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How would /ic/ rate Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain as a learning tool for a beginning artist?
I'd like to learn to draw and everybody seems to swear by this book.

>> No.1716937 [DELETED] 

It was written by a woman.

/thread

>> No.1716938

>>1716937
Go back to /r9k/ pls

>> No.1716939

Do the practices. Ignore the pseudoscience.

>> No.1716940

I'm still learning, but I can say that I found it ok. I just didn't like you had to have extra equipment to draw.

I switched to Keys to Drawing around half way of finishing Betty Edwards' book. You still need the extras like charcoal, markers, boards, ect. But at least it has more paper-pencil drawing practice.

>> No.1716941

>>1716939
>>1716940
working on some of the practices as we speak, though I have to improvise a bit because of lack of material.
I'll be sure to check out Keys to Drawing after I finish this one.

>> No.1716944

>>1716939
The practice is based on the "pseudoscience." Would be hard to ignore it, no?

>> No.1716956

Waste of time.

>> No.1716957

>>1716956
Please explain/provide alternatives?

>> No.1716962

>>1716944
Betty Edwards pretty much pads the book with a lot of bullshit. In my opinion it's really not as complicated as she goes on to explain things but the exercises are great for an extreme beginner and will help build a skill set to get you to appreciate more advanced books and resources.

Barring this I would also suggest Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson.

>> No.1716966

>>1716962
And how is it you know what will help an extreme beginner?

>> No.1716967

>>1716966
presumably because he was a beginner once. like you still are!

>> No.1716969

>>1716967
ooo butn

>> No.1716978

>>1716967
So the like minded idiot next to you is the smarter guy? Is that the rule of thumb here?

How bad are you?

>> No.1717119

>>1716967
>beginner once.
>once
Nearly everyone here is a beginner forever

>> No.1717120

>>1717119
perma noobs?

>> No.1717122

>>1716936
i'd say yes.

i didn't really buy/read too much into the brainhalves stuff, but i think it explained well how measuring and observing really works.
it's not gonna teach you drawing from imagination though. not even a little bit. it teaches you the basics of drawing from observation.
i think if you are someone who has problems getting the features and proportions of a reference right, i'm positive that this will help you set some foundations for the future.

there may be other books that can teach it even better that i don't know of, but i don't really regreat reading it. it's also one of the few books i bought.
but then again i draw uguu animu so take that as you will.

>> No.1717124

>>1716936
3/5
The Natural Way to Draw is better

>> No.1717136

>>1716936

let me just drop in real quick to tell all y'all that these books are a complete waste of time. draw from life, that's it.

>> No.1717168

>>1716936
4 / 10

also im 70% better than the 100 people who post here so there is that.

>> No.1717169

>>1717168
i meant 4/5 and that im in the top percentage of artist posting here. not that i was better than everyone by 70%

im drunk anon.

>> No.1717337

>>1717169
Drunk art or gtfo

>> No.1717351

>>1717169
is that a
>4/5 i read it and it helped me
or is it a
>i think it's a 4/5 judging from what i hear from it

>> No.1717656

>>1716957
go to school faggot

>> No.1717680

>>1716966
Rather than relying on the account of an anonymous stranger how about you read it for yourself then, anon. You can find the .pdf by googling it.

>>1717168
>>1717169
You are presumed shit until proven otherwise.

>> No.1717686

>>1717680
the thing is i remember thinking i was better than everyone here when i wasn't. what i was thinking was 'in two weeks i'll be better because i'm such a harder worker and i can see the path laid out before me.'

i had miscalculated the learning curve somewhat.

although now i am better than everyone on /ic/ bar the other good people.

>> No.1717831

Why is it, almost every other week some how-to art book from the sticky gets the teen choice award? It is as if every thread about one of the books is in fact done so to validate a feeling of belongingness. Nobody wants to question what the group likes or dislike. They just want to be in sync with the group.

>> No.1719916

>>1717686
And what spellbook did you use or did you just practice practice practice?

>> No.1719933

>>1717831
>meta crap
anon pls
but i agree that book review threads are annoying and belong in the general questions thread.