Episodes
A gathering of drawing practices. Each session a different way to slow down the hand and listen. Browse by theme or let the work find you. Maybe something here is exactly what your hand needs today.
Mindful Tone Mapping :: Mindful Drawing Ep.159
Tone, the relative lightness and darkness of a surface, can help bring 2D shapes into 3D form. It takes observation and practice to see with form, and sometimes working with the abstract to establish the rules of the game can build mindful attention to the application.
Drawing Techniques :: Hatching
Give your plans and sections more weight with this drafting technique. Adding hatch provides tonal variation and creates visual shape relationships that communicate material thickness, type, and intensity.
3D Drawing :: Successive Auxiliary - Isometric Projection :: 1 of 2
The successive auxiliary projection system is the culmination of all the drafting techniques we have covered up to now. There is nothing really new here, but with the skills you have practiced you are ready to enter advanced mode and begin describing form from any angle.
Mindful Drawing: Additive Branching Systems - Ep.185
Join me in this guided drawing exercise, where we'll explore the art of mindful creation through additive branching systems. Through simple shapes and intentional breathing, we'll cultivate relaxation, focus, and creative flow.
Focus Breathing :: Mindful Drawing Meditation Ep.169
In this calming mindful drawing session, we’ll focus on our breath as we explore the creative expression of growth, taking inspiration from the beautiful, organic curve networks found in lichen. As you follow along, let your breath guide each curve expression, expanding and filling your canvas with natural, flowing patterns.
Geometry Interfaces :: Orthographic Drawing :: Multi-View Projections
Orthographic Projection focuses on tracking points in space between multiple 2D 'Flat' views to describe the geometry of 3D objects. This is the foundation of architectural drawing.
Creating Sinuous Movement :: Mindful Drawing Ep.168
Break it down into the simplest parts, the cell, and then build it back up. Today we explore sinuous movement and the growth of a form from simple connected shapes.
Geometry Interfaces :: Making A Cube - Folding 2D - 3D
Architectural representation provides an interface to translate information from 2D - 3D and 3D - 2D contexts. This video uses a 2D unfolded pattern to map the faces of a cube from a drawing onto illustration/chip board.
Scratching the Surface with Mindful Drawing, Ep. 129
In this week's practice, we will let the technique be our guide. A movement of the hand and pen scratches a mark into the surface of the paper, giving shape to action and space to the moment.
Geometry Interfaces :: Workspace Setup :: T-Square and Triangle
In this exercise in Architectural Representation I will cover setting up a basic work surface for learning technical drawing with a T-square and Triangle. These are simple and fundamental tools for develop skills of drafting for exploring projected geometry.
Drawing Overlapping Networks :: Mindful Drawing Ep.132
Drawings consist of layers of information. Heavy and light lines shift focus from foreground to background.
Meditative Drawing on Gentle Waters :: Mindful Drawing Ep.166
Immerse yourself in this peaceful mindful drawing meditation as we focus on the gentle ripples in the water surrounding an old pier. This calming session invites you to slow down, relax, and connect with the soothing movement of water through mindful strokes.
3D Drawing :: Successive Auxiliary - Animating Geometry :: 2 of 2
The second video on the Successive Auxiliary projection system goes beyond the single view of the Isometric projection and opens the possibility to animate geometry. We can rotate, twist, tumble and roll objects as if they were three-dimensional material captured in the virtual page.
3D Drawing :: Plan Oblique Projection
This is a tutorial on creating a plan oblique projection to represent objects in 3D using the relationships between the X, Y, and Z axis. Plan (and elevation) Oblique is a useful system for representing and designing with multiple connected views that track all the points of an object in space at the same time.
Sketching Feathery Motion :: Mindful Drawing Ep.134
How were you taught to sketch? Perhaps with a confident hand and sure stroke, or maybe you developed your own light forming technique.
Drawing Together, Organic Regular :: Mindful Drawing Ep.139
Natural edges are soft tense curves. We bring order through regulation, and with it, conflict and confrontation.
Mindful Drawing Meditation: Archipelagos of Creativity, Ep.175
Discover the serene beauty of creative flow in this week’s Mindful Drawing meditation. Together, we’ll map an abstract world of archipelagos and flowing channels, letting our lines ripple across the page like water weaving between islands.
Mindful Drawing Ep.165 :: Balancing Points, Lines, and Planes
Another Wednesday, another relaxing episode of Mindful Drawing. This week we bring together the basic elements of geometry, points, lines, and planes, into a gentle balance for linear form and tectonic clustering.
Mindfully Mapping Points in Space - A Guided Journey of Perception & Calm :: Mindful Drawing Ep.181
Embark on a serene 30-minute journey with our 'Mindfully Mapping Points in Space' episode 181 of Mindful Drawing. This half-hour guided drawing meditation invites you to transcend the ordinary, focusing your mind and eye on the intricate dance of points within space.
Mindfully Shaping Your Creative Energy :: Mindful Drawing Ep. 110
What shape is your energy today? This mindful drawing exercise lets the form of your energy emerge on the paper to mindfully observe and guide its shape.
Mindfully Drawing, Playful Swatches Ep.146
These mindfulness practices are a way of putting in some work to yourself as you build creativity and expression from that calm internal space. Each action, each stroke, and each mindful moment is an exercise.
Untangle Your Mind: A Flowing Strands Meditation :: Mindful Drawing Ep.197
Find calm and clarity through the meditative practice of drawing flowing strands. In this episode, we'll gently guide you through a mindful drawing exercise, using simple lines and color to create a sense of movement and release.
Mindfully Drawing Between Lines & Curves, Ep.164
Creativity comes in many forms and from unexpected spaces. Once place always worth a good look is in the liminal space between lines and curves.
Planting the Seed of Form :: Mindful Drawing Practices #80
Technique plants the seed of formation in the mind. Attention to the space of the page and the action of the hands establishes the territory of creative practice.
Art from the Abyss :: Mindful Drawing Ep.189
Dive into the serene world of Mindful Drawing inspired by Ernst Haeckel's captivating 'Forms from the Abyss.' This video invites you to explore the tranquil depths of creation, where each stroke becomes a meditation. Through Conscious Drawing, unlock your creativity and express yourself with purpose.
Creating a Polyline Network :: Connecting Points in space with Mindful Drawing Ep.173
In this episode of Mindful Drawing Practices, we explore the meditative process of creating a polyline network by connecting points in space. Through deliberate, flowing lines and thoughtful attention to the rhythm of drawing, we construct a dynamic web of interconnected forms.
Creating Form with Mindful Contours, Mindful Drawing Ep. 150
Contours describe the outline of a form. When we layer these shapes sequentially we can begin to express the form through abstraction.
Art of Attention :: Mindful Drawing Supplemental
Cultivate presence and focus with ‘Art of Attention.’ In this mindful drawing practice, we’ll explore the power of focused attention through simple, repetitive marks. By intentionally guiding the hand and directing awareness to the present moment, we’ll create a visual representation of inner stillness and clarity.
Filling Your Creative Space :: Mindful Drawing Ep.167
In this week's mindful drawing session, we take inspiration from space-filling algorithms and organic patterns found in nature. Together, we'll explore how these intricate designs can help us expand our creative flow and fully embrace the space on the page.
Exploring Axonometric Weaving :: Mindful Drawing Ep.120
This week we explore the techniques of constructing 3D space from intersecting axes. We can immerse ourselves in the creation of a weaving space of lines and then trough our mindful inhabitation, draw out planes and volumes.
Journey through the Spiral with Mindful Drawing #97
From the center layering out, from the infinite winding to the moment. This week's exercise travels through a twin spiral to open inwards and express outwards.
Unbound Perspective Meditation :: Mindful Drawing Ep.131
Open up your eyes and look into space from refreshing perspectives with this mindful drawing meditation. Music via Pixabay AmbientNatureAtmosphere
Imprinting Breath :: Mindful Drawing Ep.200
Find stillness and presence with ‘Imprinting Breath,’ a guided mindful drawing exercise designed to connect you with the rhythm of your breath. In this episode, we'll use gentle, flowing lines to create a series of unique spiral patterns, each one born from a single inhale and exhale.
Minding the Grass - Clustering Wisps :: Mindful Drawing ep.179
Embark on an immersive drawing experience with our guided meditation session designed to unlock your creative potential. In this video, learn how simple shapes and mindful breathing can lead to unique artistic expressions.
Mindfully Fanning Your Creativity :: Mindful Drawing Ep.153
music via Pixabay ArtDsigns Ambient the Ambient BlackPyBeats, Ambient Piano
Release Stress and Discover Creativity with Mindful Drawing Ep.176
Welcome to Episode 176 of Mindful Drawing, where we explore the simple yet powerful practice of mindful mark-making to release stress and unlock your creativity. Using just a pencil and paper, this session guides you into a calm, meditative rhythm through repetitive gestures.
Imagining Architecture, Combining Shapes :: Mindful Drawing Ep. 138
An easy exercise exploring the translation of intersecting shapes into potential ideas of space and form. Building upon concepts from Frank Gehry's Winton Guest House, we will gather a collection of simple geometric shapes in simple clusters around the page.
Mindfully Gathering Space - Nesting & Layering Drawing Ep.137
Life, matter, energy, and design operate at a multiplicity of scales with similar forms and relationships. This week's meditation layers nesting shapes to gather space for relaxation and contemplation as we open creativity and mindfulness in our practice.
Finding Lightness with Hovering Motion :: Mindful Drawing 177 (2025.01)
Welcome to 2025. Join along in this mindful meditation practice to find your lightness through an experience of hovering motion.
Playing a Variation Game with Mindful Drawing Ep.192
This week's meditative drawing meditation plays a game of variations that builds into a cohesive set. Simple frames with a few curves form into a continuous circuit or potential paths;.