As parents, we can do a great deal to further this goal by helping our children develop alternative ways of knowing the world verbally/analytically and visually/spatially. During the crucial early years, parents can help to shape a child's life in… — Betty Edwards Copy Share Image
In early childhood, children develop a set of symbols that 'stand for' things they see in the world around them... Children are happy with… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
An individual's ability to draw is... the ability to shift to a different-from-ordinary way of processing visual information - to shift from verbal, analytic… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
Be clear in your mind why learning to draw well is important. Drawing enables you to see in that special, epiphanous way that artists… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
As a teacher and parent, I've had a very personal interest in seeking new ways of teaching. Like most other teachers and parents, I've… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
Art has this long history, predating even language, of expressing nonverbal information. — Betty Edwards Copy Share
“Over the last forty years, many educators, decision-makers, and even some parents have come to regard the arts as peripheral, and let’s face it,… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
As parents, we can do a great deal to further this goal by helping our children develop alternative ways of knowing the world verbally/analytically… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
As each new skill is learned, you will merge it with those previously learned until, one day, you are simply drawing - just as,… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
Creativity is the ability to find new solutions to a problem or new modes of expression; thus it brings into existence something new to… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
“Paper: Some inexpensive plain bond paper A pad of Strathmore Drawing Paper, 80 lb., 11" × 14" Pencils: A #2 ordinary yellow writing pencil… — Betty Edwards Copy Share
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards Copy Share
