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As art journaling grows in popularity (even attracting a new breed of scrapbookers who call themselves life artists ), there is a movement afoot toward creating more authentic and personal journals. These journals are filled with not just attractive, well-composed pages, but pages that are filled with personal, meaningful content. True Vision is focused on ways to bring authenticity and meaning into one s art journaling. The book will examine themes and topics common to all, while offering activities and exercises to create rich meaningful content. Each chapter will highlight familiar subject areas such as life events, spirituality, childhood, and even an artist s favourite writings. Within each topic, readers are given guided activities and exercises for developing content, provided one or two artistic techniques, and are shown inspiring examples of work by a variety of talented art journal artists.
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LK Ludwig works predominantly with mixed media artist books and photography with a strong inclination toward creating personal intimate works. She has been teaching workshops nationally for the past six years. Her artwork has been featured widely in books, magazines, and galleries and is held in private collections. She is the author of Mixed-Media Nature Journals for Quarry Books.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are an aspiring artist who finds it difficult to get going when working at home, because of the awful habit of putting off starting by tending to put all the other daily tasks first, then this is the book for you. It encourages you to loosen up, experiment, explore materials and create images in such a way that you could end up by doing something, however small, every day. It's not a step by step approach, though there are plenty of tips for things to try out. I use a large, square, spiral-bound hardback book for this and it builds into a fat, exciting collection of ideas which have been fun to produce and which often start from something in my everyday life. The book is beautifully produced, containing many photographic images of the art journals of other artists, organised under subject headings, and with lots of comment by L.K.Ludwig and others. For general loosening up and counteracting a possible fear of the blank white page, this is an excellent book and strongly recommended. I love it!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I must have bought all the art journalling books I can find and dip into most of them . This is the only one I have read cover to cover straight away . I really enjoyed it and love the art work .
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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
True Vision by LK Ludwig
21 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
This is the best book on art journaling to come out in years. Unlike some of the other recent books on this topic, the work presented is interesting, sophisticated, and artful. The instruction is for serious art journalists who have already done some art journaling and is not "dumbed down." The author presents a broad range of work, much of which is by well-known and popular teachers in this genre, but also includes many worthy newcomers. The layout and graphics are inviting and spacious, and the text is worth reading. Ludwig has a soulful and poetic narrative voice. The feeling tone which she brings to her writing is wonderful; she has the courage to celebrate work that goes beyond "pretty." One of my favorite aspects of the book are the in-depth interviews with some of the featured journalists, especially the ones with Juliana Coles and Traci Bunkers. There are many suggestions in the book which can be used to launch new journal pages, many beautiful quotes, and helpful "art activity" suggestions run vertically along the right hand page edge. My only criticism of the book focuses on the poor editing of the text--major bloopers! Captions are attached to the wrong pictures, paragraphs are repeated, lines are missing in one or two cases. The editor who worked on this book needs a scolding for such carelessness! Inspite of errors in presentation, this book is very inspiring and beautiful. A must for any library of art journaling books. I give it four stars.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Sharpen your art-journaling tools and get crackin'
19 Aug 2008
Format:Paperback
Maybe it's because my copy is from the second printing, but I didn't find the glaring editing mistakes another reviewer was appalled to find. I noticed a typo or two but that was the extent.
True Vision packs a hefty punch. It will appeal to a mixed audience. There are basic and innovative prompts (on every other page) geared to those just discovering the world of art journaling, or making a leap from traditional scrapbooking to a deeper and/or more complex style. The written material is excellent. L.K.'s observations are thought-provoking and her instructions detailed, which will please everyone. She's collected a smashing selection of illustrative pages from the diverse journals of 3 dozen artists working in a wide array of media/styles. There are in-depth interviews with Katie Kendrick, Bee Shay, Traci Bunkers, Loretta Marvel, and Julianna Coles, artists who have made their names on the strength of their journal pages alone.
In addition to specific techniques like inkjet image transfers and blind contour drawing, there are sections on developing personal 'symbols' and journaling on subjects of global impact. L.K. included a Vision Deck, a set of word prompt cards to spark any art journaler's creative fire.
True Vision packs a hefty punch. It will appeal to a mixed audience. There are basic and innovative prompts (on every other page) geared to those just discovering the world of art journaling, or making a leap from traditional scrapbooking to a deeper and/or more complex style. The written material is excellent. L.K.'s observations are thought-provoking and her instructions detailed, which will please everyone. She's collected a smashing selection of illustrative pages from the diverse journals of 3 dozen artists working in a wide array of media/styles. There are in-depth interviews with Katie Kendrick, Bee Shay, Traci Bunkers, Loretta Marvel, and Julianna Coles, artists who have made their names on the strength of their journal pages alone.
In addition to specific techniques like inkjet image transfers and blind contour drawing, there are sections on developing personal 'symbols' and journaling on subjects of global impact. L.K. included a Vision Deck, a set of word prompt cards to spark any art journaler's creative fire.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Art Journaling at a new level
30 July 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you have ever wanted to keep an art journal, this book is a great resource. If you are already an artist making journals, this will help you kick it up a notch.
L.K. Ludwig's new book is full of interesting prompts and ideas to take you past your fear of the blank page and fill you with excitement, as well as inspiration. The photography is great - the artist journals featured here are exciting and inspiring.
This is not really a beginner's book - "how to prime a page, how to create a background" - it assumes a certain knowledge of techniques and materials. But it has incredible journal pages by featured artists which will have ideas popping into your head and onto your blank pages.
There are plenty of instructions, in addition to the prompts and questions, to help you incorporate feelings and events from your daily life into your jounal. It's an exciting book!
L.K. Ludwig's new book is full of interesting prompts and ideas to take you past your fear of the blank page and fill you with excitement, as well as inspiration. The photography is great - the artist journals featured here are exciting and inspiring.
This is not really a beginner's book - "how to prime a page, how to create a background" - it assumes a certain knowledge of techniques and materials. But it has incredible journal pages by featured artists which will have ideas popping into your head and onto your blank pages.
There are plenty of instructions, in addition to the prompts and questions, to help you incorporate feelings and events from your daily life into your jounal. It's an exciting book!
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