Want to apply to an art college but haven't made a portfolio yet?
Your art portfolio must contain the best artworks that you can made. Most importantly, colleges look at how efficient you are in drawing. They value your ability and understand on how to draw, which is the building block of a great artwork. Once you have the hand drawing basics down pat, you will have a better chance of getting into college!
The Drawn to Success Study Guide e-book is precisely that. It is a is a complementary guide to Betty Edward's "Drawing on The Right Side of the Brain," a New York Times Bestseller and one of the best books about drawing. This e-book features exercises that are based from lessons taught at Sheridan College to teach students how to draw the right way.
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2. Did you know that, out
of 2,000 applicants to
an art school, only
150 get into college.
If you do the
math, that's only
a 13.33%
acceptance rate,
which is BAD.
5. If you need tips
on how to
improve the
artworks in your
portfolio for
college, then
read our blog
posts by clicking
here and here.
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6. However, if you
need help with
improving
your drawing
skills, then
you've come
to the right
place!
8. About the E-book
Written and developed by “The Admission
Insider” Karen Kesteloot
Help students build better drawings for their
portfolio based off the lessons and exercises
from Betty Edwards’ bestselling book, “
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain”
Features exercises that are based from lessons
taught at Sheridan College to teach students
how to draw the right way.
9. Exercises
Exercise 1 – Face/Vase Drawing Exercise
with Dominant Hand: This exercise brings
attention on how you should take control of the
right hemisphere of your brain, which is
responsible for your motor skills.
Exercise 2 – Face/Vase Drawing Exercise
with Non-Dominant Hand: By doing this
exercise, you are focusing on the mental state
and your accuracy, as well as how your non-
dominant hand is directly connected with your
right side of the brain.
10. Exercises
Exercise 3 – Detailed Drawing Exercise with
Dominant and Non-Dominant Hands: Comparing
the drawings using your left and right hand allows
you to see which between the two has produced a
drawing more proportioned to the subject. Doing this
exercises also gets the right hemisphere to work
instead of the left one.
Exercise 4 – Bypassing Your Left Brain
Knowledge by Drawing Upside Down: This
exercise will de-familiarize yourself with the image
and lets you focus on the details of the drawings
instead.
11. Exercises
Exercise 5 – Drawing Upside Down Part 2:
Learn more about negative space and how you
can use that space to focus on the shapes
surrounding the objects you are drawing, not
the object itself.
Exercise 6 – Leaf Drawing Exercise: This
exercise will let you accurately draw a leaf not
by using the bypass memory system that you
most likely are familiar with, but instead by
using the methodology featured in this e-book.
12. By following the
exercises in this e-
book, you can be
sure to submit a
winning art portfolio
and increase your
chances of getting
into an art or
design program in
college!
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13. For more information
about the e-book and
how to get your own
copy, visit
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chapter of the e-
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