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Packed with the signature can-do attitude that makes beloved artist Danny Gregory a creativity guru to thousands across the globe, this unique guide serves up a hearty helping of inspiration. For aspiring artists who want to draw and paint but just can't seem to find time in the day, Gregory offers 5– to 10–minute exercises for every skill level that fit into any schedule—whether on a plane, in a meeting, or at the breakfast table—along...
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"As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has dedicated her life to empowering working artists. Intimate yet practical, Your Art Will Save Your Life helps artists build a sustainable practice while navigating the world of MFAs, residencies, and institutional funding."--Publisher description.
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Bestselling author and creativity expert Jeff Goins dismantles the myth that being creative is a hindrance to success by revealing how an artistic temperament is in fact a competitive advantage in the marketplace. For centuries, the myth of the starving artist has dominated our culture, seeping into the minds of creative people and stifling their pursuits. But the truth is that the world's most successful artists did not starve. In fact, they capitalized...
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"One Zentangle A Day is a beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles as well as offering fun, related drawing exercises. Zentangles are a new trend in the drawing and paper arts world. The concept was started by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing, by using repetitive lines, marks, circles, and shapes. Each mark is called a "tangle," and you combine various tangles into patterns...
6) Before I die
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"When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building with chalkboard paint and the wrote the words, "Before I die, I want to ____ ," she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon. Within a day of the wall's completion, however, it was covered in colorful chalk dreams as people stopped and reflected on their lives. Since then, more than two hundred walls have been created by people all over the world. This inspiring book is a...
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A comprehensive guide for both emerging and mid-career artists to pursue a career in the visual arts.⍾⍾Providing real-life examples, illustrations, and step-by-step exercises, Battenfield offers readily applicable advice on all aspects of the job. Along with tips on planning and assessment, she presents strategies for self-management, including marketing, online promotion, building professional relationships, grant writing, and portfolio development.⍾⍾Each...
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Zentangle is the drawing art form taking the world by storm. Easy to do and immensely enjoyable, the Zentangle method can make artists of us all. To create artworks the Zentangle way, you need no drawing skills. The steps are easily taught in a few simple lessons In this follow up to her first book, the immensely successful Zentangle, Certified Zentangle Teacher Jane Marbaix explores the artistic possibilities of Zendalas and shows how beautiful and...
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Ever After is a rich collection of step-by-step mixed-media art lessons inspired by fairy tales, folk tales, and classic fiction. In addition to the beautiful art lessons created especially for this book by Tamara and eight other noted mixed-media artists, each chapter offers creative exercises that invite readers to explore stories, their symbolism, and a specific aspect of style development as they work toward and ultimately achieve their artistic...
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In The Artisan Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus, author, thought leader, and founder of MOSAIC in Los Angeles, pens a manifesto for human creativity and the beginning of a new renaissance. McManus not only calls us to reclaim our creative essence but reveals how we can craft our lives into a work of art. There are no shortcuts to quality, and McManus celebrates the spiritual process that can help us discover our true selves.
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Sabino is an artist-- and she made her career as a entrepreneur. Now she shows fellow artists and creatives how to build a business that reflects one's talent. Whether your goal is to build an empire, create a lifestyle business, or just have more time, she guides you through every aspect starting or transitioning into a creative entrepreneurship.
14) Beacons of light
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As a painter and a person, I believe in the overwhelming power of light. Whether it's the strong lighthouse beam cutting through thick fog or the warm glow of firelight emanating from a cottage window, light fills us with hope, warmth, and serenity. Light truly has the power to illuminate our lives and guide us home." -Thomas Kinkade
The lighthouse remains one of civilization's strongest symbols. Through its image of light and strength are projected...
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If you've always been attracted to the words, you have a vivid imagination and skill you possess to put your mental images into words, you probably want, or tried to get to write, one or more times in your life. Every day we see fresh out books put on the shelves or e-books available online, and we have to consider what is required to return to our path to the letters in a medium that can transport us to the greatness as authors. Effective, past and...
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Puede que el nombre le parezca nuevo. Puede que sea la primera vez que se encuentre con este método. Pero no tema. Este libro fue escrito especialmente para las personas que son nuevas en el método Zentangle.
Este libro le ayudará a introducirse en esta práctica de relajación y meditación que crece rápidamente. Los capítulos son fáciles y divertidos de leer. No contiene teorías complejas para comprender. Fue escrito para ayudarle a entender...
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"The Art of the Inner Journey" addresses art as a way of knowing and as an approach to spiritual development from the perspective of participants in my "Art & Meditation" class over a number of years. It features the drawings and stories of eleven women and two men whose drawings were of significant help to them in different and often challenging circumstances of their lives. Most of them were non-artists! The images that came up for them during guided...
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Can a graphic designer be a catalyst for positive change? Green Graphic Design reframes the way designers can think about the work they create, while remaining focused on cost constraints and corporate identity. Simple, eco-innovative changes are demonstrated in all phases of the design process, including:
· Picking projects
· Strategizing with clients
· Choosing materials for manufacture and shipping
· Understanding users
· Picking ink and...
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This unique gift book is a reminder that whatever someone may be going through, they always deserve flowers.
When it's the most difficult to find the right words, we turn to flowers to express our compassion and care. This book is like a bouquet of flowers in book form. Based on Tucker Nichols's celebrated multimedia art project entitled Flowers for Sick People, this book gathers vibrant floral paintings and pairs them with poetic dedications that...
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