Sketch Appeal: The Art of Self-Love - Softcover

Dulcie Ball

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784883530 ISBN 13: 9781784883539

Publisher: Hardie Grant (UK), 2020

Synopsis

In Sketch Appeal: The Art of Self-Love, you will discover how drawing your portrait is an effective medium to explore and express your true self. From sketching the rainbow to drawing Picasso-style, this imaginative and interactive book is packed with vibrant portrait prompts and quick creative mood boosters designed to ignite your inner artist and bring some sketchy joy into your everyday life!

Playing both artist and muse, self-taught artist Dulcie Ball will show you how to see and draw yourself like never before, nurturing your creative confidence along the way. Drawing upon the wisdom and experience from other artists, you'll experiment with a range of materials, styles and approaches that encourage you to break free from perfection, re-frame mistakes and discover new forms of self-expression and self-care.

 

This book won't teach you the rules of portraiture it will give you the confidence to break them! So forget trying to master the perfect portrait and cherish the most important masterpiece in your life - YOU. It's time to silence your inner critic and switch your creativity on!

About this title

About the Author

Dulcie Ball is an Artist, Creative Facilitator, and the Founder of Sketch Appeal CIC; a London-based Community Interest Company which advocates the mental health benefits of drawing and the joy of sketch!  She leads their social sketching events across London and online, as well as various wellbeing and community arts projects, including courses on The Art of Self Love.

From the Back Cover

Sketch Appeal is a fun and approachable guide that invites you to spend some quality digital downtime with over 50 creative portrait and self-care challenges to ignite the artist within!

Playing both artist and muse, you’ll learn to see and draw yourself like never before, nurturing your creativity and self-confidence along the way. You’ll experiment with a range of materials, styles and approaches that encourage you to break free from ‘perfection’, re-frame ‘mistakes’ and venture beyond your comfort zone to discover new and forms of self-expression and self-care. Through a series of easy self-portrait prompts, as well as playful quotes, self-care tips and artist interviews, self-taught drawer Dulcie Ball will help you to nurture, appreciate and celebrate the most important thing in your world – you!

Edition details

• Publisher: Hardie Grant (UK)
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784883530
• ISBN 13: 9781784883539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224