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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Learn how to draw by tapping into your right brain's unique way of processing visual information. Break free from stereotypical expressions and unlock your artistic skills beyond childhood levels.

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

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  1. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

  2. Learning to Draw • Learn how to see • Process visual information in a special way used by artist • Learn skills to break free from stereotypic expression • Majority of adults do not progress in art skills beyond the level of development they reached at age nine or ten.

  3. Pre-instruction drawings: A record of your art skills • Look at your warmups from the First week in September. • A Self-Portrait, drawn from memory • A tree • Hand (7th/8th grade) or shoe (6th grade)

  4. Why did we do that? • Drawing from memory brings forth memorized set of symbols, practiced over and over during childhood. • Children learn to draw by repetition of symbols • Left untrained adults will continue to produce “childish” drawings right into adulthood.

  5. Your Brain: The Right and Left L –mode R -mode

  6. Your Brain: The Right and Left • The Left hemisphere controls the right side of the body • The Right hemisphere controls the left side of the body Right Left

  7. Right Brain

  8. Left Brain

  9. Shifting from L-mode to R-mode End

  10. Experiencing a Shift

  11. Drawing the Vase/Face • “How do you solve the problem?” • If you are right handed copy the profile on the left side of the paper, facing toward the center • Next, draw horizontal lines at the top and bottom of the vase • Now, trace over the profile on your “vase/face” pattern, naming the parts as you go

  12. Drawing the Vase/Face • Then go to the other side and draw the missing profile • Observe: When you get to the forehead or nose you may experience some confusion

  13. Why did you do this exercise?

  14. Upside-down drawing: Making the shift Section 2

  15. Reduce Conflict in Brain Modes • Time: 30 minutes uninterrupted • Shift into R-mode by drawing upside-down • Do not turn drawing right side up • Line to adjacent line • Don’t talk to yourself or anyone • If it feels like a puzzle: R-mode

  16. Getting to Know R-mode • Were you unaware of the passing of time? • Did you notice anyone or hear anything? • Did you feel relaxed and confident as you drew? End

  17. Reduce Conflict in Brain Modes • Time: 30 minutes uninterrupted • Shift into R-mode by drawing upside-down • Do not turn drawing right side up • Line to adjacent line • Don’t talk to yourself or anyone • If it feels like a puzzle: R-mode

  18. Upside-Down Drawing

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