Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun (Lab Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592536131 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists offers readers a fun way to learn and gain expertise in drawing through experimentation and play. Carla offers a year's worth of assignments, projects, ideas, and techniques that will introduce more creativity and nonsense into your art and life. Carla Sonheim is an artist and creativity workshop instructor known for her fun and innovative projects and techniques designed to help adult students recover a more spontaneous, playful approach to creating. Her innovative ideas are now collected and elaborated on in this unique volume. There is no right or wrong result, yet, the readers gain new skills and confidence, allowing them to take their work to a new level.
The projects and techniques are designed to help adults recover a more spontaneous, playful approach to creating. Find a ton of projects, ideas and techniques that will increase confidence and improve skills.” . From doodle sketches to paper dolls, this book will renew your confidence and make you want a new sketch book and box of Crayolas.Book review, Cecil Whig, “5 Things to Do This Week”, Elton, Maryland, July 26, 2010 “This book might be just what you are looking for when escaping this summer’s inexorable heat. Book Review, “Running with Scissors” by Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood, craftgossip, July 7, 2010Reclaim your inner artistIf I ever meet Carla Sonheim, I will probably not be able to suppress the urge to hug her for writing “Drawing Lab For Mixed Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun”. Loaded with a year’s worth of inspirational prompts, th
"Amazing. Delicious. Wonderfully inspiring!" according to Aisling D.. I can't begin to explain how delightful this book is. Not really. I'll give it a try, anywayIf you love to draw, or know someone who does, the exercises in this book will break through walls and self-imposed limits to unveil creativity in a whole new way.Whether you're a beginner or an illustrator with decades of experience (like me), this book is simply amazing. Starting with the first lesson, I looked at what I was drawing and thought, "Wow I drew that? I'm a better artist than I realized!"It's key to draw at least as many figures or pages as she suggests. Don't stop just because the first five giraffes (or bears, or anteaters) look w. WPFLreviewer said Picasso Dogs. Modigliani Parents. Your Inner Dr. Seuss. Best inpirational book I've found for aspiring or working artists. I've found when you buy "inspiration" books most of them aren't verywell, inspirational or creative. Mostly ideas you've seen before. Not so with this book. Right after I got it I flipped through a few pages and then found that I couldn't stop. She has the best ideas ever!One of my favorites is the chapter entitled, "Picasso Dogs." Besides encouraging you to draw or paint your versions of dogs of the Picasso persuasion, how about Modigliani parent portraits? As far as I'm concerned the author/artist hit it out of the ballpark with more ideas than you can take advantage of in 5"Picasso Dogs. Modigliani Parents. Your Inner Dr. Seuss. Best inpirational book I've found for aspiring or working artists" according to WPFLreviewer. I've found when you buy "inspiration" books most of them aren't verywell, inspirational or creative. Mostly ideas you've seen before. Not so with this book. Right after I got it I flipped through a few pages and then found that I couldn't stop. She has the best ideas ever!One of my favorites is the chapter entitled, "Picasso Dogs." Besides encouraging you to draw or paint your versions of dogs of the Picasso persuasion, how about Modigliani parent portraits? As far as I'm concerned the author/artist hit it out of the ballpark with more ideas than you can take advantage of in 52 weeks.. weeks.. Marme said "If I can't draw, I can't be an artist". I've never considered myself an "artist", because I've never been able to "draw". That belief has colored my artistic expression for decades. Lately, the pull towards art has led me to some wonderful books, but THIS BOOK speaks to me. When I look through the activities, I know I can do them, and I know they are non-fail projects. There is so much fun and whimsy built in, that creating will be a joy. I stumbled on this book by accident, and what a happy accident it has turned out to be. If blank pages intimidate you, Carla has solutions to inspire.