Draw the following picture as accurately as you can… A Drawing Lesson: Draw the following picture as accurately as you can…

DRAWING 1:

Not happy with your first drawing? Don’t worry, here is the good news…getting better just takes practice and sometimes looking at things a bit differently. This is why…

1) You cannot trust your BRAIN Take a look at the following images, you will see how we cannot take what our eyes (or what our left brain interprets) for granted…

2) Most of us are used to using the left side of our brain, but drawing is done with the RIGHT side Why does it make a difference which side of the brain is in charge? Look at the different functions and you will see…

Left Brain vs. Right Brain Verbal – Using words to name, describe, and define. Analytic – Figuring things out step-by-step and part-by-part. Symbolic – Using a symbol to stand for something. Abstract – Taking out a small bit of information and using to represent the whole thing. Temporal – Keeps track of time. Rational – Drawing conclusions based on reason and facts. Digital – Using numbers as in counting. Logical – Drawing conclusions based on logic (eg. A math theorem or a well-stated argument) Linear – Thinking in terms of linked ideas, one thought leading to another to come to a conclusion. Non-verbal – Awareness of things, but minimal connection with words. Synthetic – Putting things together to form wholes. Concrete – Relating to things as they are, at the present moment. Analogic – Seeing likenesses between things; understanding metaphoric relationships. Non-temporal – No sense of time. Non-rational – Not requiring a basis of reason /facts; willing to suspend judgement. Spatial – Seeing where things are in relation to other things, and how parts go together to form a whole. Intuitive – Making leaps of insight, often based on incomplete patterns, hunches, feelings, or visual images. Holistic – Seeing whole things all at once; perceiving the overall patterns and structures, often leading to divergent conclusions.

(What do you see?)

How do we make ourselves use the right side of the brain? Since the right side is non-verbal, you must be quiet (avoid talking or listening to talk) to prevent the left side from taking over. Since the right side is concrete and non-rational, you must accept shapes and lines the way they are WITHOUT making judgements about what they appear to be. Focus on what you see, not what you think you see. Since the right side is spatial, you must try to look at lines and shapes in relation to what is around them. Judge things according to where there are located on the page.

Let’s try drawing again, but just a bit at a time. Remember the following rules… 1) No talking (we want to turn off the left brain), 2) Look but don’t label, 3) Look at the spaces between the lines and their relationship to one another.

DRAWING 2:

Turn your page over, this is what your drawing should look like.

DRAWING 3:

Turn your page over, this is what your drawing should look like.