Synopses & Reviews
Whether you are a business manager, teacher, writer, technician, or student, you'll find andlt;Iandgt;Drawing on the Artist Withinandlt;/Iandgt; the most effective program ever created for tapping your creative powers. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of instructional drawings and the work of master artists, this book is written for people with no previous experience in art.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;AH-HA! I SEE IT NOW! andlt;BRandgt;Everyone has experienced that joyful moment when the light flashes on -- the Ah-Ha! of creativity.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Creativity. It is the force that drives problem-solving, informs effective decision-making and opens new frontiers for ambition and intelligence. Those who succeed have learned to harness their creative power by keeping that light bulb turned on.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Now, Betty Edwards, author of andlt;Iandgt;Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain,andlt;/Iandgt; the million-copy best-seller that proved all people can draw well just as they andlt;Iandgt;can read well,andlt;/Iandgt; has decoded the secrets of the creative process to help you tap your full creative potential and apply that power to everyday problems. How does Betty Edwards do this? Through the power of drawing -- power you can harness to andlt;Iandgt;see problems in new ways.andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;You will learn how the creative process progresses from stage to stage and how to move your own problem-solving through these key steps: andlt;BRandgt;* First insightandlt;BRandgt;* Saturationandlt;BRandgt;* Incubationandlt;BRandgt;* Illumination (the Ah-Ha!)andlt;BRandgt;* Verificationandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Through simple step-by-step exercises that require no special artistic abilities, Betty Edwards will teach you how to take a new point of view, how to look at things from a different perspective, how to see the forest andlt;Iandgt;andandlt;/Iandgt; the trees, in short, how to bring your andlt;Iandgt;visual, perceptual brainpowerandlt;/Iandgt; to bear on creative problem-solving.
Synopsis
AH-HA! I SEE IT NOW!
Everyone has experienced that joyful moment when the light flashes on -- the Ah-Ha! of creativity.
Creativity. It is the force that drives problem-solving, informs effective decision-making and opens new frontiers for ambition and intelligence. Those who succeed have learned to harness their creative power by keeping that light bulb turned on.
Now, Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, the million-copy best-seller that proved all people can draw well just as they can read well, has decoded the secrets of the creative process to help you tap your full creative potential and apply that power to everyday problems. How does Betty Edwards do this? Through the power of drawing -- power you can harness to see problems in new ways.
Through simple step-by-step exercises that require no special artistic abilities, Betty Edwards will teach you how to take a new point of view, how to look at things from a different perspective, how to see the forest and the trees, in short, how to bring your visual, perceptual brainpower to bear on creative problem-solving.
You will learn how the creative process progresses from stage to stage and how to move your own problem-solving through these key steps:
x First insight
x Saturation
x Incubation
x Illumination (the Ah-Ha!)
x Verification
Whether you are a business manager, teacher, writer, technician, or student, you'll find Drawing on the Artist Within the most effective program ever created for tapping your creative powers. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of instructional drawings and the work of master artists, this book is written for people with no previous experience in art.
About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Dr. Betty Edwardsandlt;/Bandgt; is Professor of Art at California State University, Long Beach. Her original contributions to the art of drawing and creativity have reached far beyond the college classroom where she has taught for many years. Her work has been praised by a wide range of distinguished psychologists and educators, and she has conducted creativity seminars and workshops for leading businesses including IBM and General Electric.
Table of Contents
andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Bandgt;CONTENTSandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Prefaceandlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Part I andlt;Bandgt;A New Look at the Art of Seeingandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;1 Creativity: The Chameleon Conceptandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;2 Drawing on Gleams from Withinandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;3 Taking a Long Look at Creativityandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;4 Drawing on Definitionsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Part II andlt;Bandgt;Making Thought Visibleandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;5 Drawing on a Parallel Languageandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;6 Making Telling Marksandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;7 Drawing Out Insightandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;8 Drawing on Intuitionandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;9 Drawing on First Insight to Find the Questionandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;10 Drawing Meaning from the Inside Outandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Part III andlt;Bandgt;New Strategies for Thinkingandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;11 Drawing Up the Rules of the Gameandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;12 Drawing on New Points of Viewandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;13 Beaux Gestes: Drawing on Beautiful Gesturesandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;14 Drawing at a Snail's Paceandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;15 Drawing on the Other Side of Our Assumptionsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;16 There Is More to Seeing than Meets the Eyeballandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;17 Taking a Sight on Reason, Ratios, and Relationshipsandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;18 Shadows that Light the Wayandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;19 Drawing Close to the Magic Momentandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;20 Drawing Power from Withinandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;Bibliographyandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Indexandlt;/Iandgt;