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This book is chock full of pseudo-scientific b.s. She explains what's already known and taught better in regular art books by using a bunch of made up theories creatively masked to sound like she knows what she's talking about.

I don't consider that a downside. The purpose of "Drawing" is to teach the basics and the author herself tells you you to look elsewhere for intermediate subjects.

Exactly! And it suggests that really art is much more about the being part of some artistic tradition than about copying or inventing. In any the tradition, conventions etc. are much much more important than most people today imagine. (Though I must admit that for me painting could end somewhere in the 17-th century. Despite lots of skillful artists it's simply not the same.)

There are whole chapters on perspective and shadows. I don't quite understand how you can say that wasn't included.

Hi! Can you suggest some serious drawing books? I think i need them after this book.

u know the art of comes within ur heart and this book i can help to build confidence in drawing

I second Jennifer. I plan to start with this book and progress to more serious drawing books. I've got some Loomis figure drawing books and would love some more suggestion! Thanks!

I second Jennifer. I plan to start with this book and progress to more serious drawing books. I've got some Loomis figure drawing books and would love some more suggestion! Thanks!

Exactly this book is for beginners who want to learn the basics.

thank you

Excellent...!!

Thats astonishing...

how u can read I can read book of this

Art is more than drawing,move from the side road to the highway

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I read the original book, way back when. I found the section on drawing positive and negative space most interesting and helpful and when I pointed this out to my students, it was as though a light bulb switched on. Invaluable!!

Don't we all speak what we're taught Drake?

Perfect. Couldn't have said it better!

What is the next book you would recommend for beginners?

This book actually teaches almost everyone how to see. A previous version of this book was our text for art class in tenth grade. EVERYONE in the class learned how to draw. Everyone was so proud of themselves. The class had students at every level of art. It was miraculous how effective this book's method is.

Ive been an artist since I was three. I innately knew how to do what this book teaches, but it helped that it pointed out the process of seeing. It deepened my understanding of what I was doing and gave me ideas of where I wanted to go next.

It never made sense to me when students complained that they could draw anything, except say, hands or noses. When you actually see, you don't conceptualize what you're looking at and it's the same process to draw anything.

I recommend "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" to anyone who says they'd like to be able to draw, but think they are no good at it.

This book really works if you do the exercises.

Using it's methods for seeing can be taken to any depth you're willing. Seeing fully is a constant process. Once you complete this book, you can, of course, develop deeper skills through other training, but if you think you can't draw, this book is the base, the beginning of the drawing process.

This book is simply teaching and testing the reader’s ability to follow step by step instructions. This is referred to as directed drawing and commonly used in elementary classrooms to build general self confidence as well as to help help students move from an “I can’t� mindset to a headspace of “I can when I am brave enough to try�. My students in both Kindergarten and Pre-k love our curriculum related directed drawing cool down time after recess. As the students grow in confidence, they begin to add details that were not in the directed drawing instructions. Next, I begin finding similar drawings in the illustrations of their writing workshop self-creates books.
No one is bad at art. Building confidence through matching or copying things we see around us one step at a time, builds our self confidence as adults as well. Unless you want to learn how to draw in order to increase your odds at becoming an architect or engineer (mathematical and systematic-right brained drawers), then remember that there is no “wrong� or “failing� in art; there is just self expression and hopefully a person who recognizes that his/her self-concept and appreciation for the time for untethered self-expression is so much more critical to your growth than the opinions of others. Perfection does not exist. Let go and grab a crayon. You are enough.

I would have to disagree with all if not most of the points and summaries made earlier about this book being simply a beginners build confidence book. Someone did just say they only read the first chapters, but in quickly perusing it takes a quick verification to observe there are chapters on shade, form, perspective and other complex processes that go into creating art. I'm confused why portraiture is mainly idnedtifed in the comments section since the feedback offered in the book can be applied in all forms of art. It's in the title people, creativity. I didn't pick this book until recently, as I have always just naturally drawn and painted and can say being on the artist end, this book offers invaluable information. It's a double edge sword if you don't read past the first few chapters.

I would love to see your portrait 😊

This is a phenomenal work thst succinctly captures the essence of how seeing works. Great place to learn how to draw!

does this book teach drawing or is it about autism either way i might save it....

Greate method to begining become artis

Love to read this book!

How can a book be a double-edged book?

This is nonsense.. this book is about learning how to see, and drawing what you see, instead of drawing what you *think* you see. Perspective, shadows, and anatomy are all things you can learn this way (obviously other educational sources can be useful too).