Re: B Edwards: DOTRSOTB

[Doug Brewer]

It's probably been twenty years since I read it, but a lot of it has 
stuck with me, especially the need to overcome the inclination to 
express a shape out of the thousands of "shape" symbols we have stored 
in the gray matter; here is a "Fish," here is a "Tree," etc. Seeing that 
each fish is different, each tree is different, and so on, goes a long 
way toward being able to capture or draw that fish or tree as an 
individual subject.

As a photographer, I am now much more interested in light, so when I 
come across, or can recreate, exciting light, I then search for some 
subject or shape that will help me show off that light.

UncaMikey wrote:
When it comes to drawing, I am the type who has to struggle to make a 
recognizable stick figure.  So, I decided to finally sit down and have a 
go at Betty Edwards' _Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain_.

I don't expect to become an accomplished artist, but I would like to 
improve my powers of seeing, both for my photography and to better enjoy 
life in general.

Have any of you read the book, used the method?  I am not interested in 
the science, much of which I understand is now outdated, but rather the 
practical effects.  Did it help you see better?  What did you think of it?

*>UncaMikey

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