Dramatic Problem Solving

In the follow up to his popular figure drawing books, The Anatomy of Style and Figures from Life, comes Drawing from Photos, Patrick's latest volume of step-by-step drawing techniques. In this volume, Patrick explores the art of drawing from photos and the minefield of unseen problems such as distortion, tangents, and shallow depth. Each step-by-step includes a model posing to refer to as you draw along, recreating a virtual workshop from Patrick's eye view as he shares his methods, insights and interpretations to produce drawings with style and confidence. For sheer depth of writing and information, no artist, art lover, or student should be without his latest volume on their bookshelves.

An art historian and lawyer--who uses art to hone perceptions and build visual intelligence--presents a paradigm-shattering twist on problem solving that helps us find real solutions to everyday dilemmas.As technology has become essential to our daily lives, our reliance on the internet and our electronic devices has exploded, short-circuiting our brains and weakening the critical skills we need to find solutions to difficult issues. Amy Herman has developed a unique approach to problem solving that uses works of art to revitalize our minds and help us think creatively. She's trained thousands of people from organizations around the world, including the FBI, CIA, Navy SEALs, the IMF, Scotland Yard, Interpol, and the State Department.In Fixed., Herman outlines her step-by-step approach, providing a fresh set of tools to help us kickstart our critical thinking skills and enable us to find solutions to some of our most intractable problems. Herman explains the artist's use of the creative