Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain : A course in enhancing artistic confidence [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?]

Edwards, Betty, 1926- ; Brian Bomeister ; Joe Molloy

ISBN 10: 0874775132 / ISBN 13: 9780874775136

Published by New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, c1989., 1989

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Rev. ed. ed ; xiv, 254 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 0874775132, ; OCLC 19588904 ; LC NC730 .E34 1989 ; LCCN 89004561 ; Contents: 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? ; Rev. ed. of: Drawing on the right side of the brain. ; small spot on front endpaper, else FINE.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain : A course in enhancing artistic confidence [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...
• Publisher: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, c1989.
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874775132
• ISBN 13: 9780874775136
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

Betty Edwards is professor emeritus of art at California State University in Long Beach, California. She is the author of The New Drawing on the Right Side of the, the world's most widely used drawing instructional, which has been translated into thirteen foreign languages with U.S. sales of almost three million copies. She speaks regularly at universities, art schools, and companies, including the Walt Disney Corporation and the Apple Corporation.