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Fresh Paint

Release Date: 2021/08/01
ISBN: 9780760370698
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Inspired by the authors’ popular online course, Fresh Paint is a collection of lessons, prompts, and exercises that offer a deep dive into the practice of “finding your style” in the process of making 100 small mixed-media paintings.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Our Philosophy
    1. Eight Ingredients for Finding Your Style
    2. Three Areas of Practice
    3. How to Use This Book
  6. 2 Setting the Stage to Create
    1. Preparing Your Workspace
    2. Gathering Your Materials
    3. Tips for Cutting Your Paper
  7. 3 Gathering Inspiration from Your Internal Landscape
    1. The Wisdom Within Your Skin
    2. A Simple Meditation
    3. Sourcing Imagery from Your Meditation
    4. Exploring Your Ancestral and Cultural History through Mixed Media Ephemera
    5. Writing Inquiry: Your Truths
    6. Drawing Improvisation
    7. Light on Dark Mandala
    8. Integrate and Create
    9. Student Gallery
  8. 4 Gathering Inspiration from Your External Landscape
    1. Inspiration Gathering
    2. Drawing Exercises: Nondominant Hand, Blind Contour, and Shadow Drawings
    3. Three Scavenger Hunts: Drawing, Photo, and Object
    4. Sensing the World Around You
    5. Writing Inquiry: Your Inspiring Life
    6. Integrate and Create
    7. Student Gallery
  9. 5 Expansion with New Materials
    1. Writing Inquiry: Your New Materials
    2. Mark Making with Brushes
    3. Stamping with Veggies
    4. Transferring Images with Carbon or Graphite Paper
    5. Carving Rubber Stamps
    6. Creating Stencils
    7. Incorporating Beads, Fabric, and Thread
    8. Integrate and Create
    9. Student Gallery
  10. 6 For the Love of Color
    1. Creating a Relationship with Color
    2. Writing Inquiry: Your World of Colors
    3. Color Pairing
    4. Mini Abstract Paintings
    5. Color Mixing and Recipe Naming
    6. Color Seeking and Finding
    7. Integrate and Create
    8. Student Gallery
  11. 7 Incorporating Inspiration from Other Artists
    1. Interpreting Inspiration Honorably
    2. Getting Specific
    3. Writing Inquiry: What You Love and Why
    4. Painting Challenge: Using Art as Inspiration without Copying
    5. Seeking Inspiration in Other Art Forms
    6. Some of Our Personal Inspirations
    7. Integrate and Create
    8. Student Gallery
  12. The End is Just Another Beginning
  13. Resources
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. About the Authors
  16. Index
  17. Copyright
  18. Dedication
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