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?