So I finally did it. I finally read the book
Steal Like an Artist by
Austin Kleon. My sister gave me the nudge by giving me a copy for Christmas. If I had known it would only take me a couple of hours to read it, I would have done it sooner.
Oh -
My -
Gosh! What a
practical,
pithy read it is.
Love it!! If you've been reading my blog - you know I like
pithy reads! I figure if it takes people more than 5 minutes or so to get through one of my posts than obviously, I'm being too long winded.
Anyways, if you haven't read the book and have a creative spirit, I
highly recommend it. Kleon gives 10 pieces of advice on how to stay creative in our black and white world. The advice is practical - easy to understand and in my opinion,
dead on. Most I know - Most I follow - Most I need to be reminded of. What beginner artist doesn't??
Last year, it seemed I based my blog posts mostly on my journey on my masterclass. This year, I thought I would use Kleon's book as a framework to hold the year together. It will be fun to see how I can put his advice to use!!
So if you have 10 bucks and 2 hours go buy the book. If you don't have 10 bucks, get it out of the local library. And if you don't have 2 hours, you really do need to start making 2 hours to read every now and again.
Ohhhhhh, and yes, I did start on my latest piece. But I'm not sure I want to spill the beans quite yet. I did want to share the nine contenders (there were a lot of dogs that I didn't bother to save ) though. Once I saw them all together, I thought - wow - you could do it that way too LOL!!
I will definitely be using photoshop to do value and color studies again!
So What have you been up to creatively?
11 comments:
They are kinda cool altogether! I've heard about this book maybe 5 times so I guess I need to go get it and read it!
I know right? Jenny - I was putting together the blog post and thought - gee that would make a really nice hand applique quilt - LOL!! But since I'm trying to get up my step count instead of sitting and appliqueing I'll have to put it on the back burner for a while!
And yeah - the book was recommended over and over to me - but I never took the time to read it! I've said a lot of the things in it on the blog myself, practice a lot of them - but its nice to have it all in one cute book!
I saw the picture before I read your text and I thought that was the quilt - it would be great, but I know whatever you're going with will be good too, so can't wait to see. I've never heard of the book, but will have a look for it now.
Great quote! I hope you continue with quotes from the book - I love them. Thank you telling us about the book.
Hi!!!! I do like all of them together too!!!! Very uplifting and inspiring!!!! Thank You
Always looking for good reads. Thanks for the suggestion, Nina. Just put a hold on it a my library.
I agree it was a great little book with lots of food for thought. I also like all the blocks together.
Thanks for the recommendation.
N-M
I put this book on hold at the library because of your rave! Thanks girl
LeeAnna
Sounds like an interesting book. Photoshop is so very helpful with color and value studies. I agree.
It's a great book! You won't forget it once you've read it!
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