North Light Celebrate Your Creative Self Celebrate Your Creative Self

Celebrate Your Creative Self helps you act upon your artistic inspirations and joyfully appreciate the creative process. You'll develop the skills you need to express yourself and explore your favorite media. Step-by-step demos show you how to:capture and manipulate light in your workexperiment with new and unusual painting surfacesbreak the "rules" of color composition that inhibit your creativitycreate your own dynamic designs for paintings with more impactadd layers of meaning to your work with the symbolism inherent in both man-made objects and natural elementsimbue your work with a touch of fantasy and recapture the magic you remember from childhoodmove beyond traditional 2-dimensional painting into a 3-D reconstructionand much, much moreOnce you've built up a repertoire of skills, you'll be able to turn any idea into finished art by applying the techniques that best accomodate your inspiration. You'll also learn how to tap into the deepest recesses of your creative wellspring by taking risks, getting personal, and making meaningful statements with your work. No matter what your medium, no matter what your level of skill, Celebrate Your Creative Self can help make your artistic dreams a realityHardbound, 139 pages. ISBN 1581801025