Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers

Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers
by Betty Edwards

Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers
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Book Summary Information

Author: Betty Edwards
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1987-04-06
ISBN: 067163514X
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Fireside

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Book Review: It's worth buying for the part on analog drawing
Summary: 5 Stars

This book is not a substitute for Betty Edwards' basic book on drawing, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. This book is about the creative process. So it applies to more than drawing or even visual art.

For me, the part on analog drawing opened up a whole new way to develop my work. I've used it in dream interpretation and personal growth as well as for my artwork. As an artist-blacksmith, analog drawing with sumi brush and India ink has enabled me to express very specific feelings and states of being with bars of iron.

You may find parts of the book unnecessarily complicated. I don't use everything in the book. But it's worth buying for the chapter on analog drawing. If you've ever had any doubts about your ability to express yourself in art, this book can dispel them completely.

Summary of Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers

AH-HA! I SEE IT NOW!

Everyone has experienced that joyful moment when the light flashes on -- the Ah-Ha! of creativity.

Creativity. It is the force that drives problem-solving, informs effective decision-making and opens new frontiers for ambition and intelligence. Those who succeed have learned to harness their creative power by keeping that light bulb turned on.

Now, Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, the million-copy best-seller that proved all people can draw well just as they can read well, has decoded the secrets of the creative process to help you tap your full creative potential and apply that power to everyday problems. How does Betty Edwards do this? Through the power of drawing -- power you can harness to see problems in new ways.

Through simple step-by-step exercises that require no special artistic abilities, Betty Edwards will teach you how to take a new point of view, how to look at things from a different perspective, how to see the forest and the trees, in short, how to bring your visual, perceptual brainpower to bear on creative problem-solving.

You will learn how the creative process progresses from stage to stage and how to move your own problem-solving through these key steps:

* First insight

* Saturation

* Incubation

* Illumination (the Ah-Ha!)

* Verification

Whether you are a business manager, teacher, writer, technician, or student, you'll find Drawing on the Artist Within the most effective program ever created for tapping your creative powers. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of instructional drawings and the work of master artists, this book is written for people with no previous experience in art.

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