Drawing Is Magic: Discovering Yourself in a Sketchbook - Rilegato

Hendrix, John

 
9781617691379: Drawing Is Magic: Discovering Yourself in a Sketchbook

Sinossi

A sketchbook is an essential tool for the growth of any aspiring artist, but its blank pages can be daunting to even the most motivated.

Obsessed with perfection, many wind up treating their sketchbooks more like portfolios than playgrounds. In Drawing Is Magic, author John Hendrix teaches aspiring and advanced artists to find their unique visual voices and become creative daredevils.

Through his freeing, offbeat exercises, drawers learn a sophisticated philosophy of creative thinking―in a way that is totally accessible and fun.

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Informazioni sugli autori

John Hendrix is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator. His books include The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler, named a Best Book of 2018 by NPR, and Drawing Is Magic: Discovering Yourself in a Sketchbook. His award-winning illustrations have appeared on book jackets and in newspapers and magazines. He is chair of the MFA in Illustration & Visual Culture program in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Hendrix lives in Webster Groves, Missouri.

John Hendrix is an associate professor of art at Washington University in St. Louis. His illustrations have appeared in many publications, including Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Esquire, and the New York Times. He is the author of Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek and John Brown. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

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A sketchbook is an essential tool for the growth of any aspiring artist, but its blank pages can be daunting to even the most motivated. Obsessed with perfection, many wind up treating their sketchbooks more like portfolios than playgrounds. In Drawing Is Magic, author John Hendrix seeks to teach anyone how to find his or her unique visual voice and become a creative daredevil. Through his freeing, offbeat exercises, aspiring and advanced artists will learn a sophisticated philosophy of creative thinking--in a way that is totally accessible and fun.

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