Drawing & Cognition - The Sunshine Post
How similarly, or how differently do we draw pictures compared to other people? I would appreciate all the help i can get on this experiment, especially if you know someone who speaks a language other than english.
A Sunny Post Challenge!
To all my friends out there - you have all been tagged and i promise this is a very simple task that won’t take much time.
STEP 1
Please pull out a piece of paper and draw a picture of a sun right now. Don’t read the rest of my post beyond this point, as it will ruin & spoil this experiment, so please draw that picture of a sun - right now. Preferably to be done on a piece of paper, but you can use the computer to draw this picture if you’ve got no other option, right now.
STEP 2
I would like to know the steps you took to construct it, describe how you drew it - comment.
Did you draw the circle first? Where did you start with the pen? At the top-right corner? Did you go in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction? Did you draw the radiating lines next? Start at the top? Then maybe work your way round in a clock-wise direction? How did you construct it?
If you used the computer to draw, please make a mention of it and describe the tools, steps & directions you took in constructing it.
STEP 3
If you have more time to do this as a post on your blog, i would love to see a picture of it at your end. Let me know and i’ll put a direct link to it in this post with a thumbnail of your picture here, so that other people can visit your sun picture and read about how you constructed it. A sunny gallery of thumbnails from many different parts of the world might paint a very interesting picture as a collective whole.
If you’re keen to take it on, please leave a comment with Mr.Linky and link up your url to the sunshine post. Directing links to the sun shining on your blog will be appreciated.
~ Thanks!
Here’s how my 6yo son constructs a sun at the moment 
The timing of the strokes are closely approximated to how he drew this sun in real life.
TorAa said,
July 14, 2007 @ 3:08 am
Sun? What’s that? Have forgotten during this Green Winter. Until to day.
Found an orange pencil. I startet in the center. Then enlarged with clockwise circles.
Suddenly, I needed a grey pencil. Clouds arriving. Rainshower - top down with a grey/blue pencil.
Can you reveal something around this matter?
R’acquel: Thank you so much for painting this picture in my brain, it was so much fun to read. I found it refreshing & very funny! I would love to “see” this picture, wondering how close it is to how i’m currently imagining it. It makes me curious to know if you have a painting/drawing background because the approach comes across as very creative to me. How is it that you had such quick and easy access to coloured pencils? (who knows, maybe you’re at a child-friendly cafe atm!) =D Also, the description of your drawing comes across with a child-like spirit of playfulness with it as well. I’m very curious with how others will respond this now. Enjoying the current TorAa “animation” of the sun in my brain a lot at the moment. 555
My greetings to Renny! Looking forward to catching up with you & the weather over there! Very tied up with work atm but i’ll have a break & good holiday soon
chase said,
July 14, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
This is quite interesting ! I drew the circle first and I started on top and did a counter clockwise. Then I drew the rays from bottom to top and also did a counter clockwise rotation. I will try to do it on PC and probably send you a copy of it.
RennyBA said,
July 15, 2007 @ 5:46 am
LoL I was sitting besides Tor when he did this drawings and as always he made a lot of fun out it it!
Thanks for sharing this special thing!
Thanks for the greetings too - you welcome canoeing any time:-)
Sueblimely said,
August 16, 2007 @ 1:54 pm
I drew a circle (anticlockwise) then the rays (clockwise) starting at ‘2 o’clock’ from the circle outwards, with a gap between circle and rays. I am wonder at what point in my life I lost the smiley face?
R’acquel: When i realised it was a smiley face my son was drawing, i wondered the same thing too. *lol*