Water Paper Paint: Exploring Creativity with Watercolor and Mixed Media
Water Paper Paint: Exploring Creativity with Watercolor and MixedMedia. Quarry: Quayside. 2011. 156p. illus. ISBN 9781592536559. pap.$22.99. ART INSTRUCTIONStudio artist Smith Jones presents a new kind of art how-to book, inwhich she tackles many of the intangibles of the creative process butfrom a practical point of view. She is not constrained by any onemedium, and she encourages readers to stretch beyond their boundaries.Various drawing, watercolor, and collage materials, as well asdifferent methods, subject matters, and ways to display completedwork, are discussed. This book will appeal to artists who want torekindle their creative spirit, and it could inspire hobbyists andscrapbookers to take a next step. -Library Journal, February 2011