Drawing on the right side of the brain

This book is designed to help the reader gain access to right-brain functions, which affect artistic and creative abilities, by teaching drawing through unusual exercises designed to increase visual skills. It includes updates based on recent research about the brain's plasticity and the emergi...

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Main Author: Edwards, Betty, 1926-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Tarcher/Penguin, 2012.
Edition: Definitive, 4th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Drawing and the art of bicycle riding
  • First steps in drawing
  • Your brain, the right and left of it
  • Crossing over from left to right
  • Drawing on your childhood artistry
  • Perceiving edges
  • Perceiving spaces
  • Perceiving relationships
  • Drawing a profile portrait
  • Perceiving lights, shadows, and the Gestalt
  • Using your new perceptual skills for creative problem solving
  • Drawing on the artist in you.