Creative Wanderlust

Auteur

Kasia Avery is the co-founder of Everything Art, an online art education platform that offers classes in all aspects of mixed-media art and features well-known guest artists. She started Wanderlust, an online yearlong course in mixed-media art journaling, in 2016, which has attracted more than 25,000 students. Kasia has also designed stencils for The Crafter’s Workshop and stamps for The Scrapbook Diaries, and has worked with Prima Marketing Inc. as a design team member and educator. Her work has been published in Somerset Life, Somerset Apprentice, and *Art Journaling *magazines. She lives in England. To learn more, visit everything-art.com, @everthingart on YouTube, @everythingartuk and @kasiaavery on Instagram, and @EverythingArtLtd on Facebook.

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Creative Wanderlust gives readers the opportunity to explore and grow creatively through art journaling practices designed to overcome common creative obstacles.

Résumé
Bring your inner artist to life through art journaling and intuitive mixed media.
 
In Creative Wanderlust, mixed-media artist and author Kasia Avery shows you how to set up and begin an art journaling practice, and then how to fully enjoy and benefit from it with ideas and tools for moving beyond obstacles such as perfectionism, self-criticism, and finding space and time to create.
 
The founder of the Everything Art mixed-media online learning platform and the lead teacher of its yearlong mixed-media course Wanderlust, Kasia knows what artists need, having coached thousands of students over the years and listened to their struggles while helping them break through and find joy in art.
 
This stunning and informative book includes:
 

• Comprehensive information on supplies and the fundamentals for getting started in an art journaling practice.
• Sections focusing on overcoming common creative and personal issues, supported by related prompts, lessons, and projects that incorporate a diverse range of mixed-media techniques.
• Insights and inspirational artworks offering a variety of styles and ideas from well-known Wanderlust artist-teachers, including Helen Colebrook, Finnabair, Amy Maricle, and Dyan Reaveley.
• Eight sheets of printed papers to use in your art journaling and collage creations.
  Your creative journey starts here! Let Creative Wanderlust be your guide to discovering your unique artistic voice.

Contenu

Welcome to the Club!
Is This Really Art?
What Is Art Journaling
1 GET THE PARTY CRACKING
Choose Your Art Journal
Create a Supply Kit
Your Paints Are in a Relationship!
Paper: Make It Work!
Be the Color Champ
Composition-Building Made Simple
2 MINDSET IS KING
How to Work with the Prompts
Why Is Being Bad at Something a Good Thing?
Creative Rituals
Make the First Mark
3 FILL YOUR ART JOURNAL—NOW!
The Reasons to Art Journal
Finding the Time
Take Up Your Space!
Self-Care + Art Journaling
The Mindful Approach
It Turns Out I’m a Perfectionist
Are You Inspired?
How to Stop Comparing Yourself
Every Day Is a Party Day
How To Express Feelings Through Art Journaling
The Wild Beast Is Unleashed
Parting Thoughts
Creative Sparks
About the Contributors
Thanks
About Kasia
Index