What is Drawing? Using the Right Side of the Brain

What is Drawing?

Using the Right Side of the Brain

Brain HemispheresTwo Ways of Knowing

The Theory

How the modes work

Right Handers

Left Handers

How were you able to draw the other side of the vase?

• Were you able to complete the vase• What did you have to do in order to draw

• What mental conflict did you encounter, if any?• Why did you find this difficult to do, how did you

make it easier for yourself?

Explanation

People can improve drawing skills using their Right Side of the Brain

How can you access the Right Side of the Brain?

• Drawing requires that we access our Right Brain, or as I will refer to it, R-mode.

• To access R-mode we need to quiet our sometimes dominant Left Brain. We need to present our brain with a task that the left side will turn down. Our left side loves to

name things, label them which hinders our ability to perceive them.

How can you access the Right Side of the Brain?

• Turn something upside down! It is hard to identify and label something when it is upside down and not easily recognizable. For the

moment, the brain may become confused and then we must rely on just the shapes and areas of light and shadow that we perceive.

Questions that you ask yourself when in R-Mode1) Where does that curve start?

2) At what angle do these lines meet?3) How long is that line relative to the one that I just drew?

Exercise

Exercise