writing, research and teaching on the subject. 

This will be a place that I can think and draw out loud.