Observational Drawing

Observational Drawing is a foundational drawing practice that involves the accurate depiction of visual phenomena through direct study of the subject, distinguished by its reliance on sustained visual scrutiny and the recording of perceptual details rather than imagination or abstraction.

Publications

556

Citations

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Drawing

Children

Accuracy In RepresentationComparative ObservationDrawing From MemoryDrawing From NatureExpressive ObservationForm ObservationRapid SketchingShape ObservationSpatial ObservationStudies Of Volume

Publications

How Haptics and Drawing Enhance the Learning of Anatomy

Leonard Shapiro, Graham Louw · Anatomical Sciences Education · 2018 · 101 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Medical Education +9

Drawing on the right side of the brain: A voxel-based morphometry analysis of observational drawing

Rebecca Chamberlain, I. C. McManus, Nicola Brunswick et al. · NeuroImage · 2014 · 94 citations

Medicine, Anatomy, Neuroscience +5

Local processing enhancements associated with superior observational drawing are due to enhanced perceptual functioning, not weak central coherence

Rebecca Chamberlain, I. C. McManus, Howard Riley et al. · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology · 2012 · 55 citations

Arts, Educational Psychology, Psychology +12

Observational sketching as method

Sue Heath, Lynne Chapman, The Morgan Centre Sketchers · International Journal of Social Research Methodology · 2018 · 47 citations · Full text

Arts, Design, Conceptual Art +5

Situating skill: contemporary observational drawing as a spatial method in geographical research

Sage Brice · Cultural Geographies · 2017 · 40 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Geography, Human Geography +11

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Authors

NB
Nicola Brunswick
University College London, United Kingdom
2 publications · 149 citations
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RC
Rebecca Chamberlain
Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom
2 publications · 149 citations
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JE
Jennifer E. Drake
Brooklyn College, United States
2 publications · 29 citations
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IC
I. C. McManus
University College London, United Kingdom
2 publications · 149 citations
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HR
Howard Riley
University College London, United Kingdom
2 publications · 149 citations
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Institutions

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Venues

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
QJEP · 2 publications · 79 citations
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Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
CIEC · 1 publications · 18 citations
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Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts
1 publications · 18 citations
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International Journal of Social Research Methodology
1 publications · 47 citations
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International Journal of Art & Design Education
IJADE · 1 publications · 14 citations
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