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Mindful Sketching

A Drawing Book for Adults
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Mindful Sketching by Peggy Dean offers a unique blend of mindfulness practice and drawing instruction. This guide encourages readers to slow down, embrace imperfection, and connect with their creativity through sketching. Featuring step-by-step exercises, easy techniques, and advice on materials, it helps both beginners and experienced artists develop a relaxing and rewarding visual mindfulness practice.
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This book is ideal for anyone interested in combining mindfulness with art, including beginners seeking guidance and seasoned artists looking to reconnect with their creative side.

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Mindful Sketching

"Mindful Sketching brings together the playfulness of an adult coloring book with the wellness mindset of a self-help title and the step-by-step how-to instructions of an art book. Incorporating self-discovery questions and mindful intentions, Peggy leads readers through the basics of why and how to begin mindful sketching"--

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Develop a visual mindfulness practice and enjoy the mental health benefits of mindful drawing!

Embrace imperfection and express your own unique creativity by learning how to stay in the moment as you draw with this how-to guide to mindful sketching.

Slow down, connect with your artistic side, and unleash your innate creativity with this unique guide that's one part mindfulness practice and one part drawing instruction.

Dean's joyful approach to embracing imperfections throughout the process is a breath of fresh air... Thanks to her inclusive style, beginners and pros alike can feel confident in their creativity. -Brit + Co

Let beloved art teacher Peggy Dean (IG - @thepigeonletters) show you how powerful it is to create something! Discover the pleasure of expressing yourself through sketching—even if you think you can't draw.

Peggy's got tips on the materials you'll need, easy techniques you can use right away, and methods for approaching any subject or location. She offers step-by-step exercises to help you relax into the drawing process and gives you ways to tackle tricky beginner problems like "what should I sketch?"

Learn how to stay with the small moments as you work, draw what you see around you, and embrace the results.

Grab your sketchbook and experience how relaxing, rewarding, and life-changing a drawing practice can be.

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Reviewers praise Peggy Dean’s joyful and inclusive approach to drawing. Brit + Co highlights her encouragement of embracing imperfections, making art accessible and confidence-boosting for all skill levels. Skillshare commends her skill in breaking down complex illustrations into simple shapes, inspiring creativity in every reader.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781632174192

Publisher: Blue Star Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 May 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Sasquatch Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 510g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Peggy Dean is a best-selling author, award-winning educator, and founder of the popular educational platform The Pigeon Letters. Peggy's books include The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide, Botanical Line Drawing, and Peggy Dean's Guide to Nature Drawing & Watercolor. Her work has been nationally recognized in worldwide publications. She maintains a popular instructional social media platform to inspire people to create. Peggy lives and works in Portland, Oregon and travels the world for speaking engagements and hands-on workshops.

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