"This Dover edition, first published in 2013, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, in 1986 under the title Drawing with an Open Mind: Reflections from a Drawing Teacher."

" Heralded as a revolutionary right-brain approach to figure drawing, this guide focuses on mentality rather than technique. The author presents personal reflections and advice on drawing what the eye sees instead of what the mind dictates. More than 180 black-and-white drawings and eight pages of color illustrations reinforce such concepts as light, balance, and symmetry"--