Creative Freedom: 52 Art Ideas, Projects and Exercises to Overcome Your Creativity Block

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Cover; Title Page; Contents; Introduction: Breaking Out of Your Block to Move Forward; 1 Acrylic -- Catherine Anderson: Apply Color Intuitively With a Paper Towel; 2 Acrylic -- Catherine Anderson: Experiment With Unfamiliar Colors; 3 Pastel -- Stephanie Birdsall: Paint Quick Sketches for Fresh Ideas; 4 Pastel -- Stephanie Birdsall: Explore Color in a Series of Paintings; 5 Acrylic -- Marcia Burtt: Skip the Planning Process; 6 Acrylic -- Marcia Burtt: Paint Without Stopping to Critique; 7 Pastel -- Bill Canright: Paint With the Other Hand; 8 Pastel -- Bill Canright: Tackle a Difficult Subject.;Paint outside the lines! Jumpstart your creativity and inject new life into your art. Struggling to get started? Paralyzed by the fear of failure? Find yourself falling back on the same colors again and again? Just plain stuck? It happens to every artist sooner or later. What can you do to get unstuck quickly and painlessly? Creative Freedom presents 52 strategies for getting out of ruts and venturing beyond your comfort zone, courtesy of 25 artists who have been there, done that. Each approach is illustrated with a step-by-step painting demonstration. Together.