Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun (Lab Series)

Aisling D. said Amazing. Delicious. Wonderfully inspiring!. 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 l. 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 t. "If I can't draw, I can't be an artist" Marme 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

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. Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists offers readers a fun way to learn and gain expertise in drawing through experimentation and play. 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.

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. Loaded with a year’s worth of inspirational prompts, this book is for all of us creative types who stopped drawing right around the third grade because we decided we weren’t talented enough to stick with it. The projects and techniques are designed to help adults recover a more spontaneous, playful approach to creating. Book Review, “Running with Sciss