Product Description

In this follow-up to Celebrate Your Creative Self, Mary Todd Beam demonstrates how to take your creativity to the next level by further exploring ways to use color, design, metaphors and symbols to bring that creative edge to your work. New techniques focus on expressing life experiences and recording the world around you in addition to insights of artistic expression from Beam and a host of contributing artists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49973 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 144 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781600611117
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Mary Todd Beam, painter, instructor, juror and lecturer, is a member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, Ohio Watercolor Society and others. In addition to her book, Celebrate Your Creative Self, her work has appeared in many publications. She maintains a studio in Ohio, as well as one in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.

Customer Reviews

Creative inspiration
I have many shelves full of art books, mostly "how to" sorts of books on various painting techniques. Never have I read one cover to cover as I did with this book. Not only did I read it once, but I bought many of the recommended supplies and I read parts again as I experimented with the many techniques described. It's been great fun to have Mary as my guide through several experiments so far (more to come). Some I'd call successful; others beg to be covered up and tried again. I'd recommend this book for anyone stuck in a not-so-creative rut.

Second Book not as good as first
This book was somewhat disappointing my first time through it. Better the second time around. I own Mary's first book: Celebrate your Creative Self which I heartily recommend. It is great for instructors and students alike. This one has the same binder format (which is valuable)as the first but doesn't contain as many useable ideas or demos. It has lots of "fillers" i.e. poetry, quotations, other artists work. It would be helpful if there were explanations of the materials/techniques these other artists used and/or a step by step approach to how their art was accomplished.

If you don't already own Celebrating Your Creative Self, buy it instead. Then consider this one.

Jump-starting Creativity
The Creative Edge: Exercises to Celebrate Your Creative Self
In this book Mary Todd Beam picks up where she left off in her first book "Celebrate Your Creative Self."
At one time or another every artist runs into a block or comes to a standstill in their creativity. Using this new book you can become "unstuck" and at the same time explore new approaches to once again becoming the artist you are and have been and want to be.
The new exercises presented in this book give you more opportunities to explore your artist within and have fun doing it.
Beginning and experienced artists will find a lot of exercises that will be springboards to new creativity. I'd recommend the book to all artists who want to become the artist they'd like to be. Mary Todd Beam shows the way with the exercises in this book