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Celebrate Your Creative Self: More Than 25 Exercises to Unleash the Artist within [Spiral-bound]

Mary Todd Beam (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 30 Nov 2001 | ISBN-10: 1581801025 | ISBN-13: 978-1581801026 | Edition: Spi

Your capacity to create is unlimited!

Celebrate Your Creative Self helps you act upon your artistic inspirations and joyfully appreciate the creative process. You'll develop the skills you need to express yourself and explore your favorite mediums. Step-by-step demos show you how to:

  • Capture and manipulate light in your work
  • Experiment with new and unusual painting surfaces
  • Break the "rules" of color composition that inhibit your creativity
  • Create your own dynamic designs for paintings with more impact
  • Add layers of meaning to your work with the symbolism inherent in both man-made objects and natural elements
  • Imbue your work with a touch of fantasy and recapture the magic you remember from childhood
  • Move beyond traditional 2-dimensional painting into 3-D reconstruction
  • And much, much more!
Once you've built up such a repertoire of skills, you'll be able to turn any idea into finished art by applying the techniques that best accommodate your inspiration. You'll also learn how to tap the deepest recesses of your creative wellspring by taking risks, getting personal and making meaningful statements with your work.

No matter what your medium, no matter what your level of skill, Celebrate Your Creative Self can help make your artistic dreams a reality!

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  • Spiral-bound: 144 pages
  • Publisher: North Light Books; Spi edition (30 Nov 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1581801025
  • ISBN-13: 978-1581801026
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 2.5 x 27.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 194,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Mary Todd Beam is one of the best-known workshop instructors in the realm of artistic creativity. She has been giving workshops all over the country for a number of years and is an award-winning artist. She divides her time between Cambridge, Ohio and Cosby, Tennessee.
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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Taking the mystery out of creative textures 23 May 2003
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Format:Spiral-bound
A beautiful book. Well written with easy to follow instructions for creating different textures, layering, composition etc. The whole book is colourful with plenty of step by step guidance for creating your own paintings. As a novice painter I have found this book hard to put down. Work your way through the book as the author advises, experimenting with each technique and easy to follow instructions. I can't praise this book enough - it's what I've been searching for.
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50 of 51 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars this book is all you need for a creativity explosion 10 Jan 2002
By saebjoernsen2@hotmail.com
Format:Spiral-bound
I recomend this book for everyone who likes to explore and play with different art materials. It will surely take your creativity to a higer level. It will give you new ideas for your art expression. The photoes are beautiful and colourful, and makes you want to thouch the paintings and see if you can feel the structure.

This book gave me more than I have got from all of my other books together. It is also very handy to use when you work

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for anybody stuck in an artistic rut. 5 Jun 2002
By marie22@fsmail.net
Format:Spiral-bound
This is an excellent book for any person artistic or other that feels they have got stuck in an artistic rut. It gives lots of excellent new ideas for trying out different media, in ways perhaps you haven't thought of before. The excellent way the book is presented is sure to inspire any reader. It becomes inspiration for many ideas (without dictating what is right and what is wrong) and leaves you itching to get started.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Try something different
A bit American and not sure I could get all the 'ingredients' but a good boost for when you are feelling jaded and want to try something new
Published 5 months ago by anne fisher
5.0 out of 5 stars Good mix of inspiration and practical tuition
Many of the mixed media artists around on the internet etc seem to have very similar styles, but Mary Todd Beam's work stands out as distinct and original, and that is one of the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Lucky L
1.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational book
This is a book which outlines many approaches to encourage creative approaches to art. It does exactly what it says on the cover, is well set out with clear instructions.
Published on 8 Feb 2011 by Harriet
2.0 out of 5 stars More technical than creative
Had anticipated a book about prompting creativity and getting ideas, but the exercises are more technical - step-by-step picture-making activities probably more suited to a... Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2009 by Sam
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Well, it just goes to show that it takes all sorts! On the strength of the above reviews and the product description, I bought this book and its companion The Creative Edge,... Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2009 by Lala Woods
4.0 out of 5 stars Motivational
I really liked the unusual format of this book, it tries to motivate you and teach you how to think creatively in a fun and easy-going step by step way which allows to learn and... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2009 by I-make-stuff
5.0 out of 5 stars exciting and inspiring
I bought this book after running out of artistic energy and enthusiasm. I normally paint in a detailed and realistic style and wanted a change to see if I could get my interest... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2008 by Penny
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