For school students growing up in the digital age, their attention is pulled quickly from one social post, TikTok or meme to another. Drawing with pencil offers an opportunity to exercise a child’s thinking (or cognitive) wheels, by engaging spatial, visual and motor skills to improve focus and concentration. It’s something that is particularly beneficial for developing young minds, but really the benefits extend way beyond this age group.
Most of us associate drawing with preschool age children, but as Robert Fulghum writes in “All I need to know I learned in Kindergarten” it also has a place in our lives as we grow “Live a balanced life – learn some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some…”.
Researchers at Ontario’s University of Waterloo recently tested the memories of 24 university undergraduates and adults aged 65 and older. All of the participants showed better memory retention for words that were drawn – remembering on average two drawn words for every written one.
Drawing can play an important role in school education but also the workplace, through popular business tools such as visual mapping.
The repetitive motions that come with “sketching” are also known to generate a soothing relaxation response, slowing down your heart rate and synchronising hand and eye coordination.
Before you start on your masterpiece, here are 3 things to consider when it comes to selecting drawing utensils.
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