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    151 Uncommon and Amazing Art Studio Secrets: To Boost Your Creative Output
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    151 Uncommon and Amazing Art Studio Secrets: To Boost Your Creative Output
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    151 Uncommon and Amazing Art Studio Secrets: To Boost Your Creative Output

    By Marjorie Sarnat

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    Winner: Best Art Book, Non-Fiction, Global eBook Awards 2011
    Winner: Best Book Cover, Non-Fiction, Global eBook Awards 2011

    Discover new techniques and materialsthat you may have never thought about

    In her own artistic journey, author Marjorie Sarnat has discovered, improvised, learned, and gathered a wide array of hands-on tips, techniques, and inspirations for making art. Now she has collected them in this book, 151 Uncommon and Amazing Art Studio Secrets, and offers them for avid artists of any level. This body of knowledge is presented as quick and simple text passages organized into 12 sections. You will learn:
    • Intriguing Visual Illusions – Keep your audience wondering how they were done
    • The New Mixed Media – Unusual ways to work with acrylics, metallics, egg tempera, mixed media, and even kitchen ingredients
    • Art Materials Redefined – New ideas for incorporating rarely used natural and man-made materials in your artwork
    • Penny-Pinching Productivity – Cost-saving ways to obtain and manage your art tools and materials
    • Compelling Color and Composition – Understand their power and how to make deliberate choices to harness their emotional appeal
    There are over 60 ideas for doing artwork with creative kids, as well. Every “secret” in this book is offered in practical terms with an eye toward boosting your creative output as an artist. This collection will help you create better artwork, apply new and unusual methods and materials, and will ignite your artistic expression.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarjorie Sarnat
    Release dateJan 22, 2015
    ISBN9780983740414
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    151 Uncommon and Amazing Art Studio Secrets: To Boost Your Creative Output
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    Marjorie Sarnat

    Author and artist, Marjorie Sarnat, is co-founder and Director of Content Development of Jr Imagination, a publisher dedicated to growing the creative potential in children. Born and raised in Chicago, she is an alumna of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later enrolled in Eastern Michigan University where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Marjorie also studied art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and continued her studies with several noted painters. Early in her career Marjorie taught art to children and teens, and served as editor-in-chief of Arts & Activities, a national art education magazine. She has extensive experience designing crafts and collectibles for major manufacturers and has won awards of excellence in the industry. A recent success is her award-winning "Project Runway® Designer Dolls," an open-ended creative craft for kids that she invented, designed, and licensed to a major manufacturer. Marjorie's delightful illustrations are published in activity books for children, and as a fine art painter she has exhibited in art shows and galleries, winning numerous awards for her work. Marjorie has maintained a lifelong passion about creative thinking and the creative process. She received her Certificate of Training for "Putting Ideas into Action" from the International Center for Studies in Creativity from Buffalo State University, N.Y. She has a unique understanding of the subject academically and artistically, and by way of her experience in product development. Marjorie lives in Southern California with her husband, daughter, son, two dogs, and her extensive antique book collection.

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