Painting from the Inside Out: 19 Projects and Exercises to Free Your Creative Spirit

by Betsy Dillard Stroud

Artists can sometimes feel as though they're in a creative rut. With Painting From the Inside Out, readers will use fun and inspiring exercises to break out of that rut and create exciting, innovative new paintings every time they pick up a brush! Each chapter highlights demonstrations and inspirations that will enable readers to push past boundaries and explore new ideas, including exercises for loosening up, improvisational painting, combining mediums and more. These lessons will help readers think about art in new and imaginative ways, then render such imaginings with a variety of useful techniques.

141 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Sandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love all kinds of arts and crafts. I enjoyed reading about the different techniques and layering that the artist used to create her abstract pieces. I know I will be trying some of them in my own work.

[Debra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would prefer oil