Dare to Create!: 35 Challenges to Boost Your Creative Practice
- Length: 192 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Rocky Nook
- Publication Date: 2021-05-11
- ISBN-10: 168198735X
- ISBN-13: 9781681987354
- Sales Rank: #829919 (See Top 100 Books)
Want to create but don’t know where to start? Need a shot of inspiration? Dare to Create! is the ultimate guide to fueling your artistic journey, from your first steps to the expression of your own style.
Overcome creative blockages with the 35 inspiring challenges in this book as engineer-turned-artist Marie Boudon guides you in developing your art. Whatever your level (beginner or advanced) and your mode of artistic expression (drawing, painting, collage, photography, etc.), this is the ultimate guide to boosting your creativity and making beautiful art!
This colorful book includes:
- Advice on how to “let go”
- Exercises to awaken your imagination and inspire
- Techniques to forge your own creative process and avoid dead ends
- Inspirational testimonies from beloved artists and creators
- And much, much more!
Cover Dedication Copyright Title Contents Introduction 1. Accepting Yourself Challenge 1 Giving yourself permission to create Challenge 2 Defining your priorities Challenge 3 Finding time Challenge 4 Building your confidence Courtney Cerruti’s story 2. Getting Ready Challenge 5 Choosing your artistic practice Challenge 6 Preparing your creative space Challenge 7 Accepting your beginner status Jordan Matter’s story Challenge 8 Defining your creative goal 3. Finding Inspiration Challenge 9 Building your idea box Challenge 10 Developing your curiosity Challenge 11 Honing your observational skills Iraville’s story Challenge 12 Creating multiple sources of inspiration Challenge 13 Brainstorming 4. Developing your Practice Challenge 14 Copying and influence Danielle Krysa’s story Challenge 15 Identifying the skills that need developing Challenge 16 Creating your own exercises Challenge 17 Focus on quantity Josie Lewis’s story Challenge 18 Establishing a routine Pacco’s story Challenge 19 Having fun Challenge 20 Evaluating your practice 5. Expressing Yourself Challenge 21 Combining ideas Deeann Rieves’s story Challenge 22 Making a research board Challenge 23 Starting over Yao Cheng’s story Challenge 24 Creating a series Challenge 25 Using constraints PV Nova’s story Challenge 26 Experimenting Challenge 27 Improvising Challenge 28 Letting things mature 6. Pushing your Limits Challenge 29 Taking risks Minnie Small’s storyl Challenge 30 Nurturing your sensitivity Challenge 31 Discovering your own style Kiana Underwood’s story Challenge 32 Creative survival kit Challenge 33 Sharing and collaborating Challenge 34 Sharing your creations online Fran Meneses’s story Challenge 35 Facing criticism Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgments About the Author
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