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USA Is Doodling Good for Your Brain?
There's lots of media chatter about the recent release of a study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology stating that "doodling aids memory." Along with being mentioned on MSNBC, a number of articles and blog posts popped up on the Web. Turns out your phone conversation doodling may be helping your brain.
>The Scribbles Institute Blog
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USA From Drawing on Bedroom Walls to Graffiti on City Walls
When he was a child, 14-year-old Nick Haertling loved to draw pictures everywhere, on everything. Now he writes on the walls of his bedroom every day, and he's painted layers and layers of pictures all over them. Recently Nick got in trouble for graffiti on an overpass in his home town of Wyndmere, North Dakota. Since his mom understands his need to create, she decided to take him to places where it's legal to paint on walls to his heart's content. One of those places was the popular 5 Pointz in New York, where he got to paint with his hero "Meres".
>Nick Haertling Article
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USA Santa Cruz Student Sketchers
The Fax Academy is officially under way with the Santa Cruz, California school district! Our first group of sketchers (middle-high school) is the Highlands Park Community School located in the San Lorenzo Valley. It's exciting to be part of the Santa Cruz educational community.
>SLV Sketchers Blog
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USA iPhone Sketching
We're always on the lookout for extreme sketching. This month's honors for cool-extreme go to Stephane Kardos for his iPhone sketches of the Los Angeles area. A new 'brushes' feature enables Stephane to sketch street scenes on location. Stephane works for the Walt Disney Company as an art director. Also, check out his location sketches of old cars and trucks.
>Stephane Kardos' Sketch Blog
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USA Digital Dilbert
Watch Scott Adams, the cartoonist of the Dilbert comic strip, draw his famous character on a digital tablet. More and more illustrators are taking up the stylus pen and digital tablet to create their art. >Drawing Dilbert Digitally
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USA Drawing is for the Birds
Kids from Art Appetite Fine Art School recently visited Omar's Exotic Birds to participate in a workshop to draw pictures and make friends with exotic birds. Omar's is located in Lake Forest, California.
>Workshop Slideshow >Art Appetite Fine Art School
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USA Neuroscience For Kids Drawing Contest 2008-2009
The University of Washington announces the Neuroscience for Kids Drawing Contest 2008-2009. This is an excellent opportunity for students to have fun drawing what they know about brains! Open to kids in any country, kindergarten through grade 12, entries must be received by February 1, 2009. Visit the Web site to learn more and get ideas for your drawing.
>2008-2009 Contest Info >Neuroscience For Kids Web site
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JAPAN International Environmental Drawings
This is one of the most beautiful collections of children's drawings we've come across. Since 1999, the Japan Quality Assurance Organization has been hosting the International Environmental Children's Drawing contest. Supported by UNICEF, the selection of artwork comes from more than 140,000 drawings submitted by children, ages 7 to 15 years old, worldwide.
>Best Prize, Japan >About the Contest >Worldwide Participants
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