When I work with a client’s deep inner images, I draw on the same visual language that artists work with, and so I find visual art, especially drawing, fascinating. I tell my students and workshop participants that we need to shift “how we are looking” to understand these potent inner images and allow them to…
I’m learning how to draw, and let me tell you—it’s nothing like I expected. Drawing doesn’t require years of art classes or fancy tools. According to Betty Edwards in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, we already know how to draw. The key is getting our left brains out of the way so…
Ten years ago, I found myself sitting in on a drawing class in Oakland. The topic that day was shading—how to capture the play of light and shadow around an image. The instructor gave a beautiful demonstration, and I was captivated. I thanked them, left the classroom, and barely made it out the door before…
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