July 29, 2022

Creative Art Books for Beginners and Giveaway

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Finding time to explore and use our creative outlets can be challenging. Books that inspire us to get creative in very less time are useful during these times. We like the 15-Minute Painting: Effortless Watercolour and 15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started series that help us complete projects in one sitting and feel accomplished. These books are easy to follow as the instructions are written in a simple approachable way, and it has step-by-step projects that are easy and fun to follow and complete in 15 minutes. Since both books, give a quick overview of the basics tools and materials, it would be useful for beginners.
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Effortless Watercolour demonstrates how to use just a few brushstrokes to create lively works of art in a simple, modern style. 15-Minute Painting: Effortless Watercolour by Angela Moulton uses large brushstrokes and minimal, colourful palettes to help beginner artists create light, carefree paintings in practically no time at all. After the quick overview of the basic tools and materials, including papers, brushes, and paints, and a brief introduction to choosing and mixing colours there are instructions to painting flowers, birds, still life, animals, figures, and everyday objects that can be done in 15 minutes.
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15-Minute Drawing: Getting Started by Erin McManness explores the basics of drawing with graphite pencil. It shows how to hold a pencil and varying pressure to practicing basic strokes and techniques, including hatching, crosshatching, stippling, creating texture, blending, and more. Prompts and open spaces in the book invite us to practice skills directly in the book. The books gives information about drawing techniques, letter techniques, creating a beautiful layout, leaves and flowers, city buildings, animals and insects, and everyday life. This is a good book to develop drawing skills and style, while having  fun.
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Watercolour Painting at Home by Bley Hack is another fun watercolour book with easy to follow projects inspired by the comforts of home. This book will help us get inspired to paint just by looking around and seeing familiar things in a new way for painting from the couch, front porch, backyard, and more. Painting our favourite things will make our home look more beautiful, and it will help us appreciate where we live and what we have. This book has ideas on how we can paint and it also shows how we can use the projects we paint to create crafts such as decorations for the home and more.
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Giveaway:
If you live in Canada or USA and would like to win a copy of 
15-Minute Painting and 15-Minute Drawing books use the giveaway tool below and enter the giveaway by September 2nd. Please leave comments and follow my social media networks to be eligible to win.
Update: The winner is Kam
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15 comments:

  1. I would love to win this for my mom. She is very experienced with acrylic painting but very new to watercolor. She finds it intimidating but really wants to start. This book would really help her begin her watercolor painting journey.

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  2. I'd love to win, so that I can further my interest in painting.

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  3. This would be great to have always looking for new things to try.

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  4. I am experimenting with water colours and would love to use this book to teach myself and my granddaughters!

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  5. I have been experimenting with water colours and would love to use this book to teach myself and my granddaughters

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  6. I would enjoy winning it for my granddaughter who loves art and would be inspired by it to try new techniques.

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  7. Would be great to have

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  8. I would love to win these books for my wife as she just started taking up drawing and is really into it!

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  9. I'd love to win this for my wife as she recently took up drawing and is really into it!

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  10. I would love to learn watercolor.

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  11. I would love to learn watercolor.

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  12. I would like to try my hand out at drawing and painting, now that I have time on my hands. Thanks for sponsoring this giveaway and for a chance to win.

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  13. I would like to find some creativity in my life. These books look like a good way to do that.

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  14. I water color but I'm not good at it so this would help

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  15. I'd like to win to share with my teen.

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