Complete Title: Drawing for Joy: 15-Minute Daily Meditations to Cultivate Drawing Skill and Unwind with Color--365 Prompts for Aspiring Artists
Author: Stephanie Peterson Jones
Print Length: 144 pages
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Publication Date: July 1, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-63159-431-1 (Digital edition)
ISBN: 978-1-63159-295-9 (Softcover edition)
Category: Ebook
Format: EPUB
Source: https://www.amazon.com/Drawing-Joy-15-Minute-Meditations-Color-365/dp/1631592955

Description

Jump into a series of 52 week-by-week, low-stress drawing exercises with Drawing for Joy! Learning to draw can seem intimidating, but it doesn't have to be!

In Drawing for Joy, author and illustrator Stephanie Peterson Jones gives you a low-stress way to build a daily drawing practice regimen. The series of 52 week-by-week exercises are approachable and fun to do. Each week is separated into 7 separate drawing prompts, giving you a quick, 15 minute drawing project to try out each day of the week. You'll get to explore line, texture, pattern, and color at your own pace.

The book begins with basic information on the required materials for completing the exercises and essential techniques and strategies for coloring your creations. The exercises start with a focus on simple shapes such as circles, squares, and other geometric textures, then progress gradually toward creating more realistic motifs, including florals and other natural shapes, all built with line and pattern.

Give yourself the gift of creativity—take the first steps toward learning to draw. In Drawing for Joy, author and illustrator Stephanie Peterson Jones offers beginning artists a relaxing, rewarding way to build a successful daily drawing practice in just 15 minutes a day.

• You’ll go on an enlightening and enriching drawing adventure by following the seven fun, engaging prompts in each of the 52 weekly exercises.
• Start by giving yourself permission to become an artist, and learn how meditation will help you let go of negative thoughts and bring you into the present so you can enjoy making one mark at a time.
• Draw simple shapes, lines, and textures as you learn about the elements and principles of art making.
• Follow the art starts—light gray outlines that guide your drawings—as you build and strengthen your skills.
• As your art practice continues, the exercises gradually progress in complexity so that you determine how to combine shapes and use your imagination to add creative touches.

With Drawing with Joy, you’ll learn to draw with confidence, embrace your inner artist with self-acceptance and delight, and make the experience of claiming your creativity deeper and richer.

The hardest part will be limiting your artmaking to just 15 minutes a day—all that joy can be addicting!

About the Author

Stephanie Peterson Jones - is a certified K-12 art teacher who loves teaching art to children and adults. She loves to work on community art projects that encourage kindness and compassion and started Art & Kindness, LLC with her husband following Hurricane Sandy. For her, making art is a meditation and an expression of joy. Stephanie is inspired by beauty in nature, kind people, and the little visual surprises she encounters every day. When she's not making art, she's taking a hike, knitting, making pottery, and teaching (or doing) Pilates.

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