Steal Like an Artist - Off the Wall Friday

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?

 Now its your turn to link up!

Here are the rules:

1. Link up any post from the past week that is creatively driven, WIP, Finish Pieces, Process oriented etc - Art Quilt perferred, any media accepted
2. Somewhere in your post, please link back to my blog
3. Please visit  some of the other blogs and leave a comment or two - an encouraging word means a lot to an artist!
4. Be Inspired!

 

1. Kathleen Loomis	2. Amish Quilt Show	3. Finally Finished	4. Wil's art: greyscale
5. Quirks Ltd.	6. Notes from Norma	7. Hilary Florence	8. Linda McLaughlin: No
9. Sew Slowly	10. Quilted Fabric Art:	11. THE INSIDE STORI	12. Judy Warner –
13. Windy Hill Happening	14. Gwyned Trefethen's M	15. 54-40 or Fight Pillo	16. CHRIS'S QUILTING U
17. Transparency Present	18. Chenille Solutions	19. War Map	20. Quilted heart
21. Sylvia	22. Sherrie loves color!	23. Regina B Dunn: Do Yo	24. Quilting Solutions:
25. deborah-article	26. How now blue cow?	27. Fabricating Nature w	28. Portfolio Video
29. A busy week	30. MarginMirror

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