Creative Wildfire

Book description

Art journaling is a vital activity for artists who need a place to experiment, draw, paint, document ideas, and continue an interior dialog. This lush, visual book is a must-have volume for both beginning and experienced art journalers. Each chapter presents crucial, basic information for how to get started, and is layered with in-depth sidebars and activities covering advanced techniques,  approaches to working, as well as interviews with well-known journaling artists.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: Gathering Fuel: How to Get Started
    1. Choosing a Journal Structure
    2. Journal-Making Basics
    3. Other Journal Styles
    4. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Brenda Beene Shackleford
  6. Chapter 2: The Tinderbox: Page Surface Techniques
    1. Acrylic Paint Page Surfaces
    2. Working with Gesso
    3. Paper Surfaces
    4. Keeper of the Flame: Insights from Katie Kendrick
  7. Chapter 3: Build a Fire: Using Imagery
    1. Adding Imagery Through Collage
    2. Image Transfers
    3. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Gina Armfield
    4. Drawing onto Images
    5. Printing onto Tissue Paper
    6. Photographs
    7. Printmaking
    8. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Artist and Workshop Instructor Liesel Lund
  8. Chapter 4: Bursting into Flames: Creating Meaningful Content
    1. Sources for Journal Fodder
    2. Everyday and Topical Journals
    3. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Elizabeth Bunsen
    4. Researching a Topic as Creative Fire-Starter
    5. Begin with the Masters
    6. Fanning the Flames: Facing Down Creative Block
    7. Building a Page that Works for You
    8. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Teesha and Tracy Moore
  9. Chapter 5: Feeding the Fire: Adding Details
    1. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Karen Cole
    2. Using Text
    3. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Seth Apter
    4. Pockets, Envelopes, and Tabs
    5. Embellishment
    6. Keeper of the Flame: An Interview with Judy Wilkenfeld
  10. Chapter 6: Keeping the Fire Burning: Fueling Your Creativity
    1. Artist Dates
    2. Informal Education
    3. Making Time and Finding Balance
    4. Keeper of the Flame: Insights from Misty Mawn
  11. Contributing Artists
  12. Resources
  13. About the Author
  14. Acknowledgments
  15. Copyright Page

Product information

  • Title: Creative Wildfire
  • Author(s): LK Ludwig
  • Release date: January 2011
  • Publisher(s): Quarry Books
  • ISBN: 9781610580953