Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook

Improve your art skills with this brilliantly designed and practical workbook from a world-renowned art teacher—now fully revised and updated with new exercises.Millions of people around the world have learned to draw using the methods outlined in Dr. Betty Edwards’s groundbreaking Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. In this workbook, the essential companion to her international bestseller, Edwards offers readers the key to truly mastering the art of drawing: guided practice in the five foundational skills of drawing.   Each of the forty carefully constructed exercises in this updated second edition is accompanied by brief instruction, sample drawings, ready made formats and blank pages on which to draw, and helpful post-exercise pointers. You will explore wide-ranging subject matter—still life, landscape, imaginative drawing, portraits, and the figure—and gain experience with various mediums, such as pen and ink, charcoal, and Conte crayon.   Learning to draw is very much like mastering a sport or a musical instrument: once you understand the basic skills, you must practice, practice, practice.