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| Keys to Drawing with Imagination: Strategies and Exercises for Gaining Confidence and Enhancing Your Creativity | 
 enlarge | Author: Bert Dodson
Publisher: North Light Books
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 32266
Media: Spiral-bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1581807570
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.2
EAN: 9781581807578
ASIN: 1581807570
Publication Date: November 27, 2006
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Condition: Brand new, may have remainder mark or slight shelfware
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| Customer Reviews:
 This book could be a valuable resource for any enterprise that aims to create something new March 29, 2007
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
As a sculptor by avocation I find Bert Dodson's book delightful in its exuberant enthronement of imagination. As a biologist by vocation I'm equally pleased at how much this book evokes the experience of the scientist. The scientist keeps a sharp eye out for mystery in nature, imagines plausible explanations, devises experiments to test his ideas, and emerges with insights. The artist, similarly, observes, experiments interprets and brings forth something new. For both, imagination is a powerful key to success in discovery.
I am particularly impressed by Dodson's use of metaphor as a potent artistic explanatory device. In many different situations he discusses and illustrates ways in which "metaphoric seeing" " - looking at something and seeing something else - "awakens our ability to bring our own interpretation to reality."
Bert Dodson- Genius! March 27, 2007
Bert Dodson's new book on drawing from the imagination liberates drawing from its shackles and empowers all of us to make a strong visual statement in our own unique way. Thank you Mr. Dodson for expanding on your classic work, Keys to Drawing. You never stop inspiring us but most of all you make us believe in ourselves!
I loved this book March 25, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Keys to Drawing with Imagination is a wonderful book for someone who loves to draw but doesn't feel confident. This book helped me realize that my doodles have the potential for beginning my journey into my imagination. I like reading into the mind of Bert Dodson, the artist, which helps me understand what drives at least one person's creative vision.
 Pretty good, just not for me March 7, 2007
2 out of 15 found this review helpful
The best picture in the book is on the cover. But, it is mean't to show you how to do warm up doodles to get your creative juices flowing. Basic stuff that you would learn in basic drawing classes. There were a few things that I took from the book and found I might use one day, but it can be done on a computer too. The grids, using grids and changing their shape so that you can make your photos or drawings warped or some unusual shape.
 Interesting February 5, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I think the concepts presented in this book are great. The execution and drawings were not all that impressive. It reminds me very much of the kinds of scenes you'd find in a comic book. It doesn't do a lot if you are interested in fine art. I'd still recommend this book however just because it embodies a type of thinking that will be helpful for any artist.
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