Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Expressive Sketchbooks shares a host of creative ideas and prompts, tools and techniques, methods for working around obstacles and barriers, and tons of visual inspiration to help you grow in your sketchbooking practice. An expressive sketchbook is a place for you to
explore,
express, and
enjoy your own innate creativity on your own terms. It is a safe playground for the imagination--a place to mess about, play, and experiment--and to
gain confidence in your abilities as you develop your skills.
Expressive Sketchbooks offers
techniques and
creative exercises that incorporate
mark making,
watercolor and
mixed media,
collage,
words and text, and more. Take your skills outdoors to capture the world around you, learn
how to use a viewfinder, select a view, work with
the rule of thirds, explore space and
perspective, and much more. It also unpacks some of the obstacles and barriers that you may face along the way and help you decide why and how to start your sketchbook to meet your personal goals.
Ideas and inspiration for
subject matter include: - Landscapes and nature
- People and places
- Emotion and imagination
- Poems and books
- Political and social issues
- Objects and still life
Through this book, you'll
find out what lights you up, what makes you curious, fascinated, and what makes you expansive. Discover how to magnify your creativity and enliven your art skills by using an expressive sketchbook as your daily companion.