Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence: The Definitive 4th Edition - Couverture rigide

Edwards, Betty

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0285641778 ISBN 13 : 9780285641778

Editeur : Souvenir Press Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

The latest edition of the world's most widely used drawing instruction book, expanded and updated with brand new material.

If you enjoy sketching but feel stuck, this classic handbook will give you the drawing skills you have always wanted. If you are already a competent sketcher, it will improve your confidence and deepen your artistic perception.

Betty will provide a new way to appreciate how you perceive the world around you... a shift to the right side of the brain that utilises its more intuitive and artistic aspects of thinking!

This definitive revised and expanded edition includes:

- A new introduction

- Updates based on current ground-breaking research about the brain's plasticity and the emerging significance of right-brain functioning

- New tools for identifying and broadening everyday problem-solving and creative skills with the visual-thinking skills drawing can teach

- A new emphasis on using the strengths of the brain's right hemisphere as an antidote to the life-brain emphasis in modern life - escaping all that is linear, analytical and digital

- New reproductions of classic drawing from the Old Masters throughout.

Since it first appeared more than 20 years ago, this book has helped millions of people perfect their drawing skills and it can work for you too!

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world s most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you are a professional, a student or enjoy art as a hobby Betty Edwards practical set-by-step guide to drawing will give you greater confidence in your ability, deepen your artistic perception and provide a new way to appreciate the way you perceive the world around you., a shift to the right side of the brain that utilises its more intuitive and artistic aspects of thinking. This definitive revised and expanded edition includes: A new introduction. Updates based on current groundbreaking research about the brain s plasticity and the emerging significance of right-brain functioning. New tools for identifying and broadening everyday problem-solving and creative skills with the visual-thinking skills drawing can teach. A new emphasis on using the strengths of the brain s right hemisphere as an antidote to the life-brain emphasis in modern life escaping all that is linear, analytic and digital. New reproductions of classic drawings from the Old Masters throughout. This life-changing book, now fully revised and updated, will continue to inspire generations of readers.

Revue de presse

A landmark in drawing tuition. --Leisure Painter

Clear, intelligent... practical and sensible... It is an essential beginning. --The Artist

This innovative, landmark book should be required reading for all art students. --American Artist

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0285641778
• ISBN 13: 9780285641778
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 320