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Need high-energy inspiration when your life gets crazy and your art keeps getting pushed to the back burner? Offering terrific mixed-media art projects, as well as tips for getting organized and inspired, Art at the Speed of Life is a treasure chest of ideas for the artist whose creative goals sometimes get stymied by the frantic pace of modern life. Author and mixed-media artist Pam Carriker proves that art and life can coexist peacefully, productively, and happily. Making things every day can be a joyful reality instead of just wishful thinking. Each chapter in Art at the Speed of Life includes both essays and project ideas from a variety of contributors, including Suzi Blu, Lisa Bebi, Christy Hydeck, Paulette Insall, Cate Calacous Prato. The projects are inspiring, yet easy to complete on a tight schedule, and include techniques such as assemblage, image transfer, and collage. A bonus seven-day journal project helps you track your work as you go. With a unique combination of time management tips and advice, inspiring essays, and projects designed to fit into busy schedules, Art at the Speed of Life will help you live your dream of making art every day.
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Year: 2,011
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Pages: 144
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Pages In File: 145
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Language: English
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Identifier: 1596682612,9781596682610
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Toc: Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 4 Introduction......Page 7 CHAPTER 1 I Want to Be an Artist When I Grow Up!......Page 9 The Multiple-Projects Rule......Page 12 Staying Young at Art......Page 13 Inspiration at Every Turn......Page 14 Redefining the Blank Canvas......Page 16 Becoming an Artist as a Second Career......Page 19 A Change of Art......Page 20 Speed of Life Project: Creating Multiple Backgrounds......Page 22 Ten-Minute Journal......Page 25 Seven-Day Journal Day 1: Getting Started......Page 27 CHAPTER 2 So Many Supplies So Little Time......Page 29 Pyramid Scheming......Page 31 Keeping Art Affordable......Page 32 Artist Attention Diversion Disorder......Page 33 Living Artfully......Page 36 Heartfelt Collage......Page 38 Reining in the Stash......Page 42 Speed of Life Project: Vintage-Look Photo Collage......Page 44 Seven-Day Journal Day 2: Image Transfer......Page 47 CHAPTER 3 Creating Cyber-Space and Setting Limits......Page 49 Go Skinny on that Latte......Page 52 Good Things Come in Small Packages......Page 53 The Joy of Blogging......Page 54 Improve Your Blog with Drive-By Posting......Page 55 Embrace Online Possibilities......Page 56 Artist Spotlight Project: Papier-Mache Dresses Collage......Page 58 Be an A+ Student in Online Workshops......Page 61 Toilette Papier-Mache......Page 64 Seven-Day Journal Day 3: Adding Texture......Page 67 CHAPTER 4 Art Therapy......Page 69 Art Attack......Page 72 Blocked? Read a Blog!......Page 74 Artist Spotlight Project: Encaustic Encounter Collage......Page 76 Deadline Dilemma: What Gives?......Page 80 Art and Healing......Page 81 Speed of Life Project: None of Your Beeswax Collage......Page 84 Seven-Day Journal Day 4: Resist Technique......Page 87 CHAPTER 5 The Working Artist......Page 89 Bringing Home the Bacon and Frying It Up in a Pan......Page 91 Make a Playdate (With Yourself)......Page 92 I'm Not Giving U