Download or read book The Painted Art Journal written by Jeanne Oliver and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a mixed-media journey to the very heart of your creativity! The Painted Art Journal opens doors to your most personal and authentic art yet. Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journal worthy of passing along to future generations. Along the way, you will hone your own unique style of artful storytelling, filled with the images, colors and symbols that resonate most powerfully with you. Twenty-four inventive, step-by-step prompts help you to: • Set the scene for making art--from establishing rituals that unlock creativity to curating a personal storyboard. • Draw inspiration from photos, typography, sketches, childhood memories, quotes and more. • Shape your story with timelines, gathered-word poetry and simple approaches to portraits. • Express yourself through an exciting range of mixed-media techniques, using everything from pen and ink, markers and watercolor to image transfers, printmaking with linocuts, acrylic and collage. A book unlike any other, The Painted Art Journal is all about digging deeper, honoring your life, and coming away with a truer understanding of yourself and your art. "Each of our stories is so different, lovely and broken in its own way." --Jeanne Oliver

Download or read book Art Journal Freedom written by Dina Wakley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Journal Color! Art Journal Composition! Art Journal Freedom! Color is all around us and we often find ourselves drawn to particular combinations or arrangements. But how can you effectively and artistically capture those eye-catching compositions in your art journal? It's true, art journaling has no "rules" and is a safe place for free expression of your one-of-a-kind life. But knowledge is power and knowing the "rules" of color and composition gives you the freedom to use and break them willfully to create the effects you want. Dina shares these principles in a fun and approachable way with dozens upon dozens of unique journal pages to show you just some of the many possibilities. Inside You Will Find: • Lessons and tips about composition and color including dominance and repetition, symmetry, contrast and the power of black and white. • 10 step-by-step technique demonstrations. • Dozens of color and design tips and page challenges.

Download or read book 1 000 Artist Journal Pages written by Dawn DeVries Sokol and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 1,000 journal pages presented in one beautiful full-color book Journals offer their makers a safe place to dream, doodle, rant, and reinvent themselves. They offer viewers rich, visual inspiration. There is a fascination with these revealing and often beautiful pages of self-exploration and personal expression. Journals offer a tantalizing, voyeuristic view of an interior life. This would be the first book to offer examples of over 1000 journal pages in one eye-catching, visual format, and would attract a wide swathe of artists who fully embrace or experiment with this medium. Journaling has seeped into popular culture in a big way and this collection provides a wide array of ideas, techniques and themes to inspire and inform mixed media and journaling enthusiasts.

Download or read book Art Journal Courage written by Dina Wakley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gather Your Art Journal Supplies: • Journal • Pens • Paint • Courage! Discover the techniques and courage you need to journal bravely! With Dina's help, you'll begin by working through any fears you have of using your own handwriting. You'll get journaling prompts and techniques to help you develop a handwriting style you'll love and words you'll want to write! Then, you'll move onto drawing: you'll learn not only how to train your hand, but also how to appreciate your own unique drawing ability. As you continue through the eight chapters, you will learn additional mixed-media techniques to help you overcome your fears of new materials, using photos of yourself, creating layers, working without a plan and much more. Put your worries aside and create fearlessly! You'll find: • Eight common journaling fears dispelled • Twenty techniques to give you art journal courage • Dozens of colorful art journal pages to inspire your own art

Download or read book The Art Journal Workshop written by Traci Bunkers and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With beautiful illustrations, The Art Journal Workshop breaks down the entire working process of journaling with step-by-step photos and instructions from start to finish"--Www.ebay.co.uk.

Download or read book Make Your Own Ideabook with Arne Carlos written by Arne Nerjordet and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HANDICRAFTS, DECORATIVE ARTS & CRAFTS. An ideabook can be many things: a keepsake; a work of art; a source of inspiration; a method of organisation; a collection of memories; a way to store recipes or patterns; a genealogical journal; a wedding planner or just a peek inside the chaos and creativity of our own mind! With Arne and Carlos's wit, style and trademark handcrafting genius to guide you, this book will show you how to make and enjoy your own ideabook. There is guidance on the materials and tools you need and detailed, step-by-step demonstrations showing you everything from sewing the pages together to gluing the spine and creating the cover. There are numerous examples of different types of ideabook, including Christmas, Children's, Cooking, Garden, Sewing and Travel Ideabooks, providing all the ideas and inspiration you need to make your own special keepsake.

Download or read book The Art union written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A World of Artist Journal Pages written by Dawn DeVries Sokol and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By nature, art journaling is a private activity. But when Dawn Sokol’s first book, 1000 Artist Journal Pages, broke the fourth wall and shared the work of artists all over North America and parts of Europe, it created a ripple of inspiration throughout the art journaling community. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Sokol features more than 1,000 new, captivating pages, this time—by popular demand—from artists across the globe. Lists of techniques and materials used for each page, plus behind-the-scenes interviews, give readers a glimpse inside the minds of new and established artists, making this a stimulating compilation sure to inspire beginners and seasoned art journalers alike.

Download or read book Art Journals Creative Healing written by Sharon Soneff and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiration and guidance for creating journals or scrapbooks for self-healing and inner strength while managing life’s difficult moments. In follow up to Faith Books & Spiritual Journaling, author Sharon Soneff shows that there is a richer, deeper reward to creative journals beyond the beauty they supply. In this new volume, Art Journals & Creative Healing, she demonstrates with real excerpts from artistic journals that the process of journaling can be a tool in navigating through some of life’s more challenging seasons, as well as a tool to support personal growth and achievement. Complex human experiences are treated with dignity and sensitivity, and will inspire readers dealing with their own issues. Hope, growth, and healing are at the center of each work. Additionally, the ideas, artistic approaches, and resources provided by the author and numerous contributing artists will help the reader with creative ideas for working through various situations through their reflective and artistic journal keeping. Through a marriage of beautiful imagery, uplifting quotations, and other rich sources, Art Journals & Creative Healing offers its audience a full-bodied artistic experience, along with journaling worksheets and journal prompts to help readers get started with their own journals. Specific topics addressed include using mediums as metaphors, journaling for cathartic expression, gaining wisdom through introspection, finding strength in the midst of suffering, and finding beauty in pain. Art Journals & Creative Healing is a supportive and encouraging text offered as a creative companion for overcoming the challenges of life.

Download or read book Create Your Own Artist s Journal written by Erin O'Toole and published by Northlight. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artists will learn to capture those fleeting moments of inspiration and beauty that compel them to create.

Download or read book You re Weird written by Kate Peterson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on Buzzfeed: A quirky and engaging journal that celebrates what makes each of us a little weird Part journal, part activity book, and all fun, You're Weird is a valentine for the inner weirdo in everyone--that part of us that doesn't quite fit in, and secretly isn't even trying. Filled with hand-drawn creatures that are a bit...different...along with lists, writing prompts, activities, and more, it's a delightful and affirming book for creative oddballs everywhere. In our mass-produced world that wants everyone to fit in and fall in line, this quirky book give us permission to celebrate what makes us each unique--and amazing. It's the perfect gift for the creative teen, journal-loving best friend, or indie artist in your life...or for your own weird self.

Download or read book The Art for Joy s Sake Journal written by Kristy Rice and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2019-07-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These beautiful pages invite you to pick up your brush and grow. Kristy Rice's joy-focused approach to watercolor art has won the hearts of fans worldwide, and with this journal Rice offers ways for all levels of painters to make "art for joy's sake" and simultaneously paint a personal keepsake or add beauty to your inspiration wall. Includes 10 illustrations ready to be watercolored on thick, textured paper, alongside full-color tear out reproductions of the same works painted by Kristy herself, demonstrating palette choices and brushwork. Enrich your art with "prompt" ideas to inspire your painting's growth; pages with no-stress exercises for techniques; inspirational artwork and quotations; and even a few recipes for nourishing your body along with your spirit! Each item in the Artisan series is designed to offer a specially crafted watercolor discovery glowing with Kristy Rice's creative touch. Also in the series: Watercolor Cards: Kristy Rice Designs.

Download or read book Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media written by LK Ludwig and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a variety of formats, collaborative art projects result in wonderfully complex pieces, and often provide the glue between artists within a community. Heavy on visual inspiration, Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media covers various organizational structures for collaborative art projects, offers instructions and tips for organizing such ventures, and includes interviews with organizers and participants of collaborative projects, as well as a healthy smattering of techniques including how to create books that can be added to as they travel and how to devise various binding structures for different paper projects.

Download or read book Whimsical Girls written by Jane Davenport and published by Get Creative 6. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not your typical coloring book! Created by celebrated artist Jane Davenport, and featuring only images of women, Whimsical Girls is bursting with Jane's signature-style figures, faces, and fanciful drawings to color and customize. Three types of high-quality paper--coloring, marker, watercolor, and kraft paper--encourage users to experiment with a variety of mediums and techniques, while bonus stickers and brilliantly hued collage paper provide added fuel for creativity.

Download or read book Journal Sparks written by Emily K. Neuburger and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using words, drawing, collage, and observation-based list-making, award-winning author Emily K. Neuburger highlights the many paths into journaling. Her 60 interactive writing prompts and art how-tos help you to expand your imagination and stimulate your creativity. Every spread invites a new approach to filling a page, from making a visual map of a day-in-my-life to turning random splotches into quirky characters for a playful story. ​It’s the perfect companion to all those blank books and an ideal launchpad to explore creative self-expression and develop an imaginative voice — for anyone ages 10 to 100! Teachers' Choice Award Winner Mom's Choice Awards Winner Foreword INDIES Gold Award Winner National Parenting Product Awards Winner

Download or read book The Steal Like an Artist Journal written by Austin Kleon and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! comes an interactive journal and all-in-one logbook to get your creative juices flowing, and keep a record of your ideas and discoveries. The Steal Like an Artist Journal is the next step in your artistic journey. It combines Austin Kleon’s unique and compelling ideas with the physical quality that makes journals like Moleskines so enormously popular. Page after page of ideas, prompts, quotes, and exercises are like a daily course in creativity. There are lists to fill in—Ten Things I Want to Learn, Ten Things I Probably Think About More Than the Average Person. Challenges to take. Illustrated creative exercises—Make a Mixtape (for someone who doesn’t know you) and Fill in the Speech Balloons. Pro and con charts—What Excites You?/What Drains You? The journal has an elastic band for place-marking and a special pocket in the back—a “swipe file” to store bits and pieces of inspiration. Because if you want to steal like an artist, you need a place to keep your loot.

Download or read book Living Art Lessons written by Savannah Barclay and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Observe the seven elements of art:linesshapescolorvaluetextureformspaceALL around you in this complete, easy-to-use, year-long program. The course includes helpful supply lists, step-by-step instructions, and photos of the process and completed projects. Students will explore creations made from clay, watercolor, tempera, markers, colored pencils, and household items as they:Explore the seven elements through a variety of fun and engaging activities and projects.Discover and experiment with primary, secondary, tertiary colors; perspective, shading, shadows, dimensions, and more.Learn about seven famous artists and then "re-create" their style as you develop your own!