Drawing on the right side of the brain / Betty Edwards.
Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. hether 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/ 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; A life-changing book, this fully revised and updated edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is destined to inspire generations of readers to come.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781585429196 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781585429202 (softcover)
- Physical Description: xxxiii, 284 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
- Edition: Definitive, 4th ed.
- Publisher: New York : Tarcher/Penguin, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Rev. and expanded ed. of: New drawing on the right side of the brain. 1999. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-274) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Drawing > Technique. Visual perception. Cerebral dominance. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Emily Carr University of Art + Design | NC730 .E34 2012 (Text) | 30236052 | Book | Volume hold | Available | - |