Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - amzn.to/3ZFgL67
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook - amzn.to/3Lq2pla
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Starter Kit - amzn.to/3rfL4Ve
The Practice and Science of Drawing - amzn.to/3T4qyjV
Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course - amzn.to/3Tmala1
Memory Drawing: Perceptual Training and Recall - amzn.to/3YEHmyX
Links
www.drawright.com/theory
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I had a figure I was having a lot of trouble with. Specifically positioning the feet the model was sitting/kneeling on. No matter what I did they weren't coming out right. Both where I put them and proportionally. Staring for awhile I remembered this book and it hit me to draw the space between the feet and INSTANTLY fixed my drawing. That is the first time I really understood the what and why of negative spaces and how powerful they can be in helping you get things correct. This book is a gold mine for people who actually take the time to read and understand the knowledge she is imparting.
Yeah, foreshortening rationally is REALLY hard haha thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the video. Will some day buy this book too. Now I just ordered The Natural Way to Draw.
Great choice as well :)
I prefer the book ‘Keys to Drawing.’ IMO, while Edward’s book is good, there’s too much reading. Most people just prefer to just do exercises w/o having to read a lot. The Keys book does this with assignments grouped into chapters and a summary at the end of each chapter, along with a brief questionnaire.
Great suggestion! I love end of chapter summaries, Perspective made essy has those as well. Thanks for sharing!
Not getting why you can't just read a chapter then implement said lessons in your practice? What you say makes zero sense. "Doing exercises" and what? Just drawing from a reference over and over? Well then just do that? I'll take someone imparting their knowledge and experience along with "doing exercises" thank you.
@@ducksoff7236 There is reading as well, but it gets to the meat & potatoes more efficiently. It’s much more akin to a school textbook. Check out reviews for it before you dismiss it wholeheartedly.
She has a workbook that is more concise
The name of f the book put me off from it till now lol, gonna give ut a shot
Given what you commented on other videos, I think your seeing capabilities are beyond this book tbh. If you want to deep dive into observation, I’d recommend Bargue. Have you seen my video on it?
@@WhatIveLearnedInArt I think you are right, i`m not a beginner anymore, BUT, it`s nice to be reassured i don`t have any holes in my basics. I disregarded this book just because of the left/right side of the brainstuff that has been a myth every since the field of neurology came into being. But i think this instructor might have done a play words, her dictatic explanation is very artsy and philosophical which i find very similar to DRAW TO LIFE, and seriously, reading draw to life i was so impressed about how much i thought like that instructor! He goes beyond the technical and know how to "FEEL"! I didn`t feel like an outsider anymore it's rare to find that level or nerdiness and philosophy in artist nowadays with this "wokeness/cancel" culture.
I told you in another comment i tried to do a how to design gumroad before, and i'm actually thinking of writing a book on the subject.
I think of it as the spiritual sucessor for HOW TO DRAW/HOW TO RENDER, the how to design book might never come to fruition because as scott said before, it's fucking hard to teach Design. Specially in a book. And that, is a challenge i would love to tackle!
I've done some vlogs before, but i fucking hate editing. So i'm just gonna blog in substack from now on, and i don't discard doing a video in the future about what i write about. And hopefully if my adhd let's me, i'll compile all the ideas i have into a book in the near future about how design is encompassed in everything!
I leave you with a thought from Richard Feynman, it more less goes like this; "Ask a Human about chemistry biology math, all these fields are draw so that we can discuss them, so that it becomes tangible to our understanding, but if you ask NATURE about them, there is no line draw, it's all one thing."
Learning about fractals is one of the single most important things that made me think of the world with a different perspective, and i see that our school system does not teach us this very critical knowledge, for critical thinking skills. So most of us are hampered by our lines of thinking, and consequentely can't really grasp design.
@@WhatIveLearnedInArt Example of how this book can help me articulate design process. 1. and 2. Contour and negative space, can be said to be silhouette design, where you start with black.
3. relationships (my favorite type of designing and painting, Craig Mullins does it like this too) you draw volumes and try to see in between the lines like that really good Proko video where Tim Gula teaches you an automatic drawing techniche.
4. Is 2-3 values B&w sketching like the naughty dog guys Nick Gindroux/ Eytan zana and the likes.
5. i would say is the one i'm most puzzled by because my brain just not work that way, it's KJG just spitting out drawing left and right (which i think its the least effective for designing). I work very much like Picasso "i only know what i'm going to draw after i put the first line in the piece of paper"
Theres also, how different types of brain functions that i want to explore in how it affects designing etc... Visual/Spatial/Verbal brains and it's alot, theres alot of neurology/philosophy/psychology involved
@@brushrunner I agree. Another great reference would be Harold Speed's Practice and Science of Drawing, goes really in depth.
@@WhatIveLearnedInArt Great! This book is free on gutenberg. I'm going to get busy
Everyone recommends drawing on the right side of the brain. Personally, I think it's the worst book I've ever read. It basically only teaches you how to copy pictures. It doesn't really teach you how to draw. On the proko draftman podcast, Marshall tore this book apart. Basically he always wanted to learn from imagination but it would just teach him how to like observe things from life. He could draw like photo realism with reference 100% accurate. But as soon as you would take away his reference, he couldn't draw anything. Basically it didn't really teach you how to build things out of your mind. You have to learn construction and building things out of shapes for that. And the science behind the book has been debunked as well. Betty is basically just coming from a fine art perspective and it's aimed at the complete beginner who doesn't know how to see anything. Eventually, through enough drawing you'll be able to like see proportions accurately and you won't even need to measure. After about a thousand drawings or 10,000 hours, that's usually how long it takes to be able to draw decently
This book is definitely aimed at beginners who have no experience in seeing as an artist. Breaking subject matters into shapes, spaces, proportions, values, edges, and gestalt (which is the hardest and most important to expand into composition later on). There is also a lot to be further explored on the topic of observation drawing/painting that will help you grow as an artist way beyond what you are describing here. Try exploring Harold Speed's Practice and Science of Drawing, or Richard Schmid's Alla Prima. It's not only about measuring proportions. That being said, if you want to draw from memory and imagination you should seek other resources as I've thoroughly discussed here on the channel.
@@WhatIveLearnedInArt yeah, that's what Marshall said on the podcast. He wanted to learn how to draw from imagination and it just didn't teach him that. Proko said that the book is aimed at complete beginners that don't know how to see. But it's also bad to focus on copying all the time because eventually you have to try to learn to draw from imagination or you'll never be able to do it. I remember I relied on reference only for a long time and then I couldn't draw anything without reference. Like that book that you recommend memory drawing people have to like practice doing drawing from memory
@@williammclean6594 Yeah, I had the same problem. Proko knows that pretty well after trying to draw the kangaroo lol 🤣