My son, Brian Bomeisler, is himself a gifted artist but he is also a gifted teacher who has been imparting the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain methods for decades, working alongside me and then teaching on his own after my retirement. During the global pandemic, Brian has moved his in-person 5-day Drawing Workshops to a virtual online platform, and the results are just as amazing. You can join him online, no matter where in the world you live!
Brian Bomeisler and Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and the new book, Drawing on the Dominant Eye.
This is a great time to invest in yourself and bring the joy of drawing into your life! I highly recommend it! Click here for a calendar of the upcoming Virtual Drawing Workshop schedule.
I wish you and your family good health and safety — we will all get through this pandemic if we work together, follow the CDC guidelines, and take care of each other.
~ Betty Edwards
An example from a recent virtual Online Drawing Workshop — the image on the left is the “before” self-portrait, prior to instruction. The image on the right is the student’s final self-portrait after only 6 days working with Brian Bomeisler and using the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain method.
Here are just a few comments from recent students:
“At age 67, I took Brian's course, an absolute beginner with no drawing skill whatsoever. What I learned was something more valuable than how to draw, though I have to say I did improve. I learned how to see differently, how to perceive spatial relationships, understand negative space, and even got a little better with perspective, a skill that spills over into life. I am so grateful for my ‘new eyes.’ Muchas gracias, Brian!”
“All my life I thought I couldn’t draw. After Brian’s online workshop, I can draw! Betty’s book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, is powerful, but it took Brian’s workshop to launch me into an exciting new adventure. I find myself now looking at everything with a new appreciation of light, shape, and beauty. Thanks so much to Brian and Sophie for giving me the motivation to continue.”
“With my work on hold and sequestered in my home, I imagined learning a new skill that could bring me pleasure at this time. I’ve always wanted to draw but never had the skill or patience to sit down and learn. I had read the first few chapters of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 30 years ago and remember being fascinated by the possibilities of ‘unlocking’ that part of my brain … without sounding too dramatic, the online workshop has not only changed my ability to draw (in astonishing and inconceivable ways), but it has also changed my perception of the things around me and my perception of the limitations I place on myself. Brian has this simple set of “skills” which almost magically unlock this artist inside all of us. The fact that he and his daughter Sophie who assisted him in the workshop could impart those skills and the confidence to use them immediately was uncanny. … I have sent pictures of my drawings to friends and family and people cannot believe I drew the things I drew. 30 hours can change your life!”
“I just completed the first ever Virtual Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain workshop. It was done virtually using Zoom due to the COVID crisis. In the class we had 5 first time attendees and 5 return drawers taking the course for the 2nd or 3rd time. I was a first-timer. In a few words I would say ‘the course far exceeded my expectations.’ I am a 56-year-old, former CEO of 2,000-person company. All my life I thought ‘being able to draw’ was analogous to being a good singer or being athletic. Either you are or you are not. Thankfully, I could not have been more wrong. I now believe that anybody and everybody can learn how to draw really well. One really has to see the results to appreciate how much was accomplished in this class in such a short period of time. I hope to take this new skill of using the right side of my brain to continue to learn how to draw and do other forms of art. Perhaps most important is how using the right side of your brain can translate into many other areas of your life, giving you perspective you never had before.”