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Painted Pages: Fueling Creativity with Sketchbooks and Mixed Media [Paperback]

Sarah Ahearn Bellemare
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)

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Book Description

May 1, 2011

More inspirational guide than step-by-step workbook, Painted Pages is about helping you to find your own unique way, in the everyday, to be creative and make art. With specific how-to techniques and creative prompts on using an artist's sketchbook in a new way, these pages provide a gentle push to help you discover and integrate your creative passions through sketchbooks, workspaces, and mixed media. Through beautiful full-color imagery, you’ll learn in each chapter how your collections, scraps, ideas, and doodles can lead directly to, and fuel ideas for, creating individual works of art.

Using her own materials and methods as a source of motivation, Sarah Ahearn Bellemare provides an inside look at her personal creative processes, sharing her use of her favorite resources alongside tips and tricks for making art – all the while encouraging you to explore, play, and make mistakes as part of the journey. At the end of each chapter, Sarah takes you to visit the studios and sketchbooks of some of her fellow artists – including Shanna Murray, Christine Chitnis, Stephanie Levy, and others – for behind-the-scenes glances into their creative work.

Become inspired to build upon your own artistic style and discover the beauty in everyday life with Painted Pages!

 

 


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About the Author

Sarah Ahearn Bellemare is an artist from New England who first began painting as a way to illustrate poetry. Her mixed media paintings are layered with found images, fragments of text from old books, and pieces of vintage maps. These ephemera become the fabric and focus of many of her whimsical paintings.

Sarah has taught art to many students in a variety of settings ranging from art camps to museums, teaching students age 3 to 63. Most recently, Sarah was invited to teach her mixed media techniques at Squam Art Workshops, and is thrilled to be returning for two more sessions in fall of 2010.

Sarah and her work have been featured in Cloth Paper Scissors magazine (Nov/Dec 2008), Artful Blogging (winter 09/10), Cloth Paper Scissors: Studios (fall 2008), and Memory Makers magazine (spring 2009), as well as on a number of prominent art and design blogs. She regularly exhibits her paintings throughout Northeast in galleries and art fairs, as well as online in her Etsy shop. Sarah can be found making messes in her studio on a daily basis. See what she's up to in art and life by following her blog: http://www.sarahearn.blogspot.com.
 


Product Details

  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Quarry Books (May 1, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592536867
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592536863
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.5 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I will keep coming back to this book. ABW  |  26 reviewers made a similar statement
Whenever I want to be inspired I pick up this book. samhall  |  19 reviewers made a similar statement
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79 of 91 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful work, but lacking in content May 23, 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
What is it with mixed media books these days? It seems a lot of the new ones are absolutely wonderful to look at and a true feast on the eyes, but also they are seriously lacking in content. This book by the very talented Sarah Ahearn Bellemare is no exception. It makes it so hard to rate the book, because I really enjoyed flipping through it and looking at all the wonderful art. In fact I have to admit that is what sold this book to me when I was looking at it at amazon.com. But when a book promises to show me how to work with sketchbooks to generate ideas and creativity I guess I expect more than content that mostly reminds me of a pretty blog.

I'm getting sidetracked here, but actually it kind of strangely reminded me of the Stampington magazine 'Artful Blogging'. I bought one issue of this magazine and all it seems to consist of is pictures from people's blogs and a small description of who they are. No actual inside tips on blogging or the techniques of building an artful blog and working with the available blog hosts out there or even just experiences and pointers on how to develop an audience for your blog (which is what I was expecting). Most featured artist's were just quickly talking about themselves, when they started a blog and how wonderful it all is and all the images come straight from their blogs too (To get sidetracked even a little more, this kind of bugged me, which may seem strange, but why would I pay a lot of money for a magazine that shows me pictures I can see for free online?). What I mean is, Artful Blogging is not about the act of blogging artfully, it's about showcasing people's blogs.

This book is just like that. It's about showcasing Ahearn Bellemare's work and surroundings and in a small way that of some of her friends. It seems the subject (sketchbooks as a fuel for mixed media) is just an excuse to do this and it shows wonderful work indeed and hints to interesting ideas and possibilities, but it does not follow through on them or gets into any detail at all. Maybe it's the part of me that likes words and writing that just needs more text, more real content. If you're asking for an example of a book that does answer to my impossible standards? How about 'Collage Journeys" by Jane Davies or the art journaling books by L.K. Ludwig or the decorated pages/journal books by Gwen Diehn. They really get down to the nitty gritty of making art or art journals/sketchbooks.

Of course it's more than okay to have a book that features the wonderful work of an artist and nothing more, that's actually great and Ahearn Bellemare's work is more than worth such a book, but then don't try to sell it to me as a book that's about the artistic process of using a sketchbook to develop ideas.

If I could I would give it 5 out of 5 for the beautiful work in it and if that's what you're going for, then by all means buy it, because it's worth it ten times over and I will be looking it over again and again for this. But I also give it 3 out of 5 for content. I guess it's obvious by now why. ;-)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars get going! June 9, 2011
By randi
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
A fabulous book!! Long before I finished reading, I had already set up an art table downstairs, and in the days that followed, have spent many happy hours gluing and cutting and painting. How nice to remember art can be playful. Thank you Sarah!
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful, of course! April 19, 2011
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
i just got sarah's book in the mail and it is wonderful. cool prompts and techniques and very inspiring ways to compose a painting (or other piece of art). love all the sketchbook ideas, and the scrap book idea is one i'm definitely going to start doing.
this book is all i was hoping it would be and more!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely work with snippets of instruction/suggestions
I'll be keeping this on my "inspiring" bookshelf for awhile - the pages are lovely, yet simple enough that I'm not overwhelmed visually (which is the reaction I have to much of the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tah_Dah
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this!
I am an artist and was thoroughly pleased with this book. I like the fact that this book is not "crammed" with ideas but has an appropriate amount of white space that... Read more
Published 2 months ago by random reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful + Insightful
Hands down, this is one of the most beautiful books that has been published in the last few years! It was beautifully designed - which compliments the gorgeous photos and often... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Christy Hydeck
5.0 out of 5 stars page after page of colorful inspiration
I found Sarah through her Squam online art workshop and fell in love with her style, her teaching, and her sweet, gentle spirit. Read more
Published 4 months ago by whistlingwoman
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE this book!
Love this artist!!! this is a beautifully composed book mixing Sarah's art with practical tips. i enjoy her
color sense/ composition, and what i perceive as her natural... Read more
Published 9 months ago by kik
5.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Media book with affordable and doable prompts
I bought Painted Pages shortly after it hit the shelves a year ago, and I'm still using the book on a regular basis!

The market is full of books on mixed media. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Heidi Moos
5.0 out of 5 stars amazing, beautiful, informative book!
i have always admired sarah ahearn bellemare's work ever since i stumbled upon her etsy shop a few years ago. Read more
Published 9 months ago by nicole
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Inspiration!
This book is a must-have for anyone looking for a creative jumpstart in their life! Painted Pages provides plenty of useful guidance for those new to painting and mixed media... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Claire
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Sarah's work
I have some of Sarah's art work, so I was excited to see how she creates. Her book did not disappoint and is an inspiration to creat my own art in jounaling and mixed media... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Loretta
5.0 out of 5 stars Such inspiration!
I am currently taking Sarah's online course and thought this book would be a great companion to the course. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Linda Kurtz
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