Last night at my Master Naturalist class we had a nature drawing class. One of our members is an artist. She gave us all paper, pens, pencils, charcoal, erasers and smudgers to use. She showed us how to draw a daffodil starting with six circles around a center circle. My daffodil turned out to be the best daffodil I have ever drawn. Also on that page is supposed to be a stalk of wheat, a turtle, an oak leaf, a snowflake and a robin. The upper drawing is supposed to be a squirrel holding an acorn while standing on a branch. She spoke about the left brain (the artist) and the right brain (the scientist). Sometimes the right brain can impede the artistic process by trying to insert facts and science into the picture. That is why she recommends that if you listen to music while drawing, make sure it's instrumental music without words. According to her, listening to lyrics will not help your drawing. She is a good artist and she does nice work. We had fun trying to draw, trying to focus on the shapes of things and keeping the right side of our brain subdued for once. 
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