The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Preface -- Introduction -- Drawing and the art of bicycle riding -- Drawing exercises : one step at a time -- Your brain : the right and left of it -- Crossing over : experiencing the shift from left to right -- Drawing on memories : your history as an artist -- Getting around your symbol system : meeting edges and contours -- Perceiving the shape of a space : the positive aspects of negative space -- Relationships in a new mode : putting sighting in perspective -- Facing forward : portrait drawing with ease -- Value of logical lights and shadows -- Drawing on the beauty of color -- Zen of drawing : drawing out the artist within -- Afterword : is beautiful handwriting a lost art?;Helps the reader gain access to right-brain functions, which affect artistic and creative abilities, by teaching the skills of drawing through unusual exercises designed to increase visual skills. This work is based on the premise that the left and right hemispheres of the brain process information in very different ways. In essence, the 'left brain' is logical, rational using words to describe concepts and able to manipulate abstract ideas, numbers and the concept of time. The right brain, in contrast, takes a holistic approach, sensing relationships and patterns, tends to be intuitive and irrational, and has no sense of time. The book includes many drawing exercises, including 'upside down drawing', 'blind contour' and 'modified contour' drawing. A chapter is devoted to negative space drawing. The author identifies the components of the drawing process as five perceptions: edges, spaces, relationships, lights and shadows, and the perception of the whole (gestalt). When Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain Was First Published In 1979, It Hit The New York Times Bestseller List Within Two Weeks And Stayed There For More Than A Year. In 1989, When Dr. Betty Edwards Revised The Book, It Went Straight To The Times List Again. Now Dr. Edwards Celebrates The Twentieth Anniversary Of Her Classic Book With A Second Revised Edition. Over The Last Decade, Dr. Edwards Has Refined Her Material Through Teaching Hundreds Of Workshops And Seminars. Truly The New Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain, This Edition Includes: The Very Latest Developments In Brain Research New Material On Using Drawing Techniques In The Corporate World And In Education Instruction On Self-expression Through Drawing An Updated Section On Using Color Detailed Information On Using The Five Basic Skills Of Drawing For Problem Solving Translated Into Thirteen Languages, Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain Is The World's Most Widely Used Drawing-instruction Guide. People From Just About Every Walk Of Life—artists, Students, Corporate Executives, Architects, Real Estate Agents, Designers, Engineers—have Applied Its Revolutionary Approach To Problem Solving. The Los Angeles Times Said It Best: Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain Is 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.