Heather Spears

The Creative Eye

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An artists' guide to the sources of creativity. A book about human sight, seeing, and about how the visual brain functions with reference to the acts of seeing and drawing. What are the physical (neurological) hindrances to clear sight? The newest research in visual perception and the brain as this applies to drawing. How creativity is accessed and nurtured. A manual, with a sequence of exercises in perception and in drawing. Many quotations from artists and poets as well as neurologists. The artist at any level is persuaded into taking risks and making new choices. Many illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Marion Heather Spears
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9781617504501
• ISBN-10: 1617504505
• Artikelnr.: 66397745

Autorenporträt

Canadian writer and artist Heather Spears was educated at the University of British Columbia, The Vancouver School of Art and the University of Copenhagen. She is a respected teacher of drawing workshops in Europe and America and has held artist residencies in hospitals, drawn in courtrooms, war zones, concert halls, and at literary festivals. She has exhibited her drawings widely in Europe and America. Many images are in the Wellcome Collection, London and available for reproduction: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/nxfw2wkv. Heather Spears has 4 children, and lives in both Canada and Denmark. Contact Heather at www.heatherspears.com and heatherspearsblog.wordpress.com