You Can Draw & Be More Creative (With a Real Result) [Good Idea Series]

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In this article you will know how to increase our drawing skills and why. To the amazement of the writer, you will also learn how to see things differently and appreciate more good things in life. :) Like reading and writing skill, your drawing skill can also be enhanced.

Credit:

A special thanks to Mrs.Betty Edwards for her
1. Woderful Teaching video: "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Seven Lessons to Enhance Creativity and Artistic Self Confidence." (1999)
2. Book: "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: Third Edition." (1989)

Video of "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Seven Lessons to Enhance Creativity and Artistic Self Confidence."

Drawing on the Right Side of The Brain by Betty Edwards

A Real Result:

Let us see the writer's (Albert's) real result of his self-potrait before and after "Drawing on the Right side of the Brain" lesson.

Albert's Self Potrait Before and After The Lesson 

(Whole Picture; You may click the picture to see it more clearly)

Albert's Self Potrait Before The Lesson (Close Up)

Albert's Self Potrait After The Lesson (Close Up)

Do You see the real differences? ^^

Why Right Brain?

You have two brains: a left and  a right. Modern brain scientists now know that your left brain is your verbal and rational brain; it thinks serially and reduces its thoughts to numbers, letters and words. Whereas, your right brain is our non-verbal and intutive brain; it thinks in patterns, or pictures, composed of "whole things", and does not comprehend reductions, either numbers, letters or words. [1]

Left Brain & Right Brain

Why Do You Need to Learn Drawing?

Actually there are many ways to make yourself more creative. Learning to draw is one of them. Ability to draw depends on ability to see the way an artist see, and this kind of seeing can marvelously enrich your life. 

After you study and learn "Drawing On The Right side of The Brain", your life will be so much richer. More than that, you can enhance our ability to think more creatively in other areas of our life. [2] 

(Albert's testimony: It's super true. I feel it myself hahahaha In every day life, the right-brain is very useful to help us for having imagination, faith and intuition.

While the left-brain is very useful for having good communication and calculation.)

Special Thanks to Mrs.Betty Edwards

More Testimony:

One of the other student who learnt it also says :"I don't think I ever actually looked at anyone's face before I started drawing. Now, the oddest thing is that everyone looks beautiful to me." 

Maybe the new way of seeing may alone be reason enough to learn to draw.

"I beilieve you can do it too! It just takes willingness to learn. That's it! :) "

Hope it can be useful to you.  It is not only a lesson about drawing but it is a lesson about living.

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Cheers,

Albert ^^

Reference:

[1] Bergland, Richard. The Fabric of Mind. New York: Viking penguin, Inc. 1985, p.1

[2] Edwards, Betty. Drawing on The Right Side of The Brain. New York: Penguin. 1989, p. 35