Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards

The ideal gift for any artist on your list-or a keepsake item of your own

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.

The ideal gift for any artist on your list-or a keepsake item of your own

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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ISBN 13	9781585429202
ISBN 10	1585429201
Title	Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Author	Betty Edwards
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2012-04-26
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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