| Description |
160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table of Contents: -- Design, please set the following new and revised Contents page. -- Contents -- Foreword by Gregory Amenoff -- Introduction -- Chapter One / Getting Ready - There's No Time Like the Present -- What You'll Need -- Using Sketchbooks -- Building Up and Keeping Portfolios -- Stick With It!: The Get Ready Checklist -- The Top 10 Obstacles to Making Art -- Chapter Two / Child's Play - Reawakening the Spirit of Intuition -- Action Painting: Spontaneous Creativity for Pure Pleasure (Design, please add this subtitle to Action Painting on p. 32) -- Painting to Music: Responding to What You Hear Rather Than What You See -- Stick With It: Overcoming Artist's Block -- Chapter Three / Don't Think Now - Stimulating Your Intuition -- Automatic Drawing: Just Start Drawing and Keep Going -- 30 Sketches in 30 Minutes: Drawing with No Time to Think -- Simple Compositions: The Mantra Is-Less Is More -- Simple Prints: Easy Off-Press Printmaking -- Simple Collage: The Art of Putting Things Together -- Stick With It!: The Self-Critique Process -- Chapter Four / Up in Smoke - Challenging Your Imagination -- Drawing from "Nothing": There's No Such Thing As a Boring Subject -- Out of the Shadows: Collecting Shadow Forms for Your Art -- Mapping Your Mind: Using Old Maps for Inspiration, Creating New Maps for Contemplation -- Self-Portraits: New Approaches to Your Many Faces -- Drawing with Candles: Where There's Smoke, There's Fire -- Gesture Drawing: Drawing Figures and Objects in Motion -- Stick With It!: Activities to Support Your Artistic Endeavors -- Chapter Five / Shared Creating - Working with a Partner or in Groups -- The Exquisite Corpse: A Surrealist Experience -- Shared Drawing: Literally, Drawing on Each Other's Work -- Group Snapshots: Expressing the Group or Class Identity -- Group Sculpture Challenge: Mythological 3D CreationsGroup Installation Art: Using Your Intuition to Draw in Space -- Stick With It!: Getting Started with Partners-in-Art Sessions -- Chapter Six/ It's All in the Game: Using Your Creativity As You Play -- Save the Fuzzy Creature: Protecting the Cute Fur-Ball from the Evil Grim Reaper -- Silent Communication: Speaking in Marks, Shapes, and Colors -- Draw the Mystery Object: Drawing a Concealed Object Using Only Your Sense of Touch -- Stick With It!: Nothing Can Stop You Now |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index |
| Subject |
Art -- Technique.
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| LC no. |
2007042541 |
| ISBN |
0823097501 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780823097500 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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