title: Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers
author:  Betty Edwards 
description: Dr. Betty Edwardsis Professor of Art at California State University, Long Beach. Her original contributions to the art of drawing and creativity have reached far beyond the college classroom where she has taught for many years. Her work has been praised by a wide range of distinguished psychologists and educators, and she has conducted creativity seminars and workshops for leading businesses including IBM and General Electric.
zlib_text: Publisher: Amy Marson
  Creative Director: Gailen Runge
  Editors: Karla Menaugh and Liz Aneloski
  Technical Editor: Debbie Rodgers
  Cover/Book Designer: April Mostek
  Production Coordinators: Joe Edge and Tim Manibusan
  Production Editor: Jennifer Warren
  Illustrator: Linda Johnson
  Photo Assistant: Mai Yong Vang
  Hand Model: Kristi Visser
  Instructional photography by Diane Pedersen of C&T Publishing, Inc., unless otherwise
  noted
  Published by C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549
  
  Dedication
  This work is dedicated to my parents, Reverend Stanley and
  Joyce Hayes, who raised me to believe I could accomplish
  anything. They are my greatest fans, who love unconditionally
  and are unwavering in their support. Everyone should be so
  blessed.
  
  Acknowledgments
  I would like to thank the following people:
  Greg, the relentless encourager and coconspirator. He did
  much of the sewing for the projects in this book. The wind
  beneath my wings and my idea sounding board, he has
  mastered the art o