- Paperback: 222 pages
- Publisher: Fontana Press; New edition edition (13 Jan 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006366023
- ISBN-13: 978-0006366027
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 283,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Revised edition of Betty Edwards' drawing instruction book, in large format with colour illustrations.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Betty Edwards shows you how you can teach yourself to use your brain correctly to be able to draw.
she gives examples of students whose drawings are childlike but after only a few months the transformation into artist is startling.
I have used this book and can vouch that if you carefully follow the instructions and do all the exercises you will find yourself drawing like a professional
she gives examples of students whose drawings are childlike but after only a few months the transformation into artist is startling.
I have used this book and can vouch that if you carefully follow the instructions and do all the exercises you will find yourself drawing like a professional
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Congratulations to Dr. Betty Edwards
23 Jan 2000
Format:Paperback
Since the first time I read this book in 1983, I had the wish to express my gratitude to Dr. B. Edwards, because this book made great difference in my life. Through understanding better the process of realistic drawing I have improved my self in many ways. Learning to really see is a way to grow inside as a person, in all senses. That book has marked my passage from adolescence to adulthood (I was 22 then. At the time I was attending Massachussets College of Art in Boston, and heard about this book listening "All Things Considered" at National Public Radio, rigth after I bought it at the Harvard Coop). It also opened my self to accept what we do not explain, to have faith in God. I'm artist living and working in Northeast Brazil,city of NATAL, where I have a studio. I work mostly with acrylics and watercolor, but my strongest media of expression is freehand drawing... Thanks for sharing my feelings, Love Flavio Freitas
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
For the Intellect.
25 Feb 2002
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is as much about understanding "how and why all of us have the ability to draw but can't" as it is about teaching anyone to draw. If you are an older begginer this is a must, not only it teaches you how to tap into your natural drawing ability but it tells you why you STOPPED drawing. I always understand things better when I know why it happens or doesn't happen So if you ALSO want to feed your INTELLECT as much as your artistic talent get THIS book. If you just want mindless excercises and learn to draw by practice then get "Complete Idiot's guide to drawing," (no pun intended) by Lauren Jarrett, Lisa Lenard. The Idiot's guide pretty much copies concepts and methods THIS book puts forwared but without the detailed explanation and science behind it, specially if you are young and/or don't want to read too much. The method is the same and it WORKS.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Eureka!
1 Oct 2004
Format:Paperback
As I began reading this book, I expected to find one thing but soon realized it contained much more. I remember crying when I did the drawing exercise. I struggled as I tried to draw joy and other abstract concepts, but when finished I was astonished when I turned the page and realized others had made drawings very similar to mine. In an instant, I felt united with humanity and the tears flowed. (And I am not teary person). All of a sudden I understood how great art touches us so deeply, with out regard to our financial status or ethic background.
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