Making art a practice
Subtitle: how to be the artist you are
By: Cat Bennett
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9781844096077
Subjects: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Technique; Art; Creative ability
Other titles: Making art a practice :
Description: Helping artists catapult into further action, this guide is a treasury of insight and inspiration. Rather than focus on art techniques that build skills or overcome creative blocks through playful activities or writing, this guide walks the artist through exercises designed to develop the personal qualities critical to being an artist in the world, such as courage, the ability to look and see, and connection to the true creative self. This is a hands-on, experiential action book designed to get the reader creating art and exploring a variety of possibilities for being an artist. According to the teachings of this handbook, engagement with art is less about end results or products and more about the self-awareness and competence that frees the artist to seek out and create work that is vital. This is a rigorous program that allows artists of any skill level to deepen their creative habits and be the best artists they can be.
Notes: "30 ways to paint a pipe" --Cover.
Table of contents: title: What is an art practice?; title: The art in art; title: Loving where we are; title: Going where we want to go; title: Getting out of the way; title: Setting up; title: Beginning rituals; title: 30 ways to paint a pipe; title: It's a journey; title: The money monkey; title: Being the artists we are.