The New Creative Artist :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
This updated version of The Creative Artist breathes new life into a popular North Light classic, helping artists reach greater levels of creativity, inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Perfect for fans of the original--and anyone who wants to be more creative--this book includes:

-A fresh, eye-catching design that showcases 50 percent new material

-New instruction to address the creative challenges of today’s artist

-More than 60 fun, fabulous activities for achieving greater creativity

-Artwork in a wide variety of styles and mediums

Practical advice combined with inspiring exercises and insights from other artists make this the ultimate creativity guide!
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Customer Reviews

Beginners' Guide

2007-11-05
This is a lovely book for someone who has little experience in painting or drawing and would like to explore the scope, options and opportunities in art. Lots of nice examples and lots of basic info for helping the reader to choose the medium that he or she would like to try.

Well put together book

2007-10-04
Great book on creativity and the process of creating. I enjoyed the author's spirit and her matter of fact approach to the process We are all born with it But we have to USE it. One does have to work at it. EVERYDAY. As the Leland explains. The book is laid out wonderfully with easy to read text and great examples of many artist's work. The binder format reminds me of a sketch book format. It's easy to leave open while doing the recommended activities. The side notes are cleverly highlighted by resembling pieces of paper stapled to the pages. Throughout the entire book Leland encourages the reader/artist to participate and inneract with the short exercises she presents in the book and most of all to have fun while doing it. A must read for those who want to bring a bit of creativity and fun to their lives.

Inspiring approach to creativity

2007-06-14
The layout and simple design of this book make it a pleasure to read and follow. The exercises are an inspiration for anyone feeling insecure about their artistic ability and somewhat lacking in confidence. Nita Leland makes it all seem do-able and possible.

Help for the stagnant mind

2007-05-27
I love the format of the book and the way it approaches one topic at a time with great suggestions to get you started. Once I get started, I tend to keep moving. It's like playing and learning all in one. You learn a lot about what motivates and excites you by trying the many different techniques. I'm going to try them all from cover to cover.

The New Creative Artist

2007-05-12
This is a awesome book for the times when you need a creative jump start.It takes your mind to new places. And offers many methods of creating.

The New Creative Artist--Leland

2008-04-06
The New Creative Artist: A Guide To Developing Your Creative Spirit

Here is another WOW spiral-bound book!!! It is full of COLOR,a lifetime of ideas, activities, and opportunities to s-t-r-e-t-c-h. The coverage of the Design Element is full: Line, Shape, Value, Color, Size, Pattern, Movement, Harmony, Contrast, Rhythm, Repetition, Gradation, Balance, Dominance, Format Options, Compositional Choices, Design Strategies, and touches on when to give the rules a rest. If that isn't enough, there's lots more! I especially look forward to working through the section: The Realism-Abstraction Connection during my next artistic transition. A beautiful book!

Patricia Eastman

more of an encouraging book then and idea book

2008-02-17
This book wasn't as good as "celebrating your creative self."

It was a little wordy with inspirational messages. Not as much about technique and new ideas as I was hoping.

Definitely Creative!

2008-02-08
This book will get any creative body with a block back into their creative hobby. She gives so many great ideas, like that you should write down all the great creative ideas you think of and put them in to a jar. That way, whenever you can't think of something to get your creative juices flowing, just grab your jar and do whatever the piece of paper says!

On a sidenote: I also love that the binding is ring - so that you can fold the book flat and not worry about pages closing on you when you are trying out something new - but that it is also protected by a larger cover so the ring binder doesn't fall apart like they usually do - THANK YOU PUBLISHER!

Anyhow, great buy for any artist or artists' library - a book I will forever reference...I only wish that Leland explained more of the techniques behind rare art forms (but that would add a whole other book!).

creativity!

2008-01-07
Jam packed with useful tips. You can always count on Nita Leland for the best information.

Beth

2007-12-15
This is the best motivation and help book I've purchased in a very long time. Lets you know that you can create (and feel very good about it) what pleases "yourself". I had to get over worrying what other people thought of my work. Thank you.