Publishing Date: December 14, 2021
Synopsis:
Getting messy is the best part of creating! Get Messy Art gives you the freedom, inspiration, and ideas to experiment and play with art techniques and projects to create perfectly imperfect art.
We’re always told that play and experimentation is the foundation of growing as an artist. But where do you start? Where to find new techniques to try? How do you bring them all together? Get Messy Art has all the guidance, instruction, and inspiration you need. Based on the popular online class and community website Get Messy Art, this book brings together tons of creative art techniques and projects, including painting with watercolor and acrylic, mark-making, drawing with markers and pen and ink, sketching faces, and much more.
The fun doesn’t stop there. You’ll also learn how to make your own art journals and trendy junk journals—easy handmade books to work in that are personalized and one of a kind.
In Get Messy Art you’ll discover:
A welcoming environment that encourages play and experimentation, to help you become the artist you always wanted to be.
How to use no-rules, no-stress art techniques as a creative outlet to express feelings.
Actionable inspiration that will keep you going, even when motivation is scarce.
Fresh techniques that will show you innovative ways to use low-cost supplies such as paint and mediums, stencils, pens, and paper.
Easy background techniques that will get you started and banish fear of the blank page.
The satisfaction of making your own unique journals using simple methods.
Ultimately, art is all about creating for the sake of creating. It’s powerful, it’s cathartic, it’s messy—and it’s all yours. It’s time to get messy!
My Review:
This was an intriguing and inspiring selection of ideas for an art journal. The accompanying text didn’t really do anything for me — it was too vague, repetitive and “motivational” in the specific way that I find annoying. However the ideas for art spreads were inspiring and made me itch to try some of them for myself. I’ve never tried art journaling but I think I may have to give it a try to see if it gets me back into the creative flow.
I also really appreciated the materials list at the beginning of each spread. I now have a nice list of things to get at my art store and experiment with.
*Thanks to NetGalley and Quarry Books for providing an e-arc for review.
Whimsical Dragonette 