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Books like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
The best books like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain are Keys to Drawing, Steal Like an Artist, and Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards is about drawing, perception, learning to see. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Keys to Drawing
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Bert Dodson · Art
Keys to Drawing rests on a simple, liberating claim: drawing is not a gift a few people are born with but a skill almost anyone can learn.
Shares drawing and perception with Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
Read the summary → - Steal Like an Artist
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Steal Like an Artist is Austin Kleon's short, illustrated guide to the creative process, built around the premise that nothing is truly original — all creative work is built from and inspired by what came before.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool · Science
Peak is Anders Ericsson's definitive account of deliberate practice — the specific type of focused, feedback-driven training that, more than any other factor, determines how expert people become in demanding fields.
A kindred art read.
Read the summary → - The First 20 Hours
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Josh Kaufman · Self-help
The First 20 Hours makes a sharp distinction that most books on learning quietly ignore: the difference between becoming competent at a skill and becoming world-class at one.
A kindred art read.
Read the summary → - Art as Experience
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John Dewey · Philosophy
Art as Experience, published in 1934, is John Dewey's attempt to rescue aesthetics from the museum pedestal and return it to ordinary life.
Shares perception and creativity with Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
Read the summary → - The Listening Book
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W.A. Mathieu · Philosophy
The Listening Book is W.A.
Shares perception and creativity with Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
Read the summary → - Big Magic
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Elizabeth Gilbert · Self-help
Big Magic is Elizabeth Gilbert's manifesto for living a creative life — not as a professional artistic career but as an orientation toward existence.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott · Self-help
Bird by Bird is Anne Lamott's guide to writing and the creative life, grown from a course she taught at UC Davis and developed over years of writing novels, essays, and journalism.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Chronicles: Volume One
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Bob Dylan · Memoir
Chronicles: Volume One is the first installment of what Dylan announced as a multi-volume memoir, and it is one of the stranger and more rewarding books any major artist has written about their own formation.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Creative Selection
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Ken Kocienda · Business
Creative Selection is Ken Kocienda's first-hand account of how software gets made at Apple during the period when the iPhone and iPad were born.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business
Creativity, Inc.
Both dig into creativity.
Read the summary → - Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within
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Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within
Kenny Werner · Self-help
Effortless Mastery is jazz pianist Kenny Werner's account of what he calls "the space" — a state of relaxed, fearless attention that produces music of genuine quality, and that most musicians, including Werner himself for much of his early career, never reliably access.
Both dig into creativity.
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Books like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: quick answers
What are the best books like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain?
The best books like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards are Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman, Art as Experience by John Dewey, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, such as drawing, perception, learning to see.
What should I read after Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain?
A natural next read after Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson. Shares drawing and perception with Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Other strong choices are Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman.
What books are similar to Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards?
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain centers on drawing, perception, learning to see. Books with a similar feel include Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman, Art as Experience by John Dewey, The Listening Book by W.A. Mathieu — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
