Anyone can draw!

José by Marilyn Diggs

“If your handwriting is readable, or if you can print legibly,

you  can draw!   Drawing is a skill that can be learned by

every  normal person with average eyesight and average

eye-hand coordination .” – Betty Edwards, PhD in the Art Dept.

at California State University and  author of  theory and book,Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

It´s true. All you have to do is to learn to tap into the right side of the brain. I have been teaching drawing using this theory since 1991 and the results seem magical.

Basically...we have two sides of the brain - the left side which is logical and the right side which is creative. If we are right-handed we use the left side most of the time, if left-handed, we use the right side. That does not mean that every left handed person is an artist, ( even though Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Titian and others were lefties!) but they do find creative solutions to problem-solving!

Right hand artists somehow, very naturally,  tap into the right side. BUT, anyone can learn how to do that with some  specific exercises that teach you to see differently - like an artist sees. Do you believe me?

Try this: Write a name on a piece of paper ( ie. Jack Smith). Now underneath it, copy it.
OK. Turn the paper around so that the original signature is upside down. Copy what you see. Slowly.
Which  name better resembles the original handwriting of the original name?
I´ll tell you why in the next blog.
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