Welcome to Drawing Matters. I've been reminded recently of how every drawing goes through an 'ugly duckling' stage and how important it is to keep going through that. This is the theme of this month's article. Below you'll find details of this year's courses. May and July are now full and there is just one place for London in August. If you are disappointed please contact me to go on a waiting list. In addition in this month's newsletter you will find:

• Information about the content 5-day Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain course, devised by Dr. Betty Edwards. This includes links for viewing a slideshow of participants' work and reading course feedback.


• UK Courses Details of courses in 2013


• The Ugly Duckling Drawing is about adjusting. The importance of keeping going even when you think it's all wrong.


• We're on Facebook Learn to Draw Right now has a page on Facebook


• Drawing Matters Facebook Group has now been created so why not join it and keep in touch with fellow artists around the world...

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Anna Black
Certified Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain instructor, operating under license from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (www.drawright.com)

Course Dates 2013

Courses take place in central London (Little Venice), which are non-residential, and North Wales, near Bangor, (residential). The course lasts for 5 days and includes 35 hours of teaching and The Drawing Portfolio (RRP over £80).

The contents of the Drawing Portfolio were designed by Dr Betty Edwards and Brian Bomeisler. It includes all the materials you will need for the course, including drawing tools unique to Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. These unique tools were developed by Brian Bomeisler based on those used by the Old Masters. The Portfolio and its contents are yours to take home and keep.




CENTRAL LONDON: Monday May 6th- Friday May 10th 2013 (9.30 to 5.30pm)
WHERE? Amadeus Centre, 50 Shirland Road, Little Venice W9 2JA (Nearest tube: Maida Vale (Bakerloo line))

HOW MUCH? £495


Course fee includes:

• 35 Hours of teaching
• The Drawing Portfolio (RRP over £80).
  The contents of the Drawing Portfolio were designed by Dr Betty Edwards and Brian Bomeisler. It includes all the materials you will need for the course, including drawing tools unique to Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. These unique tools were developed by Brian Bomeisler based on those used by the Old Masters. The Portfolio and its contents are yours to take home and keep.

• 35 Hours of teaching
• The Drawing Portfolio (RRP Over £80).
  *see note below

THE DRAWING PORTFOLIO
The contents of the Drawing Portfolio were designed by Dr Betty Edwards and Brian Bomeisler. It includes all the materials you will need for the course, including drawing tools unique to Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. These unique tools were developed by Brian Bomeisler based on those used by the Old Masters. The Portfolio and its contents are yours to take home and keep. You can find out more about the contents of the Portfolio here
This Course is now full. Please contact me to go on a waiting list.



CENTRAL LONDON: Monday Monday 12th August to Friday 16th August 2013 (9.30 to 5.30pm)
WHERE? Amadeus Centre, 50 Shirland Road, Little Venice W9 2JA (Nearest tube: Maida Vale (Bakerloo line))

HOW MUCH? £495


Course fee includes:

• 35 Hours of teaching
• The Drawing Portfolio (RRP over £80).
  The contents of the Drawing Portfolio were designed by Dr Betty Edwards and Brian Bomeisler. It includes all the materials you will need for the course, including drawing tools unique to Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. These unique tools were developed by Brian Bomeisler based on those used by the Old Masters. The Portfolio and its contents are yours to take home and keep.

To find out more about how the course is structured and what you will learn, click here

For further information and a booking form, click here


Read what the media and other people have thought of Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain course here ( a new window will open)

The Ugly Duckling

The drawing, below left, is halfway through a portrait from life. The right side of the face is too narrow and lacked the curves of the model. Both eyes were too small – both in terms of width but also they weren’t open enough so she looked mean, and the one on the right was too high; the center hairline was also throwing off the angle of the face. Overall I had used too much black which was too heavy. I was disappointed in how it was going but I kept going. The drawing, below right, is after adjustments – often these are only millimetres but they make all the difference. Lifting off the excess black was easy with a kneadable putty eraser. It’s not perfect - but what drawing ever is to the artist?

• Don’t give up early on in the drawing. Keep going regardless; setting aside expectations of the final outcome.
• Drawing is about adjustment. Don't expect to put a line down and for it to be right. Drawing is an exploration – the more we look the more we see. The more we see the more accurate are our marks. Expect to make adjustments to your drawing all the time.
• Keep working on all areas of your drawing - it’s easy to get sucked into one particular area and lavish a huge amount of attention on it. It may look great but you will then be loathe to make changes if you discover that perhaps it's not quite in the right place.
• Don’t be afraid to make quite radical changes late in the drawing. You can move a feature more easily than you think and it is always worth doing! To make a radical adjustment don’t erase out the ‘wrong’ bit. Decide where you want the new position to be and then, assuming that key areas are accurately observed, copy what you have already drawn in the new position. As you draw you can incorporate bits of the old drawing in the new – only erase out any unnecessary bits once the transfer is complete. If you erase it all at the start you have no reference to follow and you are literally, starting again.

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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain USA

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