Agreed. I find that Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has too much pseudo-science in it and that the results you get, while they may be impressive to a complete beginner, are only superficially impressive. Getting good at drawing takes time.
So many of the critiques of the book are that getting good at drawing takes time. Where did this idea that the book says otherwise? It is a start, the book tells you outright that you will need to work at it.
Those impressive benefits to a complete beginner are what a complete beginner needs. That they can see there actually has been progress is what will allow them to move on and continue to improve via the needed work.
Those improvements are not superficial to someone who has been told or convinced themselves that they can not draw.
Superficially-impressive is better than not-impressive-at-all for keeping someone motivated.
I'm getting the impression that by analogy, DotRSB lets you play music that someone else has written; but to be good at drawing, you need to be able to play music that you've written yourself. And that's a valid criticism, but playing someone else's music is still fun, while writing music isn't going to be much fun if I can't play it well. So it seems reasonable to quickly get good at playing, and then later I can learn to write.
I think it's a good analogy. I also think its why everyone who wants to be an artist but not put in the right-brain work wants to be a photographer now. It's like creating without being required to do the actual work part. I guess being certain types of "DJ" is a similar metaphor.
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Agreed. I find that Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has too much pseudo-science in it and that the results you get, while they may be impressive to a complete beginner, are only superficially impressive. Getting good at drawing takes time.
So many of the critiques of the book are that getting good at drawing takes time. Where did this idea that the book says otherwise? It is a start, the book tells you outright that you will need to work at it.
Those impressive benefits to a complete beginner are what a complete beginner needs. That they can see there actually has been progress is what will allow them to move on and continue to improve via the needed work.
Those improvements are not superficial to someone who has been told or convinced themselves that they can not draw.
Superficially-impressive is better than not-impressive-at-all for keeping someone motivated.
I'm getting the impression that by analogy, DotRSB lets you play music that someone else has written; but to be good at drawing, you need to be able to play music that you've written yourself. And that's a valid criticism, but playing someone else's music is still fun, while writing music isn't going to be much fun if I can't play it well. So it seems reasonable to quickly get good at playing, and then later I can learn to write.
Does this seem like a fair assessment?
I think it's a good analogy. I also think its why everyone who wants to be an artist but not put in the right-brain work wants to be a photographer now. It's like creating without being required to do the actual work part. I guess being certain types of "DJ" is a similar metaphor.