Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspirations from Working Artists
10 best books like Living the Creative Life: Ideas and Inspirations from Working Artists (Ricë Freeman-Zachery): Messy Thrilling Life: The Art of Figuring Out How to Live, SoulCollage: An Intuitive Collage Process for Individuals and Groups, Art Journals and Creative Healing: Restoring the Spirit Through Self-Expression, Alphabetica: An A-Z Creativity Guide for Collage and Book Artists, Journal Revolution: Rise Up & Create! Art Journals, Personal Manifestos and Other Artistic Insurrections, Visual Chronicles: The No-Fear Guide to Creating Art Journals, Creative Manifestos & Altered Books, 1000 Journals Project, Kaleidoscope: Ideas & Projects to Spark Your Creativity, Where Women Create: Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women, Taking Flight: Inspiration and Techniques to Give Your Creative Spirit Wings
| Author | Sabrina Ward Harrison |
| ISBN | 0812967666 |
Like her previous, the book looks a lot like an art journal with mixed media collages, photography, and writing. It focuses on her choices, her body image, her desire to love and live fully. There's a lot of beauty and quite a bit of melodrama. Yet...
A couple of spreads / passages made the book...
SoulCollage™ is a process through which you contact your intuition and create an incredible deck of cards which have deep personal meaning and which will help you with life's questions. Following the simple SoulCollage directions, your hands move fragments of cut-out magazine pictures around,...
| Author | Sharon Soneff |
| ISBN | 1592533647 |
A beautiful, artistic offering that offers projects on challenging, but universal subjects.In follow up to Faith Books & Spiritual Journaling, author Sharon Soneff will continue to show that there is a richer, deeper reward to artistic, creative journals beyond the beauty they supply. In this...
| Author | Lynne Perrella |
| ISBN | 1592531768 |
Mixed media techniques have come to forefront again, with artists in every field combining materials and effects to create journals, altered art, collage pieces, memory art and more. With all the creative experiementation developing at such a fast pace, it is pertinent to know how various techniques...
| Author | Linda Woods |
| ISBN | 1581809956 |
Rise up and CREATE! No borders, no boundaries: truth, journaled wherever you find it. Grab your mess kit - we're starting a Journal Revolution.
Overthrow your inner critic's tyranny of fear and rules, and discover fresh techniques and inspiration to rant, whisper, beg, stomp or sing your...
| Author | Karen Dinino |
| ISBN | 1581807708 |
I only say that because I am the definition of that headline -- but VISUAL CHRONICLES made me want to sit down with glue, scissors, and some old magazines...and make something fun. I'm not an artist, but Linda and Karen made me feel like one. This book is inspiring, funny, creative, and wonderful -- and...
| Author | Someguy |
| ISBN | 0811858561 |
Voyeuristic. Inspirational. Entertaining. One thousand blank journals are currently circulating throughout the world, beckoning contributors who find the journals by chance on trains, in cafés, and anonymously left on doorsteps. Artist Someguy shares more than 250 of the best entries: a collage...
| Author | Suzanne Simanaitis |
| ISBN | 1581808798 |
Indulge your creative cravings Are you passionately curious? Let "Kaleidoscope" open new doors of creativity as you explore dozens of stories, exercises and instructive projects, all designed to feed, encourage and sometimes flex your creative muscle.Between the beautiful pages of "Kaleidoscope,"...
| Author | Jo Packham |
| ISBN | 1402712294 |
More than twenty superstars from the world of crafting--including Anna Corba, April Cornell, Sandi Genovese, and Andrea Grossman--offer their expert advice on how to design a work space where creativity can blossom. Like the bestselling Business of Bliss, it's practical, inspirational, and beautiful...
Stretch Your Wings, Learn to Soar, Take Flight
In "Taking Flight," you'll find overflowing inspiration—complete with a kindred spirit in author and mixed-media artist Kelly Rae Roberts. Join her on a fearless journey into the heart of creativity as you test your wings and learn to find...
| Author | Claudine Hellmuth |
| ISBN | 1581803435 |
Unlock the Artist Within
Collage is the perfect medium to help you unleash your creative potential. You can gather materials from just about anywhere, glue them down on a surface and magically create a work of art. There are no mistakes, only discoveries. What could be more exciting?
In...
| Author | Karen Michel |
| ISBN | 1592531776 |
A wide range of techniques borrowed from both traditional and digital art has recently begun to blend into one art form, known as altered art. The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery is the only book currently on the market that provides fascinating tips and creative ideas solely focused on this new form...
| Author | Liz Lamoreux |
| ISBN | 1440303096 |
Express the art within you
There are clues all around you--sounds, textures, memories, passions--just waiting for you to shine a light on them, and unearth the most intimate form of expression--the self-portrait. Inside Inner Excavation, author Liz Lamoreux will be your guide, along with...
| Author | Diana Trout |
| ISBN | 1600613195 |
Go ahead--make a mess!There are no lines to stay inside of here. You're free to quiet your inner critic and spill color (as well as your thoughts) all over the page. Author Diana Trout offers a double-dose of encouragement for you to try out new techniques, to ask yourself new questions and to see how safe...
| Author | Bernie Berlin |
| ISBN | 1581808488 |
Create and swap mini works of art!
The simple act of sharing 21/2 x 31/2 pieces of art, known as Artist Trading Cards, knows no boundaries and brings like-souls together like no other form of communication can. Unique statements, passionate emotions and favorite interests can all be expressed...
| Author | Sally Jean Alexander |
| ISBN | 1581808429 |
Whimsical and Elegant Projects from Well-Known Collage Artist Sally Jean Alexander
With Pretty Little Things, readers will find collage projects that exhibit a playful air and a sense of magic. The 27 projects and 30 variations feature vintage ephemera soldered within glass, for finished...
| Author | Eric M. Scott |
| ISBN | 1600614566 |
YOUR MISSION:
Discover the tactical secret of self expression–the art journalHarness the artistic explosion ticking in your head, just looking for a creative way to detonate. Prepare to be bombarded with ideas, techniques and suggestions as you allow your creativity to take hold. "The Journal...
Secrets of Rusty Things: Transforming Found Objects Into Art
If you've ever wanted to learn the secrets which turn a tap handle into a mysterious woman from the sea, which transform plastic aquarium plants into subterranean roots stretching far beneath the known world and those which can make an icy cave from a bourbon box, then prepare yourself for inspiration...
Art Journal Freedom: How to Journal Creatively with Color & Composition
| Author | Dina Wakley |
| ISBN | 1599636158 |
Art Journal Color! Art Journal Composition! Art Journal Freedom!Color is all around us and we often find ourselves drawn to particular combinations or arrangements. But how can you effectively and artistically capture those eye-catching compositions in your art journal?
It's true, art...
True Vision: Authentic Art Journaling
| Author | L.K. Ludwig |
| ISBN | 1592534260 |
Featuring the artwork of over 25 leading artists with name recognitionAs 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, personal, what some people call "raw" journals....
Altered Curiosities: Assemblage Techniques & Projects
| Author | Jane Ann Wynn |
| ISBN | 1581809727 |
Discover a curious world of assemblage with projects that have a story to tell!
Step inside "Altered Curiosities," where a wisdom tooth gets its own shrine, a honeybee lights up the room and a taxidermy eye becomes the eye in the back of your head. As author Jane Wynn shares her unique approach...
The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks Albums Made Simply Beautiful
| Author | Gwen Diehn |
| ISBN | 1579905129 |
I have been keeping a journal since I was a teenager. In addition to writing in my journal, I enjoy reading books about journaling techniques as well as published diaries and journals. I was delighted to find The Decorated Page: Journals, Scrapbooks & Albums Made Simply Beautiful by Gwen Diehn on...
Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera
His internationally best-selling Griffin & Sabine saga is treasured for its blend of lyrical storyline and compelling, imaginative art. Now Nick Bantock gives a short course in visual creativity in Urgent 2nd Class. A tour through the techniques and materials which constitute his signature...
