绘画是一种通用的语言，但并不是每个人都觉得自己有画画的能力，甚至都不愿意去尝试。这是一本关于这项活动的乐趣的书，既实用，又有趣。它通过一些练习证明了任何人都可以通过先学会看画来画画。本书以贝蒂·爱德华兹采用的著名方法为基础，既面向初学者也面向需要复习这门课的人。它是作者最新的个人记录，会让任何愿意尝试的人对画画的恐惧感消失。通过观察世界，不受感情的干扰，不受大脑假设的干扰，手就会拾起各种绘画的技巧和能力，画出各种各样的画。本书幽默而富有启发性，阅读它绝对会激发任何人的创造力。

Drawing is a universal language, but not everybody feels capable of not even give it a go. This is a useful and entertaining book about the pleasure of this activity, showing, with some exercises, that anybody can draw by learning to see first. Based on the renowned method by Betty Edwards and intended either for beginners or those who need a refresher course, this book is an updated and personal account by the author which will make the fear of drawing disappear to anyone willing to try. This is a completely different drawing school for the gifted, the untalented, the stressed and the completely desperate and a useful and entertaining method for learning to draw by learning to see first. By looking at the world, without the interference of the feelings and what our brain assumes we are looking at, the hand will pick up the skills and abilities to produce a wide array of drawings. Humorous and enlightening, its reading will definitely spark anyone's creativity.