I found this book while I was browsing some other books on art shelf in my local bookstore. I'm not really a mixed-media person. I just hate cleaning up art equipments after painting or drawing, to be honest. But I do love watching other artists working in this art field. Their patience in doing layers step by step always amazes me.
This book grabbed me instantly with the first spread layouts. My job mostly focuses on book design so it's kind of my habit to look at cover and text layout of each book first. Sometimes if I open a book and find something in design terms that I don't like (lousy use of fonts, bad layout design etc.) I generally put it down. This book has it all that I love, airy layout, easy to read text, gorgeous colorful photos, I especially love its chapter pages with full spreads of closed-up photos. The overall color palette just grabbed me too. The art director of this book really did a good job to present Sarah's unique character. If you go look at her website and blog, you will see how this book is really a connection.
I hadn't heard of Sarah Ahearn Bellemare before but after looking through this book, I fell in love with her work. I have seen several of mixed-media art pieces but I think I love her work best. Her paintings give out the feeling of happiness and remind me of childhood with sweet, bright and colorful world.
The book has a lot of interesting sections: Sarah's own art experiences, her creative journey, step by step working process, some mixed-media techniques (which although I don't do this art, I enjoy reading it anyway) inserted with inspiring short notes and I love the guest artists interviews!
I think you can tell how much I love this book, find it if you haven't had a copy yet :)
Wow, this is really a pretty book. I love airy too, combined with beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, just maybe, we can expect a little tiny smallish mixed media project in the future? It would be nice to see your take on it. I must say I'm struggling with it a lot (am trying to do my cat in mixed media.... huh... that's all I can say ;) ).
Well, I have a handful of mini canvases that I want to paint on. I thought of acrylic paint, I'm not good at it but I think this kind of paint is fun for me. Now that you talked about mixed-media, maybe I can incorporate some paper scraps in this mini paining? I don't know how but it seems like a good idea :D
DeleteWant to see your cat in mixed media too :D
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ReplyDeleteThank you for all your book recommendations. You are so clear about what you like and what you've gotten out of them that I'm inspired to pick up some of them and see what I get out reading/doing the work.
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