This is a wonderful book. However, I had my doubts when I first looked it over, mainly because it has these dominating drawings and is without the standard margin format. I wondered why MIT Press would publish such a book. But after going through only a few pages, I realized that I had a unique and special book that would help people understand basic drawing techniques and use drawing as a tool for a very visual approach to thinking. The dominating drawings help the process along.
This is a book by an artist who is committed to understanding drawing not only as a way to represent reality or develop abstract designs but, like language, as a tool for thinking and for understanding ourselves and the world around us. Both aspects of drawing are merged and interwoven as the author discusses the technical aspects of drawing. She not only uses her...