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Sketchbook Joy
How to embrace your creativity and fill your sketchbooks with colour
Series: Painting
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'A love letter to creativity. Full of inspiration, clear instructions and mindset shifts we all need for a joyful art practice.' - Marta Głowacka__________________________________________________________________________Creativity exists in everyone!Find joy in this inspiring, beautiful and uplifting art instruction book from sketchbook lover, tutor and artist Katie Moody.Art can...
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Discover your inner creative, enjoy the process, and sketchbook your way to joyful wellbeing.
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'A love letter to creativity. Full of inspiration, clear instructions and mindset shifts we all need for a joyful art practice.' - Marta Głowacka
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Creativity exists in everyone!Find joy in this inspiring, beautiful and uplifting art instruction book from sketchbook lover, tutor and artist Katie Moody.Art can be accessible, so much fun and positive for your mental health, mindfulness, and memory. Kickstart your creative journey with this exciting guide to developing your art skills every day through your sketchbook.
Even if you are brand new to art, Sketchbook Joy's aspirational prompts will encourage you to unlock your creativity and fill your very own gorgeous sketchbook to cherish.Learn how to paint through the accessible medium of fun gouache and explore the expressive joy of mixed media by drawing in pastels and pencils.Be excited by unique examples and ideas from artist Katie Moody's stunning illustrations, and explore:Essential sketchbook supplies and how to use themBasic painting and drawing techniquesColour theorySketching things around youProjects that include botanicals, birds, rural landscapes, urban scenes, and painting from your window (or phone)Ideas and way of filling your sketchbookTips for building a creative practice and making time for it - and youDiscover your inner creative, enjoy the process, and sketchbook your way to joyful wellbeing.If you like this book, you will be interested in Painting Happiness and Painting Calm.
Series: Painting
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Painting Calm
Find inner calm and happiness in this beautiful, meditative and earthy watercolour instruction book from nature lover, teacher and artist Inga Buividavice. Art therapy and the act of painting are widely acknowledged to bring positive mental health benefits, as they help us centre ourselves, focus our intentions, and engage creatively with the world around us. This beautiful guided watercolour book...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Sketchbook Joy
'A love letter to creativity. Full of inspiration, clear instructions and mindset shifts we all need for a joyful art practice.' - Marta Głowacka__________________________________________________________________________Creativity exists in everyone!Find joy in this inspiring, beautiful and uplifting art instruction book from sketchbook lover, tutor and artist Katie Moody.Art can be accessible, so much fun and positive for your mental health, mindfulness, and memory....Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Painting Cats
Following on from the hit PAINTING HAPPINESS, quirky and super-popular Instagram artist presents a playful follow-up in her same charming, unique style - PAINTING CATS. Perfect for cat lovers and those new or experienced at watercolour art, this joyful book from art educator and cat fan Terry Runyan will teach you how to go from blob of paint to a...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Painting Landscapes
Connect to natural landscapes, find calm and appreciate beauty through the mindful medium of practical watercolour. In Painting Landscapes, beloved artist and author of Painting Calm and Wild Watercolour, Inga Buividavice, guides you on a creative journey that blends artistic practice with a deeper connection to the natural world. Watercolour landscapes are a classic and rewarding subject, and Inga's warm,...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Painting Happiness
Combat stress and anxiety and release your own inner creativity with this beautiful mindful watercolour book. In this simple and vibrant guide, hugely popular Instagram muse @TerryRunyan explores the art of watercolour through the lens of mindfulness, presenting activities and projects which you can paint along with as you allow your creative side to flourish. This watercolour guide is easy...PaperbackSold Out -
Wild Watercolour
As nature love blooms, discover the beginner basics of watercolour art techniques through painting nature's wildlife and habitats. Discover your inner artist - and emotional relationship to nature - in this striking, life-affirming project book on watercolour art from Inga Buividavice. Experience how the practical medium of painting in watercolour can connect us to inner and outer nature, and be...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781836000679
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 March 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Leaping Hare Press
Illustration: 200 colour illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 230.0mm
Weight: 500g
Pages: 160
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About the Author
Katie is a mixed media artist living on the south coast of England and is hugely inspired by nature! She teaches and shares her art on YouTube, Patreon and Instagram, encouraging more people to pick up their sketchbooks, find their creative joy and get painting. She has worked with Derwent, Windsor & Newton, and the Tate, and has a successful Etsy shop. Katie is an advocate that creativity is for everyone!
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Instagram: @instagram.com/katie_moody
Patreon: www.patreon.com/katiemoody
Website: www.katiemoody.co.uk
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