From the course: 5-Day Drawing Challenge: Drawing Closer to Nature
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The science of drawing
From the course: 5-Day Drawing Challenge: Drawing Closer to Nature
The science of drawing
- I want to share an analogy with you about drawing. I think it explains the important correlation between drawing and the formation of creative ideas. When you use a taxi, you do so because you need to move from point A to point B. It's a vehicle that'll carry you to the correct destination. Drawing is like a taxi for your ideas. When you draw out ideas, the drawings act like a visual vehicle, a taxi, that takes your thinking for a ride and delivers it to the next logical, or illogical stage of thinking. Drawing, in combination with free-thinking, is how you discover clever ideas and problem-solve. There is a scientific reason for this. 75% of our brain's sensory processing is dedicated to visual information. The majority of your brain's processing capacity is visually-oriented. The rest of your senses, smell, touch, hearing, and taste, combined, make up the mere 25%. We are pre-wired to think visually. A study published in the Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology found that…
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