Overview
Develop a visual mindfulness practice-and enjoy the mental health benefits of mindful drawing! Embrace imperfection and express your own unique creativity by learning how to stay in the moment as you draw with this how-to guide to mindful sketching. Slow down, connect with your artistic side, and unleash your innate creativity with this unique guide that's one part mindfulness practice and one part drawing instruction. "" Dean's joyful approach to embracing imperfections throughout the process is a breath of fresh air... Thanks to her inclusive style, beginners and pros alike can feel confident in their creativity."" -Brit + Co Let beloved art teacher Peggy Dean (IG- @thepigeonletters) show you how powerful it is to create something! Discover the pleasure of expressing yourself through sketching-even if you think you can't draw. Peggy's got tips on the materials you'll need, easy techniques you can use right away, and methods for approaching any subject or location. She offers step-by-step exercises to help you relax into the drawing process, and gives you ways to tackle tricky beginner problems like ""what should I sketch?"" Learn how to stay with the small moments as you work, draw what you see around you, and embrace the results. Grab your sketchbook and experience how relaxing, rewarding, and life-changing a drawing practice can be.
Full Product Details
Author: Peggy Dean
Publisher: Blue Star Press
Imprint: Sasquatch Books
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.510kg
ISBN: 9781632174192
ISBN 10: 1632174197
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 17 May 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""We love Peggy's take on teaching the art of line drawing. Her joyful approach to embracing imperfections throughout the process is a breath of fresh air. From her perspective, a crooked line is your crooked line—it adds unique character to your artwork. Thanks to her inclusive style, beginners and pros alike can feel confident in their creativity."" —Brit + Co ""[Peggy Dean’s] ability to break down complex illustrations into simple shapes will have you creating pieces of artwork you didn’t know were possible. Her style inspires the artist in all of us."" —Skillshare"
We love Peggy's take on teaching the art of line drawing. Her joyful approach to embracing imperfections throughout the process is a breath of fresh air. From her perspective, a crooked line is your crooked line-it adds unique character to your artwork. Thanks to her inclusive style, beginners and pros alike can feel confident in their creativity. -Brit + Co [Peggy Dean's] ability to break down complex illustrations into simple shapes will have you creating pieces of artwork you didn't know were possible. Her style inspires the artist in all of us. -Skillshare
Author Information
Peggy Dean is a best-selling author, award-winning educator, and founder of the popular educational platform The Pigeon Letters. Peggy's books include The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide, Botanical Line Drawing, and Peggy Dean's Guide to Nature Drawing & Watercolor. Her work has been nationally recognized in worldwide publications. She maintains a popular instructional social media platform to inspire people to create. Peggy lives and works in Portland, Oregon and travels the world for speaking engagements and hands-on workshops.
