The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Translated into thirteen languages, with more than 2.5 million copies sold, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book.

This twentieth-anniversary edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has been dramatically revised, with more than fifty percent new material, including: recent developments in brain research that relate to drawing; new insights on the use of drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education; instruction on self-expression through drawing; ways to step beyond black-and-white drawing into color; and detailed advice on applying the five basic skills of drawing to solve problems.

ISBN	0874774241	DEWEY	741.2
ISBN13	9780874774245 (What's this?)	Pages	291
Publisher	Putnam Publishing Group	Volumes	1
Imprint	JEREMY TARCHER PUBL	Weight (grammes)	640
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	225
Publication date	01 Aug 1999	Width (mm)	191
Library of Congress	99035809

	Preface
	Introduction
1	Drawing and the Art of Bicycle Riding	1
2	The Drawing Exercises: One Step at a Time	11
3	Your Brain: The Right and Left of It	27
4	Crossing Over: Experiencing the Shift from Left to Right	49
5	Drawing on Memories: Your History as an Artist	67
6	Getting Around Your Symbol System: Meeting Edges and Contours	87
7	Perceiving the Shape of a Space: The Positive Aspects of Negative Space	115
8	Relationships in a New Mode: Putting Sighting in Perspective	137
9	Facing Forward: Portrait Drawing with Ease	161
10	The Value of Logical Lights and Shadows	193
11	Drawing on the Beauty of Color	229
12	The Zen of Drawing: Drawing Out the Artist Within	247
	Afterword: Is Beautiful Handwriting a Lost Art?	253
	Postscript	267
	Glossary	275
	Bibliography	279
	Index	283

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