The most inspiring book I have found for teaching adult students is  
DRAWING - a Contemporary Approach by Tele Sale and Claudia Betti - ISBN  
0-534-61335-7. Betty Edwards' books are great for all the reasons  
given, but have their limitations.  What this book does is shows you  
every kind of approach to drawing with examples by past and present  
artists. It is such a rich book. I remember when I first looked at it a  
few years ago it set my heart pounding and it still has the same effect  
now. It takes you through early stages of drawing to more sophisticated  
and doesn't  draw a line between beginners and advanced. It instils in  
you a discipline and a playful attitude at the same time. You are  
constantly reminded that you should always approach drawing as if it is  
for the first time. It also has a wonderful section on getting through  
artist's blocks. It's a must for anyone interested in drawing.

Robin
http://robinwhitmoredreamdiary.blogspot.com



On 26 Apr 2007, at 00:13, David Edgar wrote:

> Waqas, I read 'The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain' by  
> Betty Edwards many years ago and agree with the comments posted,  
> however if I could also suggest the following book which I have just  
> finished reading and which I believe would make great fodder for  
> teaching with:Experimental Drawing by Robert Kaupelis. If you can't  
> find it, try Amazon.com, best.
>
> Regards
>
> David Edgar
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> Thank you for all your thoughtful replies about the Edward's text.
> Ruskin's 'Elements of Drawing' is also a text I have referred to before
> but the exercises there are difficult to understand at times so I will
> also look into the texts Eduardo/Michael have recommended. I am
> currently suffering from a 'drawing block' of some sort and am very
> grateful for the advice.
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> eleni rivers wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > I teach from both these books mentioned, Kimon Nicolaides "The  
> Natural
> > Way to
> > Draw" and Betty Edwards “Drawing on the Right side of the Brain”. I
> > find them to be invaluable aides.
> >
> > Classifying qualities as left or right brain is making it very
> > simplistic but that is its very genius. In a drawing class situation,
> > it is not important to go into too much theory into the latest brain
> > research etc. Also, everyone is somewhat familiar with the terms  
> /left
> > and right brain/ so it is a good place to start. I make it very clear
> > that I am an artist and not a scientist but do point them in the
> > direction of web sites if they want to research further. The idea is
> > to get out of the way of you mind so that you can “drop” into pure
> > observation. In this way, it is a kind of a meditation – less
> > thinking, the better!
> >
> > I have had tremendous results with /Drawing on the Right side of the
> > Brain/. I first started teaching it when I noticed that many students
> > in my watercolour classes had bought this book but had not really
> > taken themselves through the exercises. So we made a separate class,
> > started at page one and worked our way methodically through the
> > chapters. The class became so popular that I had waiting lists of
> > several months. It was a delight to see people have the “aha”
> > experience when they could translate their perceptions onto page and
> > actually draw a likeness of a face. Many people had a breakthrough –
> > it was touching to see.
> >
> > My favourite exercise of all, mentioned in both these books, is
> > contour drawing. I use this a lot, particularly for myself when I  
> feel
> > disconnected and a loss of where to start. It humbles one which is a
> > good place to start!
> >
> > For the record, I teach drawing classes that also combine meditation
> > here in Melbourne, Australia.
> >
> > ~Eleni Rivers
> > Www.elenirivers.com
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> > Hello Waqas,
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> > I teach a very specific course "Observation Drawing". I find Betty
> > Edwards
> > aproach very useful. I do not believe intirelly in that right side  
> of the
> > brain mambo jambo but some of the exercises really work, mainly those
> > without looking at the paper. The main thing is to teach the students
> > to see
> > twodimensionally before passing things to the paper. If you think of  
> it
> > Durer's perspective devices were nothing more than this.
> > If you teach life model do not forget Kimon Nicolaides "The Natural
> > Way to
> > Draw".
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Eduardo
> >
> > IADE, Lisbon
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