Pam Carriker’s new book, Creating Art at the Speed of Life: 30 Days of Mixed-media Exploration is a delight!
It is filled with easy to understand lessons
with step-by-step guidelines on how to do fun journaling ideas such as create a
journal page of random shapes, making layers of textures and colors, and how to
make the page cohesive with monochromatic colors. I love how she introduces and explores the elements of design with a series of exercises and the completes the lesson with a worksheet to help you evaluate your work to make it more successful and satisfying.
As I sat down to look through Pam’s book, I could hardly sit still to read it as I wanted to jump up and do each and every activity that was presented in this colorful and lesson-filled book!
I especially loved the chapter entitled, Trompe l’oeil -
fool the eye. Pam teaches us how to take
a photo and change its settings to “fool the eye” using shading. I cannot wait to try this in watercolor art
journal!
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