About this title: A drawing instruction guide incorporating research on the visual, perceptive center in the right hemisphere of the brain. The exercises contained here are designed to enhance the drawing skills of both beginning and accomplished artists. Includes sections on drawing in color, manipulating light and shadows to create 3-D images, and more.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tarcher
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780874775136ISBN:0874775132
Description: Good. 248-U Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Acceptable. 1989-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: Revised ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780874775136ISBN:0874775132
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Some edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Cover creases. Light spots on sides of book similar to foxing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 254 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Revised ed. Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780874775136ISBN:0874775132
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight corner bends. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 254 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Revised
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tarcher
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780874775136ISBN:0874775132
Description: Good-Used in None as Issued jacket. / 0874775132. Small tear on front cover. Book is clean and tight. Ships with confirming email. 100% money back guarantee. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tarcher
Date Published: 1989-05-01
ISBN-13:9780874775136ISBN:0874775132
Description: Very Good. Paperback. Underlining/writing on pages throughout. You are buying a Book in VERY GOOD condition with slight shelf wear to include slight edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group, The, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780874775136ISBN:0874775132
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1989 Putnam Publishing Group, New York, Soft cover, VG/NJ, 8 vo, Art, Drawing Study, read more
Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Tarcher Putnam
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780874775136ISBN:0874775132
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 254 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"This is the book my art teacher used to teach us when I was in my early teens. It's actually got some good ideas in there, with alot of jargon that I didn't understand (and didn't really care to, you don't miss much). Looking back, I appreciate some of the lessons I learned from it. Even if you think you can't draw, give this a chance! Forget that you think all your drawings look like a kid's, and try it, it really was good for me.
The main idea seems to be that we draw what we THINK we see, not what we actually see, because our brain interprets it on the way from our eye to our hand. It's so true! We did a lot of drawing from photographs turned upside down, to disguise the subject so that our brain didn't interpret it, and I think that was a good way to train your eye to see the real shapes. Of course, you still turn your picture around from time to time to get a good overview and see if things fit which you might have missed before, but overall the upside down method was useful for me when I was learning.
That said, I really really HATED the portraits. Faces are a naturally complex subject to draw, and they are hardest to draw in pencil, and much easier with charcoal. I firmly am of the opinion that learning the anatomical rules to a face - learning to draw each of the parts separately, then how the head is proportioned and where the parts actually go on it (not just where we think they go), then combining the two - is a much better approach.
Oh, and I really hated the hand drawings... where you draw your hand without looking at the paper. I understand the point was to train your hand and your eye to go at the same pace, but frankly I don't see anything wrong with looking at your paper and felt it was a dumb exercise every time I did it. Which was alot."
"Betty Edwards is amazing - I believe she is the one person more responsible than any other for the great advancements being made in art eduction that we've seen over the last few decades."
"I took private art lessons for seven years and was largely taught based on the principles in this book. It is the best drawing book I have ever come across."
"Love this book which gave me back the joy of drawing! I joined 3 art classes where our teacher used this book. I stopped drawing when I was 12 because I wasn't good at all. Now 40 years later after the first few classes and a lot of practice everyone including myself are very pleased with what I draw. I is so wonderful and it's giving you peace of mind only focused on one thing: the drawing infront of you."
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