True Vision: Authentic Art Journaling
by: L.K. Ludwig
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Featuring the artwork of over 25 leading artists with name recognition
As art journaling grows in popularity (even attracting a new breed of scrapbookers who call themselves "life artists"), there is a movement afoot toward creating more authentic, personal, what some people call "raw" journals. These journals are filled with not just attractive, well-composed pages, but pages that are filled with personal, meaningful content.
True Visions is focused on ways to bring authenticity and meaning into one's art journaling. The book will examine themes and topics common to all while offering activities and exercises to create rich meaningful content.Each chapter will highlight familiar subject areas such as life events, spirituality, childhood, and even an artist's favorite writings. Within each topic, readers are given guided activities and exercises for developing content, provided one or two artistic techniques, and are shown inspiring examples of work by a variety of talented art journal artists.
As art journaling grows in popularity (even attracting a new breed of scrapbookers who call themselves "life artists"), there is a movement afoot toward creating more authentic, personal, what some people call "raw" journals. These journals are filled with not just attractive, well-composed pages, but pages that are filled with personal, meaningful content.
True Visions is focused on ways to bring authenticity and meaning into one's art journaling. The book will examine themes and topics common to all while offering activities and exercises to create rich meaningful content.Each chapter will highlight familiar subject areas such as life events, spirituality, childhood, and even an artist's favorite writings. Within each topic, readers are given guided activities and exercises for developing content, provided one or two artistic techniques, and are shown inspiring examples of work by a variety of talented art journal artists.
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Customer Reviews
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- How to get to your inner voice and speak visually from it
This book really addresses speaking from your authentic self, which is how you get to a unique expression in your art journaling. She is a great teacherr.
Rating: - one of the best
Art journaling has become quite popular in the past 5+ years, as an outgrowth of DIY art activities in general - making your own greeting cards, altered books, scarpbooking, collage, ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). This is one of many books on this subject and one of the best. It hasjust enough discussion, suggestions and how to's to make it useful for people at any level. The important thing about making an artful journal is that it is for you and your self expression, not for commercial purposes, ... Read More
Rating: - awesome
I highly recommend this book.It is packed with loads of interesting material to inspire any budding artist.It has some amazing wonderful work from artists and is full of information and techniques for you to try out.The book also has interesting ideas and prompts written down on the right hand side of each page spread.A well set out book easy to read and awesome pictures of artwork.
Rating: - Open ended inspiration
True Vision is an excellent resource for journal artists. The open-ended prompts and ideas are geared toward more experienced art journalers. The book is well organized with interviews with some of the artists: thoughtful questions and answers.
A great addition to your library if you love journaling.
Rating: - Sharpen your art-journaling tools and get crackin'
Maybe it's because my copy is from the second printing, but I didn't find the glaring editing mistakes another reviewer was appalled to find. I noticed a typo or two but that was the extent.
True Vision packs a hefty punch. It will appeal to a mixed audience. There are basic and innovative prompts (on every other page) geared to those just discovering the world of art journaling, or making a leap from traditional scrapbooking to a deeper and/or more complex style. The written material is excellent. ... Read More
- How to get to your inner voice and speak visually from itThis book really addresses speaking from your authentic self, which is how you get to a unique expression in your art journaling. She is a great teacherr.
- one of the bestArt journaling has become quite popular in the past 5+ years, as an outgrowth of DIY art activities in general - making your own greeting cards, altered books, scarpbooking, collage, ATCs (Artist Trading Cards). This is one of many books on this subject and one of the best. It hasjust enough discussion, suggestions and how to's to make it useful for people at any level. The important thing about making an artful journal is that it is for you and your self expression, not for commercial purposes, ... Read More
- awesomeI highly recommend this book.It is packed with loads of interesting material to inspire any budding artist.It has some amazing wonderful work from artists and is full of information and techniques for you to try out.The book also has interesting ideas and prompts written down on the right hand side of each page spread.A well set out book easy to read and awesome pictures of artwork.
- Open ended inspirationTrue Vision is an excellent resource for journal artists. The open-ended prompts and ideas are geared toward more experienced art journalers. The book is well organized with interviews with some of the artists: thoughtful questions and answers.
A great addition to your library if you love journaling.
- Sharpen your art-journaling tools and get crackin'Maybe it's because my copy is from the second printing, but I didn't find the glaring editing mistakes another reviewer was appalled to find. I noticed a typo or two but that was the extent.
True Vision packs a hefty punch. It will appeal to a mixed audience. There are basic and innovative prompts (on every other page) geared to those just discovering the world of art journaling, or making a leap from traditional scrapbooking to a deeper and/or more complex style. The written material is excellent. ... Read More
