nA revised edition of the classic bestselling how to draw book. A life-changing book, this fully revised and updated edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is destined to inspire generations of readers and artists to come. n Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the worlds most widely used instructional drawing book. Whether you are drawing as a professional artist, as an artist in training, or as a hobby, this book will give you greater confidence in your ability and deepen your artistic perception, as well as foster a new appreciation of the world around you. This revised/updated fourth edition includes: n n - a new introduction; n - crucial updates based on recent research on the brains plasticity and the enormous value of learning new skills/ utilizing the right hemisphere of the brain; n - new focus on how the ability to draw on the strengths of the right hemisphere can serve as an antidote to the increasing left-brain emphasis in American life-the worship of all that is linear, analytic, digital, etc.; n - an informative section that addresses recent research linking early childhood scribbling to later language development and the importance of parental encouragement of this activity; n - and new reproductions of master drawings throughoutn