Abstract

AbstractAlthough drawing skills are fundamental to the pracUce of design, art. architecture, and related disciplines, students differ in their ability to accurately depict a three-dimensional object In the form of a two-dimensional drawing, and certain common errors are produced by all beginning students of drawing. A study was conducted in order to Investigate perceptual or cognitive factors Involved in the drawing process with the intention of Incorporating this Information into the development of effective instrucUon for drawing and visual skills. Undergraduate subjects were videotaped while drawing geometric objects (cubes and cylinders) from observation, and copying line drawings of the objects. Prior to the drawing session, the Hidden Patterns Test. Shape Memory Test, and Gestalt Completion Test were administered to subjects. Drawing performance, defined as the total number of errors produced, was compared with drawing strategies, type of stimulus, previous experience with visual studies, and scores...

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