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ART/CREATT\rrfY LnanNrNGT o DRAwis very much like mastering a sport or a musicali nstrument:t o advancey our ability,y ou must practice,p ractice,p ractice.B ut in practicing,w hat, specificallys, hould you draw? This convenientw orkbook containst he answerf:o rty basica nd new exercisesth at reinforce the fiveb asics killso f drawing.E achp rovides appropriates ubjectm atter,b rief instruction,s ample drawings,a ready-madef ormat in which to draw,a nd helpful post-exercisep ointers.I n addition to portrait drawing with pencil, you will exploren ew subject matter-still life, landscapei,m aginatived rawing- usinga lternativem ediumss ucha sp en andi nk, charcoala, ndc ont6c rayon. If you aret aking a drawing class,h avea lready receivedi nstruction through a book or course,o r just prefer to learn by doing,t his volume of guided practicew ill be a permanentr ecordo f your work that offerst he perfect opporrunity to hone your skills and expandy our repertoire. r s B N 1- 5 8 5 4 2 - 19 5 - 2 llillliiltlrltliltltirlitlilril ll TbeI r'iew Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook Tarcher/Penguinb ooksa rea vailablea t speciaql uantiryd iscountsfo r bulk' ,asfeo rsalesp romotionsp,r emiumsf,u nd-raisinga,n de ducationanle eds. ial bookso r book excerptsa lsoc an be createdt o fit specificn eeds.F or , details,w rite Putnam SpecialM arkets, 36 Hudson StreegN ew York, NY roor4. P. Tancnrn/Penguin Jrnruv a membero f PenguinG roup (USA) Inc. Hudson Srreet 37y New York, NY roor4 www.penguin.com Copyright Ozciozb y Betty Edwards All rights reserved.T his book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.P ublished simultaneouslyi n Canada. Library of CongressC ataloging-in-Publication Data Edwards, Betqr. The new drawing on the right sideo f the brain workbook: guided pracdce in the five basics kills of drawing Betry Edwards. / P.cm' IsnNr -;8y42-r95:-z r. Drawing-Technique. I. Edwards,B ecy. Drawing on the right side of the brain. II. Title. Nc73o.E324o o2 zoozoz8769 74t:-d,czr Cover drawing and instructional drawingsb y Brian Bomeisler Book designb yJoe Molloy Typesetin MonorypeJansona nd Gill Sansb y Mondo Typo, Inc. Printed in Canada 16 15 14 This book is printed on acid-free paper. TbeI r'iew Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook Contents Foreword vll List of Supplies lx Glossary of Terms The Exercises Exerciser Pre-Instruction Self-Portrait t Exercisez Pre-Instruction Drawing of Your Hand + Exercise3 Pre-Instruction Drawing of the Corner of a Room 6 Exercise4 Warm-up and Free Drawing 9 Exercise5 The "Vase/Faces"D rawing r3 Exercise6 Upside-DownD rawing 17 Exercise7 Pure Contour Drawing 27 Exercise8 DrawingY our Hand on the PlasticP ictureP lane 3o Exercise9 Settinga Ground t t Exerciser o Transferring Your Hand Drawing from Picture Planet o Paper 36 Exerciser r Drawing Your Hand Holding an Object 39 Exerciser z Drawinga Flower +3 Exercise1 3 Drawing an Orange 46 Exerciser 4 Drawing I eavesU sing Negative Spaces +9 Exercise1 5 Drawing a Chair in Negative Space tz Exercise1 6 Drawing a HouseholdO bject 56 Exerciser 7 Negative-SpaceD rawing of a SportsP hotograph 59 Exerciser 8 Negative-SpaceD rawing of an Actual Chair 6z Exercise1 9 Copying a Master Drawing: Man ReadingtbBe ibl,e, 66 by Vincentv an Gogh ,v di . -.*-**u,*=-:*dsifl Part lll Exercisez o Sightinga n OpenD oorway The Perception Exercisez r Sighting a Room Corner t) of Relationships Exercisez z The Knee/FootD rawing 7S Exercisez 3 Sighting a Still Life of Bookso n a Table 8r. Exercisez 4 A Srill Life wiih Eilipses 8+- Exercisez 5 SightingR elationshipisn a Figure Drawing 87 Exercisez 6 Proportionso f the Headi n Profile 9t Exercisez 7 Copyinga MasterD rawing of a ProfileP ortrait 96, Exercisez 8 Drawing a Profile Portrait IOO . Exercisez 9 Still Life with AmericanF las I O Jt: , Part lV Exercise 3 o Drawing an Egg Lighted from Above ro6 The Perception Exercise 3 r Charlie Chaplini n Light and Shadow r09 of Lights Exercise 3 z Proportionso f the Headi n Full-FaceV iew fiz and Shadows Exercise 3 3 Copyinga Full-FaceP ortrait t6 Exercise 3 4 DrawingY our Self-Portraiti n Light and Shadow tzo PartV Exercise 3 5 Usingl nk andB rush rz7 The Perception Exercise 3 6 An Urban LandscapeD rawing r30 of the Gestalt Exercise 3 7 Hatchinga ndC rosshatching r33 Exercise 3 8 A Figure Drawingi n Crosshatch \6 Exercise 3 9 An ImaginativeD rawing Basedo n Leonardod a Vinci'sA dvice r+o Exercise 4 o A Four-by-FourD rawing r+3 Some Suggestionsf or Further Study r+6 Portfolio and Yideo Ordering r47 VI . i Foreword This workbooki s designeda sa supplemento my book TheNewD rawing ont beR ightS ideo f tbeB rarz.I ts purposei s to provide convenient,e ffective guidedp racticef or the fiveb asics killso f drawing.T he exerciseisn this workbooki ncludes omef amiliar kindso f drawings( upside-downd raw- ing for example)a ndm anyn ew subjectsfo r practicinge achs kill.F or your conveniencet,h e workbookc ontainsa n essentiadl rawingt ool, a plasticP ictureP lane/Viewfinderw, hich will help you to maked rawings that givet he illusion of beingt hree-dimensionailm agesa nds cenesT. he workbooki s portables ot hat you canu sei t in thoseo dd momentso f use- ful time, sucha sw hile waitingi n the dentist'so fficeo r at the airport.A s you completet he exerciseisn thesep agesy, ou will be creatinga perma- nent,b oundr ecordo f your progressin drawing. Learningt o draw is very much like learninga sporto r learningh ow to play a musicali nstrument.O ncey ou havel earnedt he fundamentals, any advancein skillsi s basedo n practice,p ractice,p ractice.I n this work- book,I will invite you to venftrrei nto working with new subjectm atter andd rawingm ediumsb eyondt hosec overedin TbeN ewD rawingonth e Rigltt Sideo f rheB rain. The exerciseisn this workbooka reb asedo n the fivep erceptuals kills of drawing that I havef ully describedi n TheN ewD rawingont heR ightS ide of theB rain.D rawing is alwayst he samet ask,a lwaysr equiring the same fives killst hat,w ith practice,b ecomei ntegratedi nto the whole skill- calledt he "global"s kill-of drawing.I t is the subiectsa ndt he mediums that changeB. ecauseth is is true, it really doesn ot matterw hat you draw-any subjectw ill do, and any medium will do.T his is not surpris- ing: all globals killsa rec omposedo f basicc omponents killst hat are alwaysa ctivatedw hent he globals kill is beingu sed-think of driving an automobileo r playingt ennis. I havef ound,h owevert,h at many of my studentsw ho havel earned the basics killsf ind it difficult to chooses ubjectsfo r drawing.O ften,f eel- ing the urge to draw somethingt hat catchesth eir eye,t hey hesitatef or feart hat the subjectm ay be too hard to draw or that they will not have time to finish.T his workbooki s designedto solves uchp roblemsb y pro- viding suitables ubjectsfo r practicinge achs kill, brief instructionsa, n estimateo f the time required( thought his will vary somewhaat ccording to your naturalp acei n drawing),a nds uitabled rawingp aper,w ith ready- drawnf ormatsa ndg uiding crosshairsin correctp roportionsf or each drawing.F or mosto f the exercisesI, h avea ddedp ost-exercisere marks that providea dditionali nformation,s uggestionso,r helpful pointers. I would guessth at the biggestd ifficulty you will experiencein work- ing throught hesep agesis findingt he time to draw.T elling yourself that you will draw for an hour eachd ay,o r evena n hour eachw eek,r arely works.T he commitmento f event hat much time will probablys eemt oo great.Y ou mustr emembert hat your brain'sl anguagem ode-the left- hemispherev, erbal-analyticb rain mod-does not wanty ou to draw at all, becauseit becomes" seta side"w hile you ared rawing.T he language modei s very gooda t presentingr easonsw hy you shouldn ot draw:y ou needt o pay your bills,y ou needt o call your mother,y ou needt o balance your checkbooko, r you needt o tend to business. Oncey ou actuallyg eti nto drawing,h owevert,i me passese amlessly andp roductivelyT. herefore,I will recommendw hat hasw orkedf or me: a versiono f the so-called" two-minute miracle,"a techniquep hysical therapistsu set o enablep eoplet o exercisee venw hent hey do not want to. They aret aughtt o sayt o themselves",I don't havet ime to takea walk right now,b :utl willwalk for just two minutes."O ncet hey area ctually walking of courset,h ey forgett heir objectionsa ndc ontinuew alking. Here is my versiono f the two-minute miracle.K eept his drawing workbooki n a convenientp lace,a longw ith your pencilsa nde raserS. it down for a momenta ndt aket he workbooki n hand,s ayingt o yourself, "I'm not really goingt o draw now,b ut I'11ju st turn to the pageo f the next exercise.T" hen, taket he next step:" I'm not really goingt o draw,b ut I'll just pick up the pencil andm akea few markst o startt his drawing."T hen, Notet o tbe reader: "I'm not really goingt o draw,b ut I'll just sketchi n someo f the main Youw ill find morei nformationo n edgesin thisd rawing..." ands oo n.Y ouw ill soonf indy ourselfw ith a ther elationshipo f drawingt o the completedd rawing-and unawareth att imeh asp assed. braina ndc reativityi n my book I realizet hat this may sound,w ell, stupid,b ut it doesw ork.I have TbeNewD rawingont heR iglttS ide completede ntire projectsu singt his technique-a techniqueo f (let's of theB rain,whichis widely available facei t) tricking the languagem odeo f the brain into letting one do cre- in bookstoreas ndl ibraries.F or a ativew ork. You may find this hard to believe,b ut the single most difficult two-houri nstructionavl ideo on the problemf or art studentsa nde venf or working artistsi s gettingt he work fiveb asics killso f drawingc overed done.O ne is alwaysf ightingt he delayingt acticso f the verbals ystem, in thisw orkbook,s eet he video- whosem antrai s "Not now."A t its moste xtreme,t he resulti s writer's orderingi nstructionsin the back block or artist'sb lock;a milder versioni s calledp rocrastination. pageso f the workbook. Thesed rawinge xercisesa red esignedfo r succesas t everys tep. I know you will enjoyt he process. VI I I Supplies The art materialsn eededf or the exercisesin this workbook are avaiiable in any art supply store.T hey can alsob e purchasedb y mail orthrough the Internet, by doing a searchf or "art materials"o r "art supplies." #z yellow writing pencil with an erasert op #4n drawing pencil, T\rrquoise,F aber Castell,o r a similarb rand Eraser A white plastice raser( Staedtler) or a Pink Pearle raser Pencils harpener Graphite stick #4" Charcoal 6 stickso f natural charcoal z stickso f synthetic charcoal( CharKole or a similarb rand) #4n charcoapl encil Conte crayons r black r sanguine( reddishb rown) Chalk r pale gray,o r r pastel. r"rort ! Erasable felt-tip marker r black( Crayola,S harpieo, r a similarbrand) lnk r smallb ottle of blackI ndia ink r small bottle of brown writing ink Brush #l or#Swatercolorbrush Alarm clock or kitchen timer Paper towels or tissues White $ping paper About 6 sheets Lightweight cardboard r piece, 8" x rott, to make a frame for the Picture Plane /Viewfinder. IX

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