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Dean C. Graf Hello, my name is Dean C. Graf,
and I'm a doodle addict.
Milwaukee WI

Art teacher and chronic doodler... from observation.

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Relaxed reception

Church sketch

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Thoughtful Observations - 4 mn each

What happens if you really only look in the mirror, and not at the paper?

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Another comfy mall chair

Observation while waiting.

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Drawing a student drawing a student.

Ebony. Contour Line. 4 minutes.

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Make a place to sit down.  Sit down.  Be quiet.

A wonderful reflective poem from Wendell Berry entitled "How to be a poet" is a fantastic foundation for an art curriculum. The last of three stanzas reads as follows: Accept what comes from silence. Make the best you can of it. Of the little words that come out of the silence, like prayers prayed back to the one who prays, make a poem that does not disturb the silence from which it came.

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Lucy draws the family

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Exercises for young scholars.

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Him

Them

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oy vey

We know God has a sense of humor because He says 'be anxious for nothing' and then he gives you kids.

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Chair

Waiting on the outdoor patio at the cheesecake factory.

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Zoo trip.

Reminds me of a Buddhist proverb: Patiently I will bear harsh words as the elephant bears arrows on the battlefield. Words are powerful. They stir emotions. We are the managers of our emotions. It is not what happens to us that is the issue, it is our opinion of what happens to us that is the issue. Peace.

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Snowman by Henry

Henry was 5 when he created this. The color is a result of limited choices in chalk.

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Dr. David Baker - art education professor.

He was passionate about the idea that art in schools is for the growth and development of children, not about the end product. "Drawing makes the mind", he would say. Froebel, the inventor of kindergarten, is the father of art education in schools. Give kids gifts (art supplies), and occupations (assignments), and watch them grow! Fare well Dr. Baker.

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Rationale for drawing

An attempt at organizing my 'why' for making drawing the center of my curriculum, and selling the idea to my students. Suggestions for refinements welcome.

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3 views of a lightbulb

An exercise in observation - quick sketch. I was told that if I made a drawing a day for 365 days, that in a year, I might have a couple nice drawings.

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When you find yourself alone...

It might be that Spirit arranged it for a little personal time with you.

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Thinking

Prudent ponder.

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Coochy coochy coo

When the beautiful waitress bent down to pick up a napkin, I saw this..

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