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Drawing on the right side of the brain : a course in enhancing creativity and artistic confidence / Betty Edwards.

by Edwards, Betty, 1926-

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Tarcher/Penguin, c2012.

741.2 E26d 2012

Creative ability.

Drawing -- Technique.

Visual perception.

Cerebral dominance.

9781585429196 (hc.)

1585429198 (hc.)

Definitive, 4th ed.

xxxiii, 284 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Rev. and expanded ed. of: New drawing on the right side of the brain. 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-274) and index.

Drawing and the art of bicycle riding -- First steps in drawing -- Your brain, the right and left of it -- Crossing over: experiencing the shift from left to right -- Drawing on your childhood artistry -- Meeting edges and contours -- The positive aspects of negative spaces -- Putting sighting into perspective -- Facing forward: portrait drawing with ease -- The value of logical lights and shadows -- Applying perceptual skills to general thinking and problem solving -- Drawing on the artist in you.

"Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain i s t he world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you are drawing as a professional artist, as an artist in training, or as a hobby, this book will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception, as well as foster a new appreciation of the world around you. This revised/updated fourth edition includes: a new preface and introduction; crucial updates based on recent research on the brain's plasticity and the enormous value of learning new skills and utilizing the right hemisphere of the brain; new focus on how the ability to draw on the strengths of the right hemisphere can serve as an antidote to the increasing left-brain emphasis in American life-the worship of all that is linear, analytic, digital, etc.; an informative section that addresses recent research linking early childhood "scribbling" to later language development and the importance of parental encouragement of this activity; and new reproductions of master drawings throughout."--Provided by publisher.

Edwards, Betty, 1926- New drawing on the right side of the brain.

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