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Share Your Joy

Mixed Media Shareable Art
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Share Your Joy by Sarah J. Gardner teaches you how to craft charming mixed-media art to send to loved ones, friends, and even strangers through traditional mail. Using painted papers dubbed "art papers," you will explore collage, stencilling, found objects, watercolours, acrylics, and more to create heartfelt postcards and note cards. The book features step-by-step projects, interviews with experienced "art swappers," and creative prompts to inspire your artistic journey and spread happiness.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for creative individuals and craft enthusiasts who enjoy mixed-media art and handmade gifts. Suitable for those seeking inspiration to send personal, artistic greetings through snail mail.

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Share Your Joy embraces shareable and mixed-media art through projects, prompts, and stories that invite you to explore your creativity and have fun with art supplies.

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Learn how to create adorable mixed-media art to send to loved ones, friends, and even strangers via snail mail — then share in the happiness it brings.

Author Sarah J. Gardner has made it her mission to help others find their creativity and inspiration through mixed-media art. In Share Your Joy, she offers her idea for how to share joy via handmade postcards, note cards, and other items that can be mailed to anyone around the world and put a smile on their face. That's where Sarah gets her joy, and with the techniques and step-by-step projects in this book, she will help you find it too.

Working on papers you have painted and that can be drawn and painted over (what Sarah calls "art papers"), you will learn to use collage, stencilling, found objects, watercolour and acrylic paints, and more to create art to share with others.

Included in the book are:

  • Step-by-step projects for making shareable art
  • Interviews with "art swappers" who've sent and received art for years
  • Inspirational prompts, quotes, and affirmations to keep your creativity levels up
  • Suggestions for how to make inspirational journals and sketchbooks to work inside

Experience the fun and happiness of making shareable, mixed-media art with Share Your Joy!

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“Gardner’s projects are an art-supply lover’s dream, allowing for exploration of colour and pattern and effects.” — BookPage
The fun projects leave plenty of room for readers to add their own flourishes while exploring a variety of techniques and approaches. Crafters will be eager to share the results.Publishers Weekly

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780760383094

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing

Illustration: 250 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 544g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Sarah J. Gardner is a mother, practicing lawyer, and self-taught artist in Southern California. She works with mixed media and seeks to help others who want to explore their creativity and play with art supplies. She has taught art since 2007 and hosted art camps for her daughter and their friends, which inspired her to create art "play dates" for adults as well. Her website is juicy-s.net.

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