A revised edition of a drawing instruction book.
A revised edition of a drawing instruction book.
A brand-new edition of the world’s most widely used drawing instruction book, expanded and updated with more than 50 per cent new material.
If you enjoy sketching but feel you are stuck at a childlike level, this book will give you the drawing skills you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional artist or artist-in-training, it will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception.
This new edition of a classic handbook contains detailed advice on how to draw anything you want – including ways to step from black-and-white into colour – but also exploits recent developments in brain research to show how drawing techniques can be put to good use in the corporate world, in education, and even in problem-solving.
Since it first appeared more than 20 years ago, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has taught millions of people to draw. It can work for you, too.
“'Not only a book about drawing, it is a book about living. This brilliant approach to the teaching of drawing…should not be dismissed as a mere text. It emancipates.' Los Angeles Times”
'Not only a book about drawing, it is a book about living. This brilliant approach to the teaching of drawing should not be dismissed as a mere text. It emancipates.' Los Angeles Times
Dr Betty Edwards is professor emeritus of art at California State University in Long Beach. She received her doctorate from UCLA in art, education, and the psychology of perception. She speaks regularly at universities, art schools, and companies including AT&T, the Walt Disney Corporation and the Apple Corporation. She lives in Santa Monica, California
'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you feel you have little talent and you doubt you could ever learn, or you enjoy drawing but have not been able to get much beyond a childlike level, this book will show you how to gain the skill that you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional artist or are an artist-in-training, it will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception. This new edition of 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' has been dramatically revised, with more than fifty per cent new material, including: Recent developments in brain research that relate to drawing New insights on the use of drawing techniques in the corporate world and education Instruction on self-expression through drawing Ways to step beyond black-and-white drawing into colour* Detailed advice on how to apply the five basic skills of drawing to solve problems See how the astonishing success of 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' - responsible for teaching millions to draw - can work for you, too.
A brand-new edition of the world's most widely used drawing instruction book, expanded and updated with more than 50 per cent new material. If you enjoy sketching but feel stuck at a childlike level, this classic handbook will give you the drawing skills you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional artist, it will improve your confidence and deepen your artistic perception. As well as giving detailed advice on how to draw anything you want - including ways to step from black-and-white into colour - Edwards exploits recent developments in brain research to show how drawing skills can be used in the corporate world, in education, and even in problem-solving. Since it first appeared more than 20 years ago, this book has helped millions of people perfect their drawing skills. It can work for you, too.
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