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"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."

 

Hard cover, xxxiii, 284 pages: illustrations.

Chapters:
Introduction
Drawing and the Art of Bicycle Riding
First Steps in Drawing
Your Brain, the Right and Left of It
Crossing Over from Left to Right
Drawing on Memories Your Childhood Artistry
Perceiving Edges
Perceiving Space
Perceiving Relationships
Drawing a Profile Portrait
Perceiving Lights, Shadows and the Gestalt
Using Your New Perceptual Skills for Creative Problem Solving
Drawing on the Artist in You
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Portfolio Components