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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Author: Betty Edwards
This book can teach you to draw even though you feel you have little talent and doubt you could ever learn. If you enjoy drawing but never have been able to get much beyond a childlike level, this book will show you how to gain the skill you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional artist or as an artist-in-training, this...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780874770889
ISBN-10: 0874770882
Publication Date: 5/1/1979
Pages: 207
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 26 ratings
Publisher: Tarcher
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 2
This book was my "bible" as an art teacher.
Its companion is equally great.
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Helpful Score: 2
This book is fabulous if you think you can't draw. A friend of mine recommended it to me. She is a wonderful artist. I actually was able to draw a portrait after reading this.
Alison avatar reviewed Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain on + 551 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Great book for learning to draw if you think you can't - or for improving your skills - or for learning to teach others to draw. I never thought I could draw, but it has helped me. It has also helped me to teach my youngest child, and has been useful to my teenager, who has used it to teach herself.
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Helpful Score: 2
This book is not for me.If you are serious about learning to draw, it will help.I was looking for a step be step picture help.This discusses lines and shapes and even handwriting.It does use some pictures, but not the kind I have the patience for.
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Helpful Score: 2
If you are scared you will never learn how to draw, get this book.
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reviewed Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain on
teaches you how to draw....you could be a stick figure drawer like me and progress to complex art...its fun
reviewed Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain on + 5 more book reviews
Excellent study guide. Using this as an approach to negate the fear of the blank page, and have found it to be as good as the reviews that preceded it. Each person who is building courage around their own ability should have this book on the shelf.
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Good book for new drawers. It tells how to draw and tricks for drawing portraits, human hands and other difficult tasks. She discusses the right and left side of the brain and how it works for artistic endeavors/

This book will help the new artists and has methods to do hard drawing tasks and exercises.
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Edwards believes the key to learning to draw is teaching oneself to see with the unconscious mind. In drawing a picture that is upside down you must rely on what is unseen as much as what is seen-making a conscious mental shift from using your logic (left side of the brain) to using your Muse (intuitive, subjective self/right side of the brain). Her lessons attempt to train the individual to unleash the power of the subconscious brain.


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