# Einzelne Zeichenübungen # Betty Edwards unser Lehrbuch: * Betty Edwards: The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. ISBN 0-87477-419-5 (hardcover). — ISBN 0-87477-424-1 (pbk.). Penguin Putnam, New York 1999 ... zitiert im folgenden mit BE_\ * limited preview: https://archive.org/details/newdrawingonri00edwa/page/n7/mode/2up * Achtung: das ist die überarbeitete Ausgabe von 1999, nicht die Ausgabe von 1979 * Blog: https://www.drawright.com/blog (be-vases-and-faces)= ## Vases and faces Beschreibung: * BE_50f * siehe auch https://www.drawright.com/try-an-exercise > Before you begin: Read all the directions for the exercise. > > \[...\] > > 5 When you get to somewhere around the forehead or nose, you may begin perhaps to experience some confusion or conflict. Observe this as it happens. > > 6 The purpose of this exercise is for you to self-observe: "How do I solve the problem?" > > Begin the exercise now. It should take you about five or six minutes. > > *Why you did this exercise:* Nearly all of my students experience some confusion or conflict while doing this exercise. \[...\] That is the purpose of the exercise: to create conflict so that each person can experience in their own minds the mental "crunch" that can occur when instructions are inappropriate to the task at hand. (be-upside-down-drawing)= ## Upside-down drawing > *What you'll need:* \[...\] Forty minutes to an hour of uninterrupted time. > *Why you did this exercise:* \[...\] to experience escaping the clash of conflicting modes—the kind of conflict and even mental paralysis that the "Vase/Faces" exercise caused. (BE_61) (be-pure-contour- drawing)= ## Pure Contour Drawing Beschreibung: BE_89 ff > *What you'll need:* > * An alarm clock or kitchen timer > * About thirty minutes of uninterrupted time > > *Why you did this exercise*: Pure Contour Drawing apparently causes L-mode to "reject the task," enabling you to shift to R-mode. \[...\] Pure Contour Drawing is one of the key exercises in learning to draw. (BE_93) (be-drawing-materials)= ## Drawing materials > The materials list for the first two editions was very simple: some inexpensive bond typing paper or a pad of inexpensive drawing paper, a pencil, and an eraser. (BE_13) > For this edition \[...\] I wish to suggest a few additional aids: \[...\] > > * a piece of clear plastic \[...\] Use a permanent marker to draw two crosshairs on the plastic, a horizontal line and a vertical line crossing at the center of the plane. > * two [](#be-view-finder) > * 2 Folienstife abwaschbar und permanent (be-view-finder-jb)= ### Viewfinder / Sucher Anleitung BE siehe unten. ABER wir machen das noch mehr fancy: * Wir schneiden mit einem Federmesser in einen möglichst stabilen A4 Versandkarton mehrere Ausschnitte verschiedener Größe. * In den Versandkarton legen wir in eine definierte Ecke eine Overhead-Folie ein. * Vorteil: leicht zu realiseren, stabil genug -- und die Folien sind sogar austauschbar. Original BE: > Du benötigst zwei "Sucher," die \[... etwa DinA4 \] groß sind. Schneide aus einem einen rechteckigen Ausschnitt von ca. 10 cm x 13 cm und aus dem anderen einen größeren Ausschnitt von ca 15 cm x 20 cm. Siehe Abbildung 2-1. (BE_13, Übersetzung ChatGPT/JB) (be-modified-contour-drawing) ## Modified Contour Drawing Beschreibung: BE_96 > *What you'll need:* ... \[ unseren selbstgebauten [](#be-view-finder-jb) \] > *What you'll do:* > > 1. Rest your hand on a desk or table in front of you \[...\] > 2. Try out each of the Viewfinders \[...\] Anmerkung: Beim modifizierten Konturzeichnen unterscheidet sich das "New Drawing on the Right Side" deutlich von der Erstfassung aus 1979 (DE: "Garantiert Zeichnen lenen, Rohwolt 1982, hier S. 118ff): Betty Edwards verwendet in früheren Ausgaben noch keinen Viewfinder und kommt insgesamt mit weniger Technologie aus. Die Neufassung verwendet deutlich mehr didaktische Hilfsmittel. > This brings us to a crucial question—that is, an all-important question in terms of your understanding: What is drawing? > > The quick answer: Drawing is "copying" what you see on the picture-plane. (BE_99) (be-modified-contour-drawing-hand)= ## Modified Contour Drawing of your hand Beschreibung: BE_105 > *What you'll need:* > * Your graphite stick and some paper napkins or paper towels > * What you'll need:* ... \[ unseren selbstgebauten [](#be-view-finder-jb) \] > * \[...\] > * An hour of uninterrupted time (be-negative-space-drawing-chair)= ## Negative Space drawing of a chair Beschreibung: BE_127 > *What you'll need:* > * About an hour of interrupted (sic!) time -- more, if possible, but at least an hour \[ JB: sollte wohl eher *un*interrupted time heißen \] > *After you have finished: \[...\] With only this brief lesson, you will begin to see negative spaces everywhere. My students often regard this as a great and joyful discovery. (BE_132) (be-madame-x) ## Madame X Beschreibung: BE_178 > copy Sargent's profile portrait of Mme. Pierre Gautreau > *What you'll need:* > * \[...\] > * An hour of uninterrupted time (be-profile-portrait-of-a-person)= ## A profile portrait of a person Beschreibung: BE_181 > *What you'll need:* > * \[...\] > * An hour or more of uninterrupted time (be-portrait-frontal-view)= ## The frontal view Beschreibung: BE_210 * Fig. 10-24: The full-face view diagram. (be-self-portrait-in-pencil)= ## A self-portrait in pencil Beschreibung: BE_220