Unlock Your Creative Potential: A Comprehensive Guide to Unleashing Your Artistic Voice

Unlock Your Creative Potential with Lisa Congdon's Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic. This art book for artists is the perfect combination of creative self-help and inspiration. With Chronicle Books' giftable, value-for-money binding and page quality, it's easy to read and provides the best Business of Art Reference Books. Get ready to explore your artistic voice and work your creative magic!

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Unlock the power of your creative potential with Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide. This comprehensive art book provides a wealth of knowledge and insight into the world of visual art, allowing you to explore and express your unique vision. With step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations, you'll learn how to create stunning works of art and find your artistic voice. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this book will help you develop your skills and bring your creative vision to life.
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Details of Unlock Your Creative Potential: A Comprehensive Guide to Unleashing Your Artistic Voice

  • Language ‏ ‎: English
  • ISBN-13 ‏ ‎: 978-1452168869
  • ISBN-10 ‏ ‎: 1452168865
  • Paperback ‏ ‎: 128 pages
  • Publisher ‏ ‎: Chronicle Books; Illustrated edition
  • Best Sellers Rank: #10 in Business of Art Reference#52 in Popular Psychology Creativity & Genius#161 in Creativity
  • Dimensions ‏ ‎: 6.05 x 0.75 x 7.95 inches
  • Customer Reviews: 4.7/5 stars of 1,258 ratings
  • Item Weight ‏ ‎: 2.31 pounds
  • Popular Psychology Creativity & Genius: Popular Psychology Creativity & Genius
  • Creativity (Books): Creativity
  • Business of Art Reference: Business of Art Reference

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M. T. CrenshawM. T. Crenshaw: This is a very enjoyable, simple to read, sound book with advice for artists, from beginners to emerging, on how to develop our artistic voice. It delves into what an artistic voice is, why is important having one, how to find it, and the struggles on how to get there. The book inserts ten interviews with renowned professional artists (mostly illustrators and mostly women) in with the author poses these and other questions to them, and discusses the creative process in general. The artists interviewed are: 1/ Sean Qualls & Selina Alko. 2/ Andrea Pippins. 3/ Fin Lee. 4/ Kindah Khalidy. 5/Andy J Miller. 6/ Daniele Krysa. 7/ Kate Bingaman-Burt. 8/ Libby Black. 9/ Ayumi Horie. 10/ Martha Rich. My fav interview was, Kate Bingaman-Burt's. Congdon's delightful humorous illustrations spread throughout the book. I really love her style.

Our artistic voice is the art that we make when we listen to our inner truth and convey it to the world in specific ways. Our artistic voice is made of "all of the characteristics that make your artwork distinct from the artwork of other artists, like how you use colors or symbols, how you apply lines and patterns, your subject matter choices,...

United States on Sep 19, 2022

Johannesrtr: Jeder der in dem Bereich arbeitet oder arbeiten möchte, dem kann ich dieses wertvolle Buch wärmstens empfehlen. Ein Leuchtpunkt am Horizont und ein Quell der Inspiration.
Hier sollte man nicht zaghaft sein sondern bestellen :-).

Germany on Sep 07, 2022

Georgehdz: Excelente libro, totalmente recomendable para artistas de todos los niveles. Muy claro, preciso, práctico y auténtico. Me encantaron las entrevistas y el contenido muy valioso.

Mexico on Apr 03, 2022

William Mur: Sou professor de desenho e cito muito as ideias que encontrei neste livro. Ajuda demais os desenhistas e artistas gráficos iniciantes, ou já experientes, que quiserem repensar sua marca, sua voz. Super didático e super organizado. INDICO demais.

Li a versão digital. Achei ótima.

Brazil on Nov 07, 2021

Regina M. McCormick: I bought this book signed at a conference after hearing a presentation from the author. Then I participated in a virtual book club with conference members to go through it a chapter each week and apply it to life. Really a great lifelong handbook even if you are a thriving, successful artist or someone who’s not sure if you can call yourself an artist.

United States on Jul 30, 2021

siobhanl: I really enjoyed reading this book, and it’s one which I will keep referring back too. Lots of practical tips and great advice. Highly recommend!

United Kingdom on Jul 09, 2021

Amazon Customer: Only on chapter two but love it so far! Great illustrations throughout.

Canada on Jun 26, 2020

Amazon Customer: This book is a necessity for every artist. It was such an easy read because it felt like a conversation. Lisa’s book is not only inspiring but transformative as it highlights and tackles a problem that most creatives face - the act of finding your artistic voice/style. We often see famous artist and we forget that they were once amateurs (literally a paraphrased quote from the book). Famous creatives found their voice and it all came from conscious and intentional practice.
I gave this book five stars because it’s just pure gold. The illustrations and the messaging were so good. You just have to read it to get the full picture.

United States on May 07, 2020

laura hannegan: I agree with the reviews that say the text is too small and light gray, but buy a pair of reading glasses from the dollar store (like I did) and get over it, because this book is worth it!
I went to art college 20 years ago but felt frustrated with the department I was in, and was working full-time to afford it and eventually I burned out and dropped out. I've always regretted it. Now that I am an old lady, I am getting back into making art. I want to do it full time and make money at it and I have been researching how people do that. I never found my "artistic voice" and I stress out about that. This book is full of brilliant insight from professional artists who have been there. I book marked all the pages I want to re-read and there are about 50. There is a quote from an artist in here that completely changed my life. I'm paraphrasing, but he said, "Your artistic voice is the swag bag you get for attending the (art) party, not the ID badge you need to get in the door." In other words, show up every day and make art and your artistic voice will be your reward. I love that! This book is full of the wisdom needed to get from aspiring artist to professional artist. I highly...

United States on Jan 01, 2020

Avid reader: I am not a professional artist and do not aspire to be one but I have made my own artwork off and on over the years and was an art education major as an undergraduate. I had never thought about my own voice and was interested in discovering what was possible if I challenged myself. I found many helpful suggestions and ideas in this book—some thoughts to ponder for sure. I also liked the interviews the author conducted with a number of working artists to allow more than one perspective. The section on how to manage influences from other artists without falling into imitation was especially useful. I would recommend this—the author met my expectations.

United States on Sep 08, 2019



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Language ‏ ‎ English
ISBN-13 ‏ ‎ 978-1452168869
ISBN-10 ‏ ‎ 1452168865
Paperback ‏ ‎ 128 pages
Publisher ‏ ‎ Chronicle Books; Illustrated edition
Best Sellers Rank #10 in Business of Art Reference#52 in Popular Psychology Creativity & Genius#161 in Creativity #21 in Professional Photography #58 in Business of Art Reference #16,830 in Reference #18 in Hospitality, Travel & Tourism
Dimensions ‏ ‎ 6.05 x 0.75 x 7.95 inches
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Item Weight ‏ ‎ 2.31 pounds
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