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A review by stoicloofah
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
4.0
I read and worked through this book in roughly 3 spurts. This most recent one took me about 2 weeks where I re-read all of it but only picked up the exercises for the second half.
Edwards isn’t just teaching how to draw: she really does believe in using the right side of the brain and integrates a lot of psychology into the book as well. In the exercises, I have experienced her R-mode from time to time. However, it is hard to find and fleeting like being jacked in while writing code.
But in the end, drawing is all about practice, and this book gave me a solid start. Her techniques are really about perceiving differently, and hopefully that’s the beginning of more regular drawing.
Edwards isn’t just teaching how to draw: she really does believe in using the right side of the brain and integrates a lot of psychology into the book as well. In the exercises, I have experienced her R-mode from time to time. However, it is hard to find and fleeting like being jacked in while writing code.
But in the end, drawing is all about practice, and this book gave me a solid start. Her techniques are really about perceiving differently, and hopefully that’s the beginning of more regular drawing.