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Drawing on the right side of the brain / Betty Edwards.
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 emerging significance of right-brain functioning. It offers new tools for identifying and solving life problems with the visual-thinking skills acquired through drawing. It shows how new emphasis on how the ability to use the strengths of the brain's right hemisphere can serve as an antidote to the increasing left-brain emphasis in American life, the worship of all that is linear, analytic, and digital.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781585429196
- ISBN: 1585429198
- ISBN: 9781585429202 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1585429201 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781585429219 (deluxe)
- ISBN: 158542921X (deluxe)
- 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. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | NC 730 .E39 2012 | 30775305444169 | General Collection | Available | - |
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain : The Definitive, 4th Edition
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain : The Definitive, 4th Edition
A revised edition of the classic drawing book that has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the United States alone. Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction 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 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.
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