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| | Description | Carla Sonheim is an artist and creativity workshop instructor known for her fun and innovative projects and techniques designed to help adult students recover a more spontaneous, playful approach to creating. Her innovative ideas are now collected and elaborated on in this unique volume. Carla offers a year's worth of assignments, projects, ideas, and techniques that will introduce more creativity and nonsense into your art and life. Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists offers readers a fun way to learn and gain expertise in drawing through experimentation and play. There is no right or wrong result, yet, the readers gain new skills and confidence, allowing them to take their work to a new level.
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Carla Sonheim | | Paperback: | 144 pages | | Publisher: | Quarry Books | | Publication Date: | July 01, 2010 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1592536131 | | Product Length: | 8.68 inches | | Product Width: | 8.7 inches | | Product Height: | 0.57 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.06 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.7 inches | | Package Width: | 8.5 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 70 reviews |
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91 of 92 found the following review helpful:
"If I can't draw, I can't be an artist" Jun 26, 2010
By Marme
"Reader and Listener"
I've never considered myself an "artist", because I've never been able to "draw". That belief has colored my artistic expression for decades. Lately, the pull towards art has led me to some wonderful books, but THIS BOOK speaks to me. When I look through the activities, I know I can do them, and I know they are non-fail projects. There is so much fun and whimsy built in, that creating will be a joy. I stumbled on this book by accident, and what a happy accident it has turned out to be. If blank pages intimidate you, Carla has solutions to inspire.
72 of 76 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic book for young and old Jun 23, 2010
By Sharilyn Miller
I love this book! It just arrived today so I haven't had time to try any of the exercises yet, but I've read it through and I'm looking forward to experimenting with the techniques and creative ideas provided by the author. For many artists, drawing can seem intimidating. I myself have less than fond memories of the drawing courses I took in college and later in art school. But this book is very different from the traditional studio approach to drawing--thankfully!
The exercises and prompts in this text are perfect for kids of all ages as well as for playful adults looking for ways to add an original element to their artwork. One of my favorites is the "Imaginary Creatures" assignment, which begins with random paint splashes and encourages creative thinking as you look for "creatures" in the paint, which you then draw with an ink pen in a sketchy manner. It's pretty cool, and definitely original!
If people and portraits are your thing, the author provides several exercises that will spark creative approaches to portraiture and life drawing. Out of the seven units in the book, my favorite is called Inspired by Famous Artists. Various assignments in this section encourage you to really learn from the masters by not only copying their work but adding a special twist of your own. One example is to try creating your own abstract drawings of dogs reminiscent of Picasso's cubism style; another is trying your hand at a Joan Miro abstract drawing. The author breaks down this assignment by starting you with simple hand-drawn symbols that anyone can invent (or use the author's provided symbols). Fill your page with them, and when satisfied with the design go over the penciled lines with a dark marker. Then add washes of paint, preferably in the primary colors that Miro often used in his art. And wa-la, you have your own "Miro" drawing/painting to enjoy and admire.
Speaking of painting, I really hope that the artist will follow up "Drawing Lab" with a book called "Painting Lab!" She's great with paint, and I'd love to see a fun project book on this subject from her. Someday I hope to take a workshop with Carla Sonheim (she has a stellar reputation as a workshop art instructor), but until then, this book will do very nicely. Thank you, Carla, for sharing your creative ideas and talents with us! And do please consider writing a book someday on your creative painting techniques.
Sharilyn Miller, author of Bead on a Wire
54 of 57 found the following review helpful:
inspiring and original Jun 23, 2010
By S Burton
"elementary school art teacher"
I buy a lot of art and craft books and consider it worth the money if I get an idea or two from a book. This book is absolutely inspiring from start to finish! I love each and every of the 52 drawing exercises and can't wait to try them out. I appreciate the creative twists to the old standby drawing exercises and found lots of new ways to approach drawing. This wonderful little book is exceptionally well done and perfect for young artists and artists young at heart.
20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Love Carla, love this book! Aug 02, 2010
By J. Holmberg
I took a class taught by Carla Sonheim in 2007. I LOVED the class as she gives great instruction, pushes you to just try techniques, keeps things moving and yet does so in a relaxed, calm manner. I think I finished 50 drawings in less than 3 hours. I bought this book after looking at it because it included some of the same exercises we had done in class (my favorite ones!) and many more labs that are easy to follow. Whether you have 5 minutes or 5 hours on any given day, there's an exercise in this book that will encourage you to discover your inner drawing talent!
19 of 19 found the following review helpful:
This book meets you where you are.. Jul 07, 2010
By Natasha
I have countless drawing books, all of which have remained unused after the first chapter....but not this one. I love it. The exercises are fun and are tailored that you do them as you want to do them. It is all about you. It gives a list of materials that the author uses, but this is not a must have list...it is reinforced over and over that you do what you want, with what you like. The book is about providing inspiration for when you face that blank white page and freak out, or worse, remain as blank as the page. This is the book you want when that happens.
Don't be fooled that you won't learn technique however...the book is not only full of inspiration, but technique as well. Drawing instruction meeting you where you are now. Making this process easy and fun and giving you confidence to keep drawing. There are exercises that I am going to do with my children as well, so it really caters for all levels. I can't recommend it highly enough. The pictures re delightful, and there are artist profiles which offer great advise and tips as well as background about their work. I feel less scared just looking through the book, and I am off to do the first exercise now...
I have only one regret, that I did not know I could purchase it from Carla herself, as people that do get a special bonus, and I love that elephant drawing!
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