August Reading Recommendations...Books to Nourish Your Creativity

Morning Warmup

I have included in this month's reading recommendations two books covering Paint Pouring. This is the newest technique that appears to be taking the art world by storm. Let me know if you would like for me to include some additional books on this topic for next month.     Sue

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Create beautiful abstract works of art with simple drops and washes of color with the projects from Paint Pouring by Nicky James Burch! Take part in the popular trend of paint pouring as you use acrylic paint and a variety of masterful techniques to pour beautiful painted canvases and other projects such as the Calypso Coasters, Focal Point Frames, Celestial Clock, Princess Bow Holder, and Leisurely Letters. 

Enjoy the helpful hints and finishing tips as you create these projects that are designed to be relaxing and easy to follow, even if you are a complete novice! Work with techniques that will make you a Michelangelo of paint pouring, like the swirl pour, puddle pour, the flip and drag, and more! This book is sure to strike everyone's fancy, no matter how experienced you are at this colorful and bewitching painting craft.

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Beauty does not linger, it only visits.
Yet beauty's visitation affects us and invites us into its rhythm,
it calls us to feel, think, and act beautifully in the world:
to create and live a life that awakens the Beautiful.
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Beauty is a gentle but urgent call to awaken. Bestselling author John O'Donohue opens our eyes, hearts, and minds to the wonder of our own relationship with beauty by exposing the infinity and mystery of its breadth. His words return us to the dignity of silence, profundity of stillness, power of thought and perception, and the eternal grace and generosity of beauty's presence. In this masterful and revelatory work, O'Donohue encourages our greater intimacy with beauty and celebrates it for what it really is: a homecoming of the human spirit.As he focuses on the classical, medieval, and Celtic traditions of art, music, literature, nature, and language, O'Donohue reveals how beauty's invisible embrace invites us toward new heights of passion and creativity even in these uncertain times of global conflict and crisis.

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Do you ever feel like the life you're living isn't real? Like the person you present to the world is just a little bit fake? Are you longing to unleash the sassy, spiritual self you know is in there? In this creative and heartfelt playbook, inspirational author and artful hypnotherapist Denise Braun takes you on a revealing journey toward living your Real. Through fun, eye-opening exercises packed with spiritual insights and aha moments--and sugar-coated with the occasional f-bomb-The Fraud Fable helps you identify the outdated stories you made up long ago to survive, unleash your subconscious mind to help you heal through artful play, claim the sassy spirituality that unlocks your true magic. After diving into The Fraud Fable, you'll have no problem telling fake to F-off and will start using your intuition to live life on your terms--with intention and truth.

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Paint Pouring is a form of abstract art that uses acrylic paints with a runny (fluid) consistency. The acrylic paints react with each other when combined to make interesting and visually organic motifs. Fluid acrylics can be used on many types of substrates through various techniques such as pouring, dripping, swirling, glazing, dipping, and more to create dazzling and masterful effects.

This book provides everything you will need to become a paint pouring artist. Learn to: 

• Set up your paint pouring studio on a budget
• Complete your supply list
• Discover a variety of techniques
• Properly handle and care for your art
• Establish appropriate mixing ratios
• Achieve correct paint density
• And many other lessons crucial to the craft

This new art form is fun for all ages. Become a fluid art master today.

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​Thank You for visiting with me today.
I hope you will check back often.
Suzzanna

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