Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: Introduction

Five basic skills of drawing:

1. The perception of edges
2. The perception of spaces
3. The perception of relationships
4. The perception of light and shadows
5. The perception of the whole, or gestalt

Edwards, Betty, and Betty Edwards. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Revised/Expanded ed. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1999. pg XVIII

In order to gain access to the subdominant visual, percetual R-mode of the brain, it is necessary to present the brain with a job that the verbal, analytic L-mode will turn down.
Edwards, Betty, and Betty Edwards. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Revised/Expanded ed. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1999. pg XX

By learning to control this tendency for specific tasks, one gains access to powerful brain functions often obscured by language.
Edwards, Betty, and Betty Edwards. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Revised/Expanded ed. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1999. pg XX

Drawing well depends on seeing well
Edwards, Betty, and Betty Edwards. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Revised/Expanded ed. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1999. pg XXIV

We tend to see what we expect to see or what we decide we have seen.
Edwards, Betty, and Betty Edwards. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Revised/Expanded ed. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 1999. pg XXV

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