Creative Freedom: 52 Art Ideas, Projects and Exercises to Overcome
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Paint outside the lines! Jumpstart your creativity and inject new life into your art. Struggling to get started | Paralysed by the fear of failure | Find yourself falling back on the same colours again and again | Just plain stuck | It happens to every artist sooner or later. What can you do to get unstuck quickly and painlessly | Creative Freedom presents 52 strategies for getting out of ruts and venturing beyond your comfort zone, courtesy of 25 artists who have been there, done that. Each approach is illustrated with a step-by-step painting demonstration. Together, they help you experiment with different mediums, new colour combinations, fresh approaches to favourite subjects, and more. Try one a week for a year of creative adventure. Or dip in whenever you're feeling inspired. You may be surprised at the creative liberation that comes from... Painting with your other hand. Going big with your canvas and brushes. Painting fast with 10-minute studies. Limiting your palette. Starting with a random line drawing or custom painting surface. Zooming in on one small detail of a landscape for abstract results. Copying the work of an Old Master. Featuring an exciting variety of styles and mediums (oil, watercolour, acrylic and pastel), novel perspectives and an invigorating sense of play, this book is sure to generate creative sparks and joyful painting sessions. Getting unstuck has never been so fun! | - 52 exercises, step-by-step painting demonstrations, ideas and techniques - 15-26 artists provide inspiration and demonstrations to give a variety of styles and approaches - Gallery of inspirational art
Author: Maggie Price
Format: Paperback, 144 pages, 210mm x 276mm
Published: 2013, F&W Publications Inc, United States
Genre: Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts
Description
Paint outside the lines! Jumpstart your creativity and inject new life into your art. Struggling to get started | Paralysed by the fear of failure | Find yourself falling back on the same colours again and again | Just plain stuck | It happens to every artist sooner or later. What can you do to get unstuck quickly and painlessly | Creative Freedom presents 52 strategies for getting out of ruts and venturing beyond your comfort zone, courtesy of 25 artists who have been there, done that. Each approach is illustrated with a step-by-step painting demonstration. Together, they help you experiment with different mediums, new colour combinations, fresh approaches to favourite subjects, and more. Try one a week for a year of creative adventure. Or dip in whenever you're feeling inspired. You may be surprised at the creative liberation that comes from... Painting with your other hand. Going big with your canvas and brushes. Painting fast with 10-minute studies. Limiting your palette. Starting with a random line drawing or custom painting surface. Zooming in on one small detail of a landscape for abstract results. Copying the work of an Old Master. Featuring an exciting variety of styles and mediums (oil, watercolour, acrylic and pastel), novel perspectives and an invigorating sense of play, this book is sure to generate creative sparks and joyful painting sessions. Getting unstuck has never been so fun! | - 52 exercises, step-by-step painting demonstrations, ideas and techniques - 15-26 artists provide inspiration and demonstrations to give a variety of styles and approaches - Gallery of inspirational art
Creative Freedom: 52 Art Ideas, Projects and Exercises to Overcome