Is one of your New Year resolutions to be more creative? Then check out Your Year in Art: A project for every week of the year to overcome blank-page anxiety and inspire creative exploration by Chelsea Ward. Gather your supplies (a multimedia sketchbook, pencils, pens, coloring implements, etc.) and start drawing. Just follow the prompts. Every week you get a new lesson and assignment including ideas, inspiration and encouragement, all designed to help you develop a routine of drawing. How much time you devote is up to you, five minutes a day, half-hour a week or more. What a fun way to get better at drawing! See below for the table of contents, author's recommended tools and materials, and a sample exercise layout. Walter Foster Publishing released this 112 page paperback on November 27, 2018. Get your copy below!
Contents
Chapter 1: Basics
Week 1: Art-solutions
Week 2: Empowering Words
Week 3: Shape-finding
Week 4: Mark-making
Week 5: Ink Wash
Week 6: Points of View
Week 7: Contour Drawing
Week 8: Color Theory
Chapter 2: Loosening Up
Week 9: Mindful Doodles
Week 10: Draw Your Tools
Week 11: Primary Color Challenge
Week 12: Eraser-free Drawing
Week 13: Line Drawing
Week 14: Opposite Hand
Week 15: Illustrated Recipe
Week 16: Mandalas
Week 17: Living Letters
Week 18: Pattern Search
Week 19: Zendoodles
Chapter 3: Branching Out
Week 20: Lists of Lists
Week 21: Baker's Dozen
Week 22: Drawings by Color
Week 23: Draw in Public
Week 24: Scapes
Week 25: Sky Study
Week 26: Sketch Crawl
Week 27: Map-making
Week 28: House Portrait
Week 29: Collect a Rainbow
Week 30: Botanical Study
Week 31: Windows
Chapter 4: Getting Personal
Week 32: Artist's Block Solutions Flowchart
Week 33: Self-portrait Collage
Week 34: Your Day in Doodles
Week 35: Hand Study
Week 36: X-ray Vision
Week 37: Figure Study
Week 38: Illustrated Quote
Week 39: Self-portrait
Week 40: Coordinates
Week 41: Bucket List
Chapter 5: Keeping at It
Week 42: Timed Drawing
Week 43: Daily Challenge
Week 44: Bird's Eye View
Week 45: Drawing Still Life
Week 46: Rorschach
Week 47: Travel Postcards
Week 48: Where You Stand
Week 49: Micro & Macro
Week 50: Elapsed Time Study
Week 51: Block Busters
Week 52: Art It Forward
Meet the Author
Author's recommended tools and materials.
Sample week.
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