The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Second Revised Edition)

Edwards, Betty

ISBN 10: 0285635816 / ISBN 13: 9780285635814

Published by Souvenir Press, London, 2000

About this Item

xxv+291pp., Pictorial illustrated dustjacket covered in removable protective clear plastic, light blue textured boards with gilt text to spine, ack., preface, intro., col. & b/w plts. & illust. & text, diags., drawings, tables, gloss., bibliog., index. This twentieth-anniversary edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has been dramatically revised, with more than fifty percent new material. Size: Wide Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 002855

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Second Revised Edition)
• Publisher: Souvenir Press, London
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0285635816
• ISBN 13: 9780285635814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Revised 2nd Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

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 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 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."

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.