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Drawing Is Magic

Discovering Yourself in a Sketchbook
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Drawing Is Magic by John Hendrix is an inspiring guide to unlocking your unique artistic voice. Designed for both aspiring and advanced artists, it offers offbeat exercises that transform sketchbooks from intimidating blank slates into creative playgrounds. Hendrix's approachable philosophy encourages readers to embrace imperfection and become daring in their art-making process.
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for aspiring and professional artists seeking creative inspiration, as well as art educators looking for fresh methods to encourage student experimentation.

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An interactive fill-in book of clever exercises that encourages readers/sketchers/doodlers to explore their unique visual voices.

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A sketchbook is an essential tool for the growth of any aspiring artist, but its blank pages can be daunting to even the most motivated. Obsessed with perfection, many wind up treating their sketchbooks more like portfolios than playgrounds.

In Drawing Is Magic, author John Hendrix teaches aspiring and advanced artists to find their unique visual voices and become creative daredevils. Through his freeing, offbeat exercises, drawers learn a sophisticated philosophy of creative thinkingβ€”in a way that is totally accessible and fun.

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Praised as "like a workbook created by Willy Wonka," Hendrix’s book is celebrated for its entertaining and encouraging approach that motivates artists of all ages to start sketching immediately, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781617691379

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 March 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc

Illustration: 160 colour illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Alice Scott

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 160

About the Author

John Hendrix is an associate professor of art at Washington University in St. Louis. His illustrations have appeared in many publications, including Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Esquire, and the New York Times. He is the author of Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek and John Brown. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

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