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Your year in art : a project for every week of the year to overcome blank-page anxiety and inspire creative exploration / Chelsea Ward.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ward, Chelsea, author.
Series:
Your Year in Art Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Drawing--Technique.
Drawing.
Art--Technique.
Art.
Improvisation in art.
Painting--Technique.
Painting.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (111 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Lake Forest, CA : Walter Foster, 2018.
Summary:
"Leave your artistic anxiety behind with 52 weeks of hearty inspiration. Your Year in Art is a must-have guide to rouse your creative side. Designed for aspiring, beginning, and practicing artists looking to hone their skills, Your Year in Art is packed with unique projects and encouraging instruction. The mission of Your Year in Art is to sharpen your art skills and quiet your inner critic by showing you how to draw habitually and spontaneously. As you build your craft, techniques, and confidence, this guide encourages you to create in a way that celebrates your individuality. Fifty-two clever drawing prompts, along with tips and tricks, from expert illustrator Chelsea Ward will get your creative juices flowing. Weekly challenges include making a "self-portrait" by sketching things that describe you; practicing mark-making techniques like cross-hatching and stippling; filling a sketchbook page with drawings on a theme, like potted plants or fire hydrants; and adding water to ink drawings to practice wash techniques."-- Publisher's website.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Basics
Week 1: Art-solutions
Week 2: Empowering Words
Week 3: Shape-finding
Week 4: Mark-making
Week 5: Ink Wash
Week 6: Points of View
Week 7: Contour Drawing
Week 8: Color Theory
Chapter 2: Loosening Up
Week 9: Mindful Doodles
Week 10: Draw Your Tools
Week 11: Primary Color Challenge
Week 12: Eraser-free Drawing
Week 13: Line Drawing
Week 14: Opposite Hand
Week 15: Illustrated Recipe
Week 16: Mandalas
Week 17: Living Letters
Week 18: Pattern Search
Week 19: Zendoodles
Chapter 3: Branching Out
Week 20: Lists of Lists
Week 21: Baker's Dozen
Week 22: Drawings by Color
Week 23: Draw in Public
Week 24: Scapes
Week 25: Sky Study
Week 26: Sketch Crawl
Week 27: Map-making
Week 28: House Portrait
Week 29: Collect a Rainbow
Week 30: Botanical Study
Week 31: Windows
Chapter 4: Getting Personal
Week 32: Artist's Block Solutions Flowchart
Week 33: Self-portrait Collage
Week 34: Your Day in Doodles
Week 35: Hand Study
Week 36: X-ray Vision
Week 37: Figure Study
Week 38: Illustrated Quote
Week 39: Self-portrait
Week 40: Coordinates
Week 41: Bucket List
Chapter 5: Keeping at It
Week 42: Timed Drawing
Week 43: Daily Challenge
Week 44: Bird's Eye View
Week 45: Drawing Still Life
Week 46: Rorschach
Week 47: Travel Postcards
Week 48: Where You Stand
Week 49: Micro &amp
Macro
Week 50: Elapsed Time Study
Week 51: Block Busters
Week 52: Art It Forward
Meet the Author.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781633226500
1633226506
OCLC:
1493009092

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