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    Art Escapes
    Art Escapes
    Art Escapes
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    Art Escapes

    By Dory Kanter

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    Inspire your creative spirit--everyday!

    Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, Art Escapes provides the ideas and encouragement you need to discover greater creativity and artistic confidence, even when you're short on time. Professional artist and instructor Dory Kanter shows you how to:

       • Experience more fun and greater confidence drawing and painting.
       • Express yourself and experiment everyday with an art journal.
       • Reinterpret daily life with simple, beautiful sketches.
       • Find painting inspiration in unexpected places.
       • Paint freely, intuitively and passionately with a simple four-step approach.
       • Create new forms of art, including watercolor mosaics, paper weavings and found object collages.


    You'll also find 13 drawing, watercolor, mixed media, and assemblage projects, plus several "page-a-day" ideas.

    With Art Escapes, you'll learn how to build an art "habit," one that brings joy with every stroke of your brush.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
    Release dateAug 10, 2003
    ISBN9781440317156
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      Book preview

      Art Escapes - Dory Kanter

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      STARLIT IRISES

      Watercolor on Arches 140-lb. (300gsm) cold-pressed paper 17 × 28 (43cm × 71cm) Collection of Ellen Rosenbaum and Richard Meeker

      Art Escapes

      Daily exercises & inspirations for discovering greater creativity & artistic confidence

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      Dory Kanter

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      NORTH LIGHT BOOKS

      CINCINNATI, OHIO

      www.artistsnetwork.com

      Art Escapes. Copyright © 2003 by Dory Kanter. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by North Light Books, an imprint of F&W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45236. (800) 289-0963. First Edition.

      Other fine North Light Books are available from your local bookstore, art supply store or direct from the publisher.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

      Kanter, Dory,

      Art Escapes : daily exercises and inspirations for discovering greater creativity and artistic confidence / Dory Kanter.— 1st ed.

          p. cm

      ISBN 1-58180-307-9 (hc. : alk. paper)

      ISBN-13: 978-1-60061-506-1 (EPUB)

      eISBN: 978-1-44031-715-6

      1. Art—Technique. 2. Notebooks. I. Title.

      Edited by James A. Markle

      Designed by Wendy Dunning

      Production art by Christine Long

      Production coordinated by Mark Griffin

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      PHOTOGRAPH BY COLLEEN CAHILL

      About the Author

      Dory Kanter earned her master’s degree from Reed College and is a noted artist in the American Northwest. A member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon since 1985, she is the recipient of many awards and juried honors. Her work is found in private and corporate collections throughout the United States and overseas. She is the illustrator of three creative educational CD-ROMs, and a children’s book, The Bear and the Blackberry. While on sabbatical with her family, she lived for a year in China and a year in Greece, and exhibited extensively while abroad. She teaches painting and journaling workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest. Dory has a well-earned reputation for being a motivating art teacher; her workshops speak to and inspire beginners as well as experienced professional artists. In 1995, she founded Art World Tours, and has conducted painting tours to Provence, Corsica, Italy, China, Greece and Turkey. Her work is shown in Portland, Oregon, at her studio and at the Portland Art Museum sales gallery. Visit her website at www.dorykanter.com.

      METRIC CONVERSION CHART

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      Self-Portrait: Discovery, Inspiration and Resilience

      A Note From the Author

      Several years ago at a painting workshop, a student asked me a thought-provoking question. She wanted to know if it was difficult for me to let go of my paintings. I told her that I love when people enjoy my paintings in their homes and offices, but my artistic journals are different. I would never let go of them. They are a personal, private legacy I like to keep close by me. I was quite surprised by the strength of my emotion as I said this! At that moment I became vividly aware that my daily artistic journals ground me, comfort me and inspire me.

      The freedom I feel in my journals reminds me of the playful way I entered the world of art. When I was eight years old, I discovered the miracle of mixing red and blue paint. The self-portrait on the left shows me making finger outlines of horses in the night sky with my newly discovered purple. Whether you’re eight or one hundred and eight, I hope the creative exercises in this book will help you to discover the joy of creating personal art, every day.

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      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my mother who showed me how life is enriched by art. Her hands were always creating beauty: spirited piano music, handmade clothing for me and my dolls, quilts, china paintings, ever-evolving gardens, and food that warmed the body and heart.

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      DORDOGNE VILLAGE HOUSE

      Watercolor on Arches 140-lb. (300gsm) cold-pressed paper 27 × 20 (69cm × 51cm)

      Acknowledgments

      First of all, my heartfelt thanks go to my husband, Steve, for believing. You sweetly tolerated my long hours at the computer and studio, faithfully guarded my quiet work time and never wavered in your confidence in me. Thank you to my cherished children, Jordan and Laura, for your constant encouragement. You both inspire me by example to escape the ordinary.

      I want to thank my loyal circle of friends who guided me, supported me and cheered me on during the writing of this book. Thanks to each of you for understanding all the times when I couldn’t come out and play! I want to especially acknowledge my friend, Kelley Petkun, whose enthusiasm, creativity and wit helped me launch this project. A big hug and thank you to my dear friend, Andrea Baker, who always made time and always found the diamonds in the rough drafts. Special thanks to Rick Samco, who got me over my photography phobia. Much appreciation to Bob Cantor for answering my phone calls with burning questions, day and night. Lots of love to Bill Baker for nourishing my soul with the world's best barbecued chickens. And many thanks to Karin Harris, studio partner extraordinaire, for your dancing paint brush and spirit.

      I want to thank the contributing artists, Jeanne Henry, Gary Hang Lee, Sue Greenbaum, Karin Harris, Ann Smith, Robert Cantor, Monica Wheeler and Laura Kanter for generously sharing your artistry and incredible ideas with me. My gratitude also goes to my CD buddies, Bob Dylan, Sade, the Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, J.S. Bach, Maurice Ravel, Paul Simon, Bob Marley and Josh Groban who provided musical companionship in the studio.

      Many thanks, Rachel Rubin Wolf, for seeing the light of a book in my work, and helping me find the right focus and direction. And, finally, boundless gratitude to my wonderful editor, Jamie Markle, who gave me advice when I needed it, always trusted in me, and gently guided me through the process of creating this book. You unfailingly encouraged me to show my true colors and write the book within me. I could always count on your humor, patience, compassion and wise answers to a million questions. Thank you, Jamie!

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Secrets to Successful Artistic Journaling

      1

      Assemble Your Supplies for Creativity

      Sketchbook Portfolio

      Demonstration: Make a Sketchbook Portfolio

      Drawing Tool Kit

      Collage Tool Kit

      Watercolor Tool Kit

      Demonstration: Make Your Own Tool Kits

      2

      Have Fun and Keep It Simple

      One Minute Drawings

      Open Page Format

      Don't Bother With Erasing—Who’s Got Time?

      Turn One Minute Drawings Into Paintings

      Look What Just Three Colors Can Do!

      First Paint, Then Draw

      Prismatic Painting

      Demonstration: Create a Prismatic Painting

      Paint Past the Photo

      Demonstration: Paint Past the Photo

      3

      Opportunities for Everyday Creative Moments

      Creative Doodling

      The Creative Matrix

      Make a Creative Matrix This Weekend

      Matrix Categories to Get You Started

      Windowpane Painting

      Demonstration: Don’t Just Shop for Dinner

      Room With a View

      Demonstration: Capture Simplicity and Sophistication

      Travel Art Tips

      Observation Icons

      Demonstration: Create an Observation Icon

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      4

      Putting It All Into Perspective

      Bird’s-Eye View

      Demonstration: Make a Garden

      Piazza Perspective

      Demonstration: Paint With Perspective

      Leave Out a Ground

      Make Seven Paintings From One Landscape

      Panoramic Perspective

      Demonstration: Make a Panoramic Viewfinder

      Demonstration: Create a Folded Frame for Your Panoramas

      The Sensory Perspective

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      5

      Art Assemblage, Collage & Other Inspiring Ideas

      Watercolor Mosaics

      Use Black or Colored Backgrounds

      Add Texture Using Special Effects

      Demonstration: Dry Mount Glue Technique

      Painted Paper Cutouts

      Demonstration: Create a Colorful Background Blanket

      Paper Weaving

      Weave a Wavy Memory

      Weave Two Themes Into One Subject

      Crinkled Paper Collage

      Demonstration: Rich Color and Texture

      Found Object Collage

      6

      Let's Go Outside and Paint!

      Inspiration: The First Step

      Shape Plan: The Second Step

      Value Plan: The Third Step

      Using a Red Filter to See Values

      Moving From Landscape to Painting

      Color: The Fourth Step

      Capture the Mood With Color Triads

      Triads Have Personality!

      Get to Know the Full-Spectrum Triad

      Get to Know the Earth Triad

      Demonstration: Use the Earth Triad

      Get to Know the Water Triad

      Get to Know the Sun Triad

      My Color Palette

      Perfect Complements Create Perfect Blacks

      The Palette Layout

      Conclusion: Be an Art Explorer

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      Introduction

      The more I draw and paint, the more I value

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