illustrated with 12-page color photo insert and line art throughout

A revised and expanded edition of the classic drawing-instruction book that has sold more than 2,500,000 copies.

When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Times list again. Now Dr. Edwards celebrates the twentieth anniversary of her classic book with a second revised edition.

Over the last decade, Dr. Edwards has refined her material through teaching hundreds of workshops and seminars. Truly The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, this edition includes:

* the very latest developments in brain research;

* new material on using drawing techniques in the corporate world and in education;

* instruction on self-expression through drawing;

* an updated section on using color; and

* detailed information on using the five basic skills of drawing for problem solving.

Translated into thirteen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing-instruction guide. People from just about every walk of life--artists, students, corporate executives, architects, real estate agents, designers, engineers--have applied its revolutionary approach to problem solving. The Los Angeles Times said it best: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is "not only a book about drawing, it is a book about living. This brilliant approach to the teaching of drawing . . . should not be dismissed as a mere text. It emancipates."

本书用深入浅出的方式教授了绘画的5种基本技能。打破了初学者对于绘画的畏惧。作者通过建立在科学理论基础上的教学方式，证明绘画完全是一项可以学习的技能。而掌握这项技能的关键就在于大脑转换到一种视觉的特殊模式，学会像画家那样看待事物。同时，在这个过程中，大脑进行创造和想象的无穷无尽的潜能也被激发出来。通过这种新模式的思考和使用大脑能量的新方法，学习者可以在生活、工作、学习中产生有创造力的问题解决方案。这本书是所有对绘画感兴趣，并想要通过绘画认识自己大脑工作情况，并在这种认识的基础上激发自己潜在创造力的人的不可多得的好工具。