ART 1 TEST STUDY GUIDE

DRAWING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN

By Dr. Betty Edwards

Complete the following study guide using your notes if necessary.

  1. Brain includes ____ halves or hemispheres.
  1. The halves are called ______and ______.
  1. ______hemisphere controls __logic_, ______, and ______.
  1. ______hemisphere controls creativity, ______, and ______.
  1. Dr. Betty Edwards believes everyone can learn to draw if their ______hemisphere is engaged or “turned on.”
  1. ______= viewpoint.
  1. ______= size relationships.

5 SKILLS NECESSARY TO DRAW

1) Perception of ______(blind contour wrinkles in hand and hand drawing)

2) Perception of ______spaces (chair drawing)

3) Perception of ______and proportion.

4) Perception of lights and darks or ______.

5) Gestalt – essence of the thing

WAYS TO ENGAGE RIGHT HEMISPHERE

  1. Do not ______about what you are drawing, just draw what you see.
  1. Do not ______or ______the object when you are drawing. This is a left brain activity.
  1. Draw ______spaces(background) instead of drawing the ______space. Your brain has no stored symbols for ______spaces.
  1. Draw only small unidentifiable sections at a time so that you draw only what you _____ not what you think you ______.
  1. Talking is a ______brain mode activity.

PROJECTS /RIGHT BRAIN

1)Vase-Face profile taught you to ______.

2)Upside drown drawing of Igor - upside down image kept you from ______the parts of the body and forced you to engage the ______.

3)Blind contour wrinkles in hand – slow detailed drawing to record accurate detail completed without ______at paper. No symbols for wrinkles.

4)Hand drawing using picture plane – Picture plane helped flatten ______object to ____. Closing one eye helped ______object in space.

5)Chair drawing was completed using ______spaces to create accurate positive space.

You should:

BE ABLE TO:

  1. Draw a chair inside the cube below.
  1. Identify and correct drawing errors in chair below.
  1. Place facial features for a frontal view portrait in the oval below correctly.
  1. What is the proportion ratio (width to height) of the shape below?

______: ______

REFLECTION

Analyze your artistic growth by discussing the following in sentence form:

1)Using 1 specific example, explain how you did a better job with drawing detailed edges.

2)Using 1 specific example, explain how you improved in conveying accurate proportion (size relationships).

3)Using 1 example, explain how you have improved in the area of shading (value) since the beginning of the year.