Observational drawing has many benefits, yet it can be a difficult and frustrating curriculum for students and teachers alike. As I was teaching elementary and college art classes simultaneously, I noticed a significant discrepancy between my younger and older students. Students in my elementary art classes loved to draw and often expressed how excited they were to make art. However, students in my college art classes were more hesitant and self-conscious about drawing and did not believe they could progress artistically. Many of these students had abandoned drawing in elementary or middle school. This pattern evokes the U curve of artistic development as discussed in Harvard's Project Zero (Davis, 1997). Because of this lack of skill and confidence, many of the students in my college classes could not fully apply themselves to reap the benefits of observational drawing. How can educators help college students reclaim their confidence as visual artists after years of avoidance and fear? In an attempt to help college students overcome these anxieties and improve their art skills, I created and implemented a mindfulness intervention in a traditional drawing curriculum. Using case study methodology, I conducted a qualitative study throughout the winter semester of 2019 at Brigham Young University to examine the affordances or limitations of implementing mindfulness in an undergraduate drawing curriculum.

Submitted by Luiz Carlos Teixeira da Silva (luiz@doisdi.com) on 2018-08-17T21:16:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-lctsilva.pdf: 20150026 bytes, checksum: b389dc63924196877499adadf5ca7a27 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Lucilene Cordeiro da Silva Messias null (lubiblio@bauru.unesp.br) on 2018-08-21T12:34:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_lct_me_bauru.pdf: 20150026 bytes, checksum: b389dc63924196877499adadf5ca7a27 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-21T12:34:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_lct_me_bauru.pdf: 20150026 bytes, checksum: b389dc63924196877499adadf5ca7a27 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-06-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente pesquisa verificou se os problemas enfrentados por alguns alunos de curso superior de Design ao desenhar, podem ser solucionados ou amenizados por técnicas que melhoram a capacidade representativa no desenho de observação. Inicialmente, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, o desenho foi explorado como manifestação artística e ferramenta projetual, abordando seu conceito, taxonomia, ensino, sua contribuição para o Design e alguns dos problemas comuns que as pessoas enfrentam. Em seguida, por meio de pesquisa experimental, foi aplicada uma metodologia com os materiais para desenho de observação e de coleta de informações, utilizando duas técnicas na produção de desenhos lineares e tridimensionais. Essa pesquisa se destinou a contribuir com o desenho de observação e a forma como é ensinado, com foco especial em estudantes de Design com deficiência na prática do desenho e nos problemas ocorridos em disciplinas de desenho de observação. Os resultados indicaram melhoria significativa nos resultados dos desenhos com o emprego de duas técnicas auxiliadoras. / The present research sought to verified if the problems faced by some students of graduation in Design can be solved or ameliorated by techniques that improve the representative capacity in the drawing of observation. Initially, through a bibliographic research, the drawing was explored as an artistic manifestation and a project tool, approaching its concept, taxonomy, teaching, its contribution to Design and some of the common problems that people face. Then, through an experimental research, a methodology was applied with materials for observation design and information collection, using two techniques in the production of linear and three-dimensional drawings. This research was intended to contribute to the observation design and the way it is taught, with a special focus on Design students with a disability in the practice of drawing and the problems that have occurred in observation drawing discipline. The results indicated a significant improvement in the results of the drawings with the use of two auxiliary techniques. / 88882.180475/2018-01

This research is a small part of a bigger field of research made before by other authorsregarding the humans in the urban public space. It has a small context compared to otherstudies, but a big impact inside the community. It aims at finding answers to questions thatother researchers asked before, but under different circumstances and they displayed them through different ways such as documentary films (The social life of small urban spaces 1980, How to live in a city 1964).After experiencing the city life of Malmö and some questions have been raised, the concept of resilience intersected with the interest of social public life in a neighbourhood. In order to have the theoretical framework to answer the research question, the thesis follows a literature review, where the concepts of resilience, urban resilience, resilient urban design and social resilience have been explored.Next, after exploring the city of Malmö, some case studies have been chosen and studiedthrough direct observation in different months starting with March and various times of theday. In the methodological approach section the methods are explained as well as a detailed presentation of the biggest tool used for this research: observational drawing. The tools used for the observation are field notes, observational drawings and photographs. The cases are spread throughout the city and are located in neighbourhoods with different urban tissues. The results reveal all the observational drawings made during the field visits and the field notes written. They show how people use the spaces in all three case studies depending on the weather or other external factors.The discussion reveals the complexity of the relation between concepts and the empiricaldata, following the initial aim of the research throughout the discussion. This thesiscontributes with important outcomes to the field of urban studies creating awareness about the urban context and its influence on people. The findings of this study show a diversity and creativity of users in using the public space.

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