The Painted Art Journal: 24 Projects for Creating Your Visual Narrative

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Take a mixed-media journey to the very heart of your creativity! The Painted Art Journal opens doors to your most personal and authentic art yet. Tell your story as only you can, through a series of guided projects that culminate in a beautiful, autobiographical art journal worthy of passing along to future generations. Along the way, you will hone your own unique style of artful storytelling, filled with the images, colours and symbols that resonate most powerfully with you. Twenty-four inventive, step-by-step prompts help you to: Set the scene for making art--from establishing rituals that unlock creativity to curating a personal storyboard. Draw inspiration from photos, typography, sketches, childhood memories, quotes and more. Shape your story with timelines, gathered-word poetry and simple approaches to portraits. Express yourself through an exciting range of mixed-media techniques, using everything from pen and ink, markers and watercolour to image transfers, printmaking with linocuts, acrylic and collage. A book unlike any other, The Painted Art Journal is all about digging deeper, honoring your life, and coming away with a truer understanding of yourself and your art. AUTHOR: Jeanne Oliver: In addition to owning and running The Living Studio-an online art-education platform with 29K+ members that hosts hundreds of art-instruction videos from a large number of instructors. Jeanne speaks and teaches all around the globe. She is followed heavily on Facebook and Instagram; her e-newsletter list is 10K+. SELLING POINTS: Storytelling: This book caters to this cultural trend of a longing to share one's story with others. This is storytelling at its most personal. Loved & Respected Author: As an lifestyle authority on family, art instruction, decorating and fashion. Her beautiful aesthetic appeals to beginners and intermediate artists alike. Beautiful Photography: The photography in this book is coffee-table-interior-design worthy and it's her look tha has mede the author so popular. 300 colour photographs and illustrations

Jeanne Oliver grew up in rural Illinois and now resides in Castle Rock, Colorado. She is inspired by our personal stories, travel and nature. Jeanne uses art to tell her current stories and those of growing up among gravel roads, cornfields and early life surrounded by open spaces. Through mark making, layers and mixed media, she hopes to convey that we all have a story to tell. Connecting with women and sharing that each of us has been creatively made is one of her passions. Visit her website at jeanneoliver.com.