Pop-up report from the front lines
This week I introduced a fascinating Vertical Studio talk at Cardiff Met by CSAD Illustration graduate and Associate Lecturer …
Category Archives: Didactic Doodles
Private kingdoms: a Marrakesh sketchbook
At the end of January I had the chance to lead a group of 2nd year students from across the …
I am a Tractor
Towards an essay ‘Towards a new grammar of drawing: revisiting the Pedagogical Sketchbook of Paul Klee’ One for the glossary: Consider: Traction esp. …
Metaphorical event management is born!
Illustrators are like actors, teachers and politicians: we are boundary catalysts, able to engage with emotionally charged, strategic, learning situations. …
The unbearable lightness of doodles
Business as usual at the Faculty of Visual Communication. A couple of doodles are challenged for skulking. Do they really …
Why Do I Draw?
Good to catch up with Cardiff Drawing Group today at the museum and start a drawing conversation about penguins with …
A Bird in the Hair is like…
Having fun this week turning gestural marks and natural forms into characters for a story. 5 characters, One object: Jester …
Ways of Seeing John Berger
Looking forward to drawing and inviting delegates to draw at next week’s ‘Thinking with John Berger’ conference at Cardiff Met …
Secrets from the Sea of Faces
How many people did you see today, really? Here’s a great memory drawing exercise. As you stroll through town or …
New Kind of Education Found in Corner Shop
The Cartoon Professor writes: “In the gold rush towards flexible curricula (mindbites, facelearning, factfeel and other forms of Newspeak) I …
