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Betty Edwards and Jeremy P. Tarcher - The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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Twenty years later, the journey begins again
Pros
Can be read as an art instruction book or a scientific examination of the artistic mind.
Cons
Some instruction aids can be complicated to make.
Recommended it?
Yes
As in the first 2 editions of "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain", Dr. Betty Edwards once again presents the beginning drawing student with a seemingly impossible task: copy a Picasso sketch of composer Igor Stravinsky. . .UPSIDE DOWN.
And thus begins a marvelous journey to meet someone we keep locked away: the artistic genius that dwells within us all. True to her scientific approach to teaching drawing, Dr. Edwards has once again revised her international best-seller, adding nearly 50% new material based upon continuing research into the functioning of the human brain. A new set of mechanical drawing aids, which can be made by the reader or ordered directly from www.drawright.com, turn previously nebulous concepts into tangible techniques that the reader can use at once instead of waiting to discover them. Some lessons have been rearranged and to the 5 basic skills of drawing (perception of edges, perception of negative space, perception of relationships, perception of light and shadow, perception of the whole) Dr. Edwards adds 2 more: memory and imagination.
Perhaps most telling are the "before and after" illustrations showing how much one can learn in just a few days of instruction and diligent practice. The obviously painful, labored scrawls of adults discouraged from drawing since childhood sit next to drawings that exude confidence and ease. The reader is amazed when he or she can look upon a similar pair of images produced in the first few days of reading the book.
And thus begins a marvelous journey to meet someone we keep locked away: the artistic genius that dwells within us all. True to her scientific approach to teaching drawing, Dr. Edwards has once again revised her international best-seller, adding nearly 50% new material based upon continuing research into the functioning of the human brain. A new set of mechanical drawing aids, which can be made by the reader or ordered directly from www.drawright.com, turn previously nebulous concepts into tangible techniques that the reader can use at once instead of waiting to discover them. Some lessons have been rearranged and to the 5 basic skills of drawing (perception of edges, perception of negative space, perception of relationships, perception of light and shadow, perception of the whole) Dr. Edwards adds 2 more: memory and imagination.
Perhaps most telling are the "before and after" illustrations showing how much one can learn in just a few days of instruction and diligent practice. The obviously painful, labored scrawls of adults discouraged from drawing since childhood sit next to drawings that exude confidence and ease. The reader is amazed when he or she can look upon a similar pair of images produced in the first few days of reading the book.
