Drawing Calm
Relax, refresh, refocus with 20 drawing, painting, and collage workshops inspired by Klimt, Klee, Monet, and more
Published on 1. June 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-63159-148-8 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing Calm teaches artists and non-artists how to find an oasis of calm every day by using the work of master painters to inspire creativity.
Maybe it's the colors, or the eye-widening vistas, or maybe it's just the idea that harmony can exist on a square of canvas, but there is something in art that can calm and inspire at the same time.
In Drawing Calm, artist Susan Evenson, shows readers how to do the same. It's a book for everyone-non-artists as well as those with plenty of experience in a studio. Using restful, but dynamic works of art as a starting point, Susan Evenson teaches how to capture the light and peace of the master painting. Making use of "soft" techniques such as torn-paper collage, blended pastels, and wet-on-wet watercolor, this workshop encourages stress-free creativity.
After you learn how to set up your work space and what materials to gather, choose your soundtrack and get started with some warm-up exercises. Then, unwind with projects grouped by theme:
Delight
Quiet
Warmth
Harmony
Calm
Light
Rhythm
Put on the music that makes you happy and choose the colors that take you there too!
Maybe it's the colors, or the eye-widening vistas, or maybe it's just the idea that harmony can exist on a square of canvas, but there is something in art that can calm and inspire at the same time.
In Drawing Calm, artist Susan Evenson, shows readers how to do the same. It's a book for everyone-non-artists as well as those with plenty of experience in a studio. Using restful, but dynamic works of art as a starting point, Susan Evenson teaches how to capture the light and peace of the master painting. Making use of "soft" techniques such as torn-paper collage, blended pastels, and wet-on-wet watercolor, this workshop encourages stress-free creativity.
After you learn how to set up your work space and what materials to gather, choose your soundtrack and get started with some warm-up exercises. Then, unwind with projects grouped by theme:
Delight
Quiet
Warmth
Harmony
Calm
Light
Rhythm
Put on the music that makes you happy and choose the colors that take you there too!
Reviews / Votes
Even if you're not a great artist, you will enjoy Drawing Calm. Go ahead and be creative-it's fun. -- Healthy WomanMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
250 color photos
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-63159-148-8 (9781631591488)
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Susan Evenson
Drawing Calm
Relax, refresh, refocus with 20 drawing, painting, and collage workshops inspired by Klimt, Klee, Monet, and more
E-Book
06/2017
Quarry Books
€22.49
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Persons
Susan Evenson received her BFA in painting and drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she first developed her studio art practice. Since then, she has been exploring different drawing media, while learning about a variety of healing modalities including yoga, meditation, Traditional Chinese Medicine and various forms of bodywork. Susan has been focused on freelance illustration work for books and magazines, and is venturing into pattern design for fabrics and papers. She works from her home studio in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, where she lives with her husband, daughter and step-son.
Content
Foreword
Introduction
Getting Started: Time and Space and What You'll Need
Space and Materials
Sidebar: Creative Response
Tools and Materials to Gather
Your Soundtrack
The Fine Details
Chapter 1 : Warm Up Exercises
Exercise 1: Draw Your Grocery List
Exercise 2: Make Your Marks
Exercise 3: Tissue Paper Painting
Exercise 4: Twenty-Five Trees
Exercise 5: Dream House Doodle
Chapter 2: Delight
Project 1: Flowers, Flowers Everywhere
Project 2 Pizza Painting
Project 3: Textured Flowers
Chapter 3: Quiet
Project 1 : Glowing Landscape
Sidebar: Ilumination
Project 2 : Little Houses
Project 3 : Silent Beach
Chapter 4 : Warmth
Project 1: Butterflies
Sidebar: Concentration and Mindfulness
Project 2: Tree of Calm
Project 3: Haystack House
Chapter 5 : Harmony
Project 1: Rainbow Drops
Sidebar: Light to the Darkness
Project 2: Harmonizing on a Line
Project 3: One Cloud
Project 4: Ocean Impression
Chapter 6: Calm
Project 1: Stacks of Calm
Project 2: A Delicate Calm
Project 3: Seven Shapes
Sidebar: Communicate and Connect
Project 4: Imaginary Landscape
Chapter 7: Light
Project 1: Linear Sunset/Pink Sky
Project 2: Nighttime Treescape
Project 3: Gold Leaf Light
Sidebar: Spiritual Focus
Chapter 8: Rhythm
Project 1: Five Ribbons
Sidebar: Inner Artist/Inner Healer
Project 2: Doodle Quilt
Project 3: Polyphony
Chapter 9: Maintaining the Calm
Finding Your Visual Cues
Additional Exercises
Draw Your Walk
Catalog of Dots
Collage Your Collection
Color Palette Explore
Resources
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Index
Introduction
Getting Started: Time and Space and What You'll Need
Space and Materials
Sidebar: Creative Response
Tools and Materials to Gather
Your Soundtrack
The Fine Details
Chapter 1 : Warm Up Exercises
Exercise 1: Draw Your Grocery List
Exercise 2: Make Your Marks
Exercise 3: Tissue Paper Painting
Exercise 4: Twenty-Five Trees
Exercise 5: Dream House Doodle
Chapter 2: Delight
Project 1: Flowers, Flowers Everywhere
Project 2 Pizza Painting
Project 3: Textured Flowers
Chapter 3: Quiet
Project 1 : Glowing Landscape
Sidebar: Ilumination
Project 2 : Little Houses
Project 3 : Silent Beach
Chapter 4 : Warmth
Project 1: Butterflies
Sidebar: Concentration and Mindfulness
Project 2: Tree of Calm
Project 3: Haystack House
Chapter 5 : Harmony
Project 1: Rainbow Drops
Sidebar: Light to the Darkness
Project 2: Harmonizing on a Line
Project 3: One Cloud
Project 4: Ocean Impression
Chapter 6: Calm
Project 1: Stacks of Calm
Project 2: A Delicate Calm
Project 3: Seven Shapes
Sidebar: Communicate and Connect
Project 4: Imaginary Landscape
Chapter 7: Light
Project 1: Linear Sunset/Pink Sky
Project 2: Nighttime Treescape
Project 3: Gold Leaf Light
Sidebar: Spiritual Focus
Chapter 8: Rhythm
Project 1: Five Ribbons
Sidebar: Inner Artist/Inner Healer
Project 2: Doodle Quilt
Project 3: Polyphony
Chapter 9: Maintaining the Calm
Finding Your Visual Cues
Additional Exercises
Draw Your Walk
Catalog of Dots
Collage Your Collection
Color Palette Explore
Resources
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Index