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Fast Freehand Fills: Vol. 3: The Natural World
Do you love zen drawing but end up using the same 20 patterns again and again? The Fast Freehand Fills series can help with that. The Natural World is book 3 in the Fast Freehand fills series and it catalogs a series of patterns, fills and motifs found in and based on natural structures. Always have a fresh fill on hand with this catalog of basic fills and patterns. The Fast Freehand Fills series provides zen expressionists with a repertoire of found and unique basic patterns that are easy to draw freehand. Woodsy mushrooms, cytoplasmic cells, tear drops and snake skins are all waiting inside this catalog of fills. Great for zen drawing, mandalas and artistic journaling.
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First published November 13, 2013
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About the author
Dawn Summerall
8 booksDawn Summerall is the author/artist of the Zen drawing series Fast Freehand Fills. She currently lives in Fargo, ND but spent most of her life split between south Florida and Tennessee. She has two children and one grandchild. Dawn attended college for several years and majored in Fine Arts with a concentration in jewelry making. But while she had a passion for drawing and art history, she did not like the way the studio classes were taught nor did she agree with putting a grade on art. Dawn thinks art is about self-expression and not technical supremacy.
Dawn left college and began creating art independently for the past 20 years. She began publicly showing her work and pursuing art professionally after her marriage broke up in 2008. Dawn often displays her Zen drawings in gallery shows with the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists group. She has also created up-cycled art for the Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity's silent charity auctions. Dawn is also a member of an international Art Charms group that creates wildly creative mixed media jewelry.
But above all else, Dawn loves to draw patterns and black lines. It is an obsession for her. Expressing her self though black line art is her greatest passion in a life of many passions. She began drawing in this style in the 1980's when she and her best friend Missy Allyn were in high school together. It started out as small doodles on notebooks and progressed to large scale tributes to whatever was important in life at the time: boyfriends, rock bands, tarot cards, etc. To Dawn, drawing is journaling and meditation through art. When she draws she is in a place of timeless awareness. Dawn feels the process of creating is more important than the finished piece.
Dawn left college and began creating art independently for the past 20 years. She began publicly showing her work and pursuing art professionally after her marriage broke up in 2008. Dawn often displays her Zen drawings in gallery shows with the Fargo Moorhead Visual Artists group. She has also created up-cycled art for the Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity's silent charity auctions. Dawn is also a member of an international Art Charms group that creates wildly creative mixed media jewelry.
But above all else, Dawn loves to draw patterns and black lines. It is an obsession for her. Expressing her self though black line art is her greatest passion in a life of many passions. She began drawing in this style in the 1980's when she and her best friend Missy Allyn were in high school together. It started out as small doodles on notebooks and progressed to large scale tributes to whatever was important in life at the time: boyfriends, rock bands, tarot cards, etc. To Dawn, drawing is journaling and meditation through art. When she draws she is in a place of timeless awareness. Dawn feels the process of creating is more important than the finished piece.
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March 30, 2019
Another excellent volume
Another great helpful book I love all three and will continue to buy any more that I find. Thank you
Another great helpful book I love all three and will continue to buy any more that I find. Thank you
March 8, 2015
Found myself
The ease of eyeing what she was saying was true synchronicity. I found out why my doodles have been in the same order since I first picked up that big yellow #2 pencil. I have always been a woods and water person-there I am in every free hand fill! What fun to find and see new opportunities for bugs too!!
The ease of eyeing what she was saying was true synchronicity. I found out why my doodles have been in the same order since I first picked up that big yellow #2 pencil. I have always been a woods and water person-there I am in every free hand fill! What fun to find and see new opportunities for bugs too!!
September 21, 2015
More, more, more!
Much too short for the money. Otherwise cute continuation of designs. Love the idea headings. Makes very easy to visualize and remember ideas.
Much too short for the money. Otherwise cute continuation of designs. Love the idea headings. Makes very easy to visualize and remember ideas.
November 9, 2016
Great zendodle inspiration
Lots of patterns and fills to keep you inspired and prevent your zendoodles from having repeating patterns. The other books in series are great as well
Lots of patterns and fills to keep you inspired and prevent your zendoodles from having repeating patterns. The other books in series are great as well
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