Three Things : Creative Books (+ a giveaway)
Three books to inspire, challenge and fill you up creatively this week:
True Vision: Authentic Art Journaling
Acrylic Revolution
Taking Flight: Inspiration And Techniques To Give Your Creative Spirit Wings
Here's one of the Amazon reviews on this book:
Kelly Rae Roberts is an amazingly talented artist and apparently
equally gifted as a writer as well. This book is a journey from her
soul right into yours. It's part journal, part sitting around getting
deep with your girlfriends, part interviews with other talented artists
and part art instruction. So very different from other art books, even
from the same publisher. It goes above and beyond and straight into
your heart & head, making you think about your own creativity.
And until you find your creative spirit, the how-to make art
sections are very clearly thought out and well written. I know that I
will be able duplicate even the pieces that had materials I've never
used before.
This book is a treasure that I know I will refer to again and again.
I have two copies of Taking Flight to give away this week. To be entered into the drawing leave a comment below and let me know about your favorite creative technique is these days (it can be scrapbooking, mixed media, anything). Comments will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5pm Pacific and the winners announced shortly after.
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i'm enjoying making the packaging for stationary, gifts, etc. there are so many different ways to 'wrap' my gifts of cards, stationary, candy, jewelry, etc. love it!
ali, thank you for your time, energy, creativity, inspiration, outlook... you have a website that 'gives' and for that i say 'THANK YOU!'
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favorite scrapbooking stuff right now would be paint and "homemade" overlays - happy baby...there is just nothing better. e.
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Photoshop...definitely! I am taking Jessica Sprague's classes, and they are wonderful! I am learning so much, and yet there is so much more I want to learn. It's amazing how the older I get, the more I desire to learn and understand...lifelong learner!! Your digital elements have been very inspiring to me!
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Sadly, I have not done much scrapbooking since my last baby. The colors made me sick (I know, it's weird) but I am trying to get back in to the swing of things by doing a lot of "altered" things. I am working on altered barn stars right now. Fun!
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my favourite technique in mixed media, is photo transfer onto paper. Using a photocopy of a picture, putting a little smooth gel down on the paper and putting your picture down on top of it, and peeling back the paper and there is your picture.
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My favorite technique right now involves work with fleece fabric--if you cut it in 1/4 inch strips then pull, you can make cording from the fabric. I then use the cording to decorate either new projects or embellish ready-to-wear. Guess I could use it on scrapbooking, just haven't tried it yet.
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My favorite technique for any of my artistic hobbies is to think less+create more. I've given up trying to have everything be perfect. It's been very liberating!
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My favorite technique right now is glitter. I do not have a million colors and I really like it to be very subtle and clean. I've been looking through your ideas and they are very inspiring! Thanks!
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Pick me ! Pick me !
Right now I love doing photo tinting in Photoshop PS2, my baby girl has amazing blue eyes and when the picture is desaturated and layered I can really play up her eyes.
p.s. congrats on your new growing miracle.
T
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I've been having lots of fun playing with my new camera and getting creative with photoshop.
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My favorite technique right now is painting around the focal point person on my photo. This allows the photo to mesh into the background. I also learned an easy way to put a zipper in the fly of some shorts I am sewing up for my daughter - favorite technique in sewing at the moment. =)
I would absolutely love to win that book. Thanks.
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id have to say card making! ive taken a bit of a break from scrapbooking recently (for lack of printed pictures).
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I've been playing with the new Chatterbox "Artsylicious" line. I've been using acrylic paints over the velvet embossed paper, gold embellished and other textured paper. After it sets for a bit, I sand away...love it! The lavender acrylic on the chocolate brown is my favorite so far!
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I would love to win! Anything inspiring is always good. :)
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Oops sorry a lot of my comment got cut off...
My favorite technique right now has been large pictures with more journaling. I enjoy two page layouts with one really large picture, minimal embellishments, and a lot of journaling, usually in the form of a letter. Pictures are important, but the memories that go with those pictures are equally if not more important!
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I've been dabbling in mixed media - inks, sketching, and collage!
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Love checking in and seeing what's up. Exciting news about your new baby. Loved reading about Simon's first day at school.
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A copy of 'taking flight' ... yes, please. My favorite technique right now is playing with white Acrylic ink on transparency. Second runner up - forming textural shapes with hemp twine. That's what i've been doing today. Thanks, Ali.
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i am working on the technique of believing in myself enough to be free with my own creativity without technique....
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i am working on the technique of believing in myself enough to be free with my own creativity without technique....
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Maybe some day I will be lucky... Thanks for the chance and congrats on the new baby. My guess is we will miss you in Bellevue this fall (CKC)? - tj
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Favorite: digital
Want to have more time to do favorite? Painting with digital. Converting the print out to a scratch board technique.
Gotta raise those kids first thou, but that is the best form of art work in my book!!!
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I would love to have or rather win this book. It would be an opportunity to expand my creative horizons.
Thanks,
Shelli Maitland
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comment #872.. if i can type fast!
i just love paint. on my scrappy stuff, on my canvas, and even when it ends up on my clothes. i just love paint.
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I have been painting or stamping with random objects lately and have found a few favorites. I've had the AR book on my wish list for a while and Taking Flight also seems right up my alley.
Thanks for all the hard work and effort you put into your blog, your work, your books, your passion about it all is very inspiring.
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