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    Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon: An Artist's Colorful Guide to Drawing on the Go!
    Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon: An Artist's Colorful Guide to Drawing on the Go!
    Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon: An Artist's Colorful Guide to Drawing on the Go!
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    Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon: An Artist's Colorful Guide to Drawing on the Go!

    By Monika Forsberg

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    This inspiring art guide helps you reconnect with your creative side and the simple pleasure of drawing with crayons.

    The joy of drawing and coloring with crayons doesn't have to leave your life just because you've entered adulthood. Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon will help you create beautiful, spontaneous artwork inspired by your surroundings, no matter where you are!

    This unique art guide is designed to get you back to basics and drawing with confidence. Professional illustrator Monika Forsberg teaches you how to work with crayon, master basic strokes and techniques, and choose the right colors for your subjects. Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon is filled with step-by-step lessons on drawing dozens of objects, like bicycles, gardens, pets, furniture . . . just about anything!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMay 1, 2017
    ISBN9781633224315
    Anywhere, Anytime Art: Crayon: An Artist's Colorful Guide to Drawing on the Go!

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      Anywhere, Anytime Art - Monika Forsberg

      INTRODUCTION

      Hi, my name is Monika! I am a London-based illustrator. Most of the work I do is on commission, which means I have an assignment. Believe it or not, when you work within a framework of restrictions, the process can be easier. You can bend and alter things within these restrictions, and sometimes you’ll come up with unique concepts. When you have no constraints, you can’t ask yourself, How do I do this? Instead, you have a sea of possibilities without much direction.

      When you have the whole world (as well as your inner make-believe world) to sketch and draw, it is easy to feel lost, discouraged, or intimidated. That is why this book is full of fun little projects with step-by-step instructions. Breaking projects into manageable chunks makes the creative process less daunting.

      Here’s how to get started: Set aside a little bit of time every day to draw. Many people find it helpful to have a routine that helps them get into the habit of drawing. Build habits around your creative process.

      If you haven’t drawn since you were young, you might be out of practice. Train for it. Draw (a lot!), and get your engine warmed up before you start making demands of yourself. Find a way to work that suits you. Once you’re rolling, you can start looking at your work with an open mind and make other goals and changes.

      Keep an art journal, and post it to a blog or on social media. By posting your work online, you will get encouragement and comments, and you will establish a timeline of your creative process and progress to look back on.

      My personal routine and drawing habits go like this: Once my two kids have gone off to school, I skip downstairs to my workspace, switch on the lights (I imagine I’m a pilot about to fly someplace exciting), open my computer, turn on an audio tape or a podcast, and I get started.

      That’s it.

      I find it hard to draw in silence or to music. My thoughts get really loud and intrusive. If I listen to a story—something completely unrelated to what I am working on—any hint of negative thoughts vanish.

      Experiment. Find what you like. Build your own habits. Change your habits when circumstances change. My main philosophy is that it is OK to think before you start drawing, and it’s OK to think once you’ve finished your drawing. But while you draw, let your hand move and your mind wander.

      I hope this book will encourage and inspire you to draw and that you’ll discover for yourself that you can draw anywhere and at any time. So, depending on what your personality is like, line up your crayons or scatter them all over the table, and let’s get started!

      TOOLS & MATERIALS

      To create the art and ideas in this book, I used water-soluble wax crayons, oil and chalky pastels, and a wide range of paper types as well as a brush, scissors, and glue. All of these are simple and portable, so you can take your art materials with you wherever you go. Here are some tips for using these approachable, accessible tools.

      WATER-SOLUBLE WAX CRAYONS

      These crayons are wonderful; they have a lovely buttery feel when drawing, and the colors remain bright and vibrant when used with water. They make for fluid and fast work, and they are water-soluble too. There are a few

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