Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781585429202)

A revised edition of the classic bestselling how to draw book. 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 and artists to come.

Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used instructional drawing 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 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

Author: Betty Edwards
ISBN-10: 1585429201
ISBN-13: 9781585429202
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.38lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.30w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/15/2012
Library Journal 12/01/2012