The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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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 includes:the very latest developments in brain researchnew material on using drawing techniques in the corporate world and in educationinstruction on self-expression through drawingan updated section on using colordetailed information on using the five basic skills of drawing for problem solvingTranslated 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 best: 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." PrefaceIntroduction1. Drawing and the Art of Bicycle Riding2. The Drawing Exercises: One Step at a Time3. Your Brain: The Right and Left of It4. Crossing Over: Experiencing the Shift from Left to Right5. Drawing on Memories: Your History as an Artist6. Getting Around Your Symbol System: Meeting Edges and Contours7. Perceiving the Shape of a Space: The Positive Aspects of Negative Space8. Relationships in a New Mode: Putting Sighting in Perspective9. Facing Forward: Portrait Drawing with Ease10. The Value of Logical Lights and Shadows11. Drawing on the Beauty of Color12. The Zen of Drawing: Drawing Out the Artist WithinAfterword: Is Beautiful Handwriting a Lost Art?PostscriptGlossaryBibliographyIndex
PrefaceIntroduction1Drawing and the Art of Bicycle Riding12The Drawing Exercises: One Step at a Time113Your Brain: The Right and Left of It274Crossing Over: Experiencing the Shift from Left to Right495Drawing on Memories: Your History as an Artist676Getting Around Your Symbol System: Meeting Edges and Contours877Perceiving the Shape of a Space: The Positive Aspects of Negative Space1158Relationships in a New Mode: Putting Sighting in Perspective1379Facing Forward: Portrait Drawing with Ease16110The Value of Logical Lights and Shadows19311Drawing on the Beauty of Color22912The Zen of Drawing: Drawing Out the Artist Within247Afterword: Is Beautiful Handwriting a Lost Art?253Postscript267Glossary275Bibliography279Index283
