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Paint, Play, Explore: Expressive Mark-Making Techniques in Mixed Media Paperback – September 4, 2018

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Discover the marks for your most authentic art!

Mixed-media artist Rae Missigman identifies herself as a "mark-maker." Ever in the forefront of her art, organic shapes and graphic marks are what give her work a sense of authenticity. With an adventurous, anything-goes attitude to expressing herself, she is just as likely to use a celery stem, a sewing machine or a cardboard tube as she is a brush, a palette knife or her own hands.

In Paint, Play, Explore, Missigman helps you discover those marks that define you as an artist, and weave them into your art in new and interesting ways. Through page after page of creative exploration, you'll become a collector of tools--traditional and unconventional mark-makers that will become an extension of your unique voice.

You'll become a tinkerer as you recycle and repurpose, striving to turn something ordinary into something extraordinary. You'll become an explorer as you draw with your non-dominant hand, create "blindly" using resists, stamp with your own handcrafted organic ink, and follow other creative prompts to widen and shape your artistic world.

Whether you're just starting your creative adventure or you're looking to break through to the next level, Paint, Play, Explore will set you in motion. Setting the tone with her upbeat vibe and joyful use of color, Missigman pushes you to find your own beautiful artistic "fingerprint" to create work that is interesting, full of life and distinctly yours...and above all, to embrace the journey.

"The shapes you choose to etch in your work, free flowing and heartfelt, are a part of what makes the art your own. Tools in hand, your marks will find you and you will begin to recognize yourself in your creations."

You're going to need a bigger creative toolbox...

   • 60+ mark-making tools and mediums
   • 23 stepped-out demonstrations on collage, one-brush painting, monoprinting, resists, transfers and other fun and versatile mark-making techniques
   • 4 start-to-finish projects for turning marks into inventive art

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160 pages
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English
Publisher

North Light Books
Publication date

September 4, 2018
Dimensions

8.31 x 0.5 x 10.9 inches
ISBN-10

1440350280
ISBN-13

978-1440350283
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"This book is for those who want to use art as a creative outlet, for those who want to enjoy the process rather than worry about the outcome... Overall, it's a pretty fun book for those who just want to, as the title suggests, paint, play and explore." --Parka Blogs

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ North Light Books; First Edition (September 4, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1440350280
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1440350283
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.31 x 0.5 x 10.9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #345,458 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #189 in Mixed Media (Books)
- #358 in Mixed-Media Craft
- #1,163 in Creativity (Books)

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Rae Missigman, mixed media artist, author and instructor is known for her vivid colors, intricate layering and signature repetitive art marks.

As an artist, Rae believes that creativity can be accomplished in bite sized pieces during even the busiest days. She focuses on embedding her distinctive mark on each piece leaving no doubt of it’s creator.

As an instructor, Rae strongly encourages all artists to trust themselves to fearlessly do what they love. She champions a bold voice, continuing education and finding inspiration in the everyday.

As a woman, Rae lives in central FL within a large family of creatives. She now shares her love of all things handmade with a new generation of young makers.

Visit her at www.raemissigman.com

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Gail D.

Beautiful color pictures, easy to do instructions!

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023

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As a fiber media artist and collagist, I absolutely love this book! I'm a marking maniac and always looking for new ideas! Price is amazing, too! Many thanks!

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Olivia

Perfect for learning artists & easy to find/inexpensive materials

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018

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This book is perfect for anyone who wants step by step instructions on how to make marks with different (inexpensive) materials like Rae, but also receive advice on how to make it uniquely your own! I’m really not sure what the other reviews meant by there not being enough instructions...like at least 130 of the pages are actual numbered steps on how to do things! The book begins with a short back story, followed by steps on how to make the “marks”, and concludes by showing you how she puts them all together for a finished masterpiece! The photos are beyond vibrant and literally pop off the page! My family loves this book and my toddler daughter loves to look at it since she can’t read yet!! I can’t wait to finish trying her different ideas to make something to hang in my home!!

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You will enjoy This great reference book!

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2020

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This is a really wonderful book for artists and beginning artists! The author gives an interesting history of her art journey and how it helped her to heal, learn and explore the world of art, or Mark making. She gives great examples of mediums, canvases, tools and creative ways to incorporate nature I. Art as well. I highly recommend this book !

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E.Swope

More of an inspirational book

Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2018

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I have to say that I have mixed feelings about this book.I like it better as an exploration of Rae Missigman's journey as an artist than I do as an active art book. I had a difficult time rating it, and would give it a 3.5 if I could. Every chapter is punctuated with "You got this!" offset in bold type, making it feeling like a Klutz book without the markers and scraps of fabric.

My feeling is that the instructive aspect could easily have been reduced to a paragraph, or maybe even a sentence; Anything can be a tool. Making your own tools (pardon the pun) breaks you out of the mold.
This is a good thing for artists and prospective artists to hear. There are an awful lot of step by step books and kits, both for children and adults. This is not one, and that is what makes it above average. Not everything original is creative. This idea is one step in a journey (to become an artist).

I spent a good portion of my adult life exploring creativity from a scientific (cognitive science) perspective. One of the things which came up again and again is the extent to which traditional education squashes creativity. That seems to have extended to the modern "maker" movement which has resulted in a deluge of kits, step by step books, and even adult coloring books. What's missing is that gluing something together or pressing it in a mold is not art, but perhaps adds another skill or tool to your arsenal. This book encourages people to take the next step and stop using other people's molds. That is a good thing.

The reason I can not rate this book higher (and am tempted to rate it lower) is that I can not tell who it is for. The test is clearly written at an adult level, but the layout graphics and repeated "you got this" makes it feel like it was written for 8 year olds. For those who have not begun to explore beyond kits, each chapter provides a category of things to explore as tools, or methods you may not have considered. It is good if it inspires people to try new things, grow beyond piecing together someone else's project, but, in a way takes a step back from the concept of approaching things in a truly novel way by providing answers, instruction. Again, this is not necessarily a bad thing but at the end of the day I do not know who this is written for or who I would recommend it to.

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Sandi Keene

Visually stunning, instructional art book

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2018

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Rae Missigman is the creator of “ArtMarks”, her signature style of markmaking. Her book is both instructional and revealing. You will learn both her style and her techniques in an easy to follow step by step way. The colorful and inspiring book contains project after project to successfully discover and incorporate your markmaking style. I am inspired by the beauty of the book, the depth of story and the projects ready to be made. Love!

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Celebrate Rae Missigman and her process!

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2019

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If you are interested in art journaling or anything Rae Missigman does, you will adore this book! She explains her process in a simply put and broken down by steps and processes! I loved every single word and photo! She makes her signature ‘mark making’ a goal for us all & achievable thanks to this fun book!

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M.B.

Inspiring!

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019

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I have been researching mixed media artists on YouTube and came across Rae Missigman. I found this book on her blog and it looked interesting enough to purchase. My creativity has been really jump started by the book. I love her colorful work and spontaneous style!

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Susan A.

So many great ideas!

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2019

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I enjoyed this book because there are so many tools and mediums and techniques used and Rae shows that you can make art without a lot of expensive supplies. She also focuses on being intuitive and just going for it, doing it, enjoying it....i.e., art.

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Maria A. C. Paula

Vale conferir!

Reviewed in Brazil on February 6, 2020

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Ótimo! Simples, criativo, interessante... vale conferir!

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Jorge Frankenberger y Virginia Hernï¿½ndez

Útil para principiantes y avanzados

Reviewed in Mexico on October 11, 2019

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Buena presentación, innumerables técnicas y consejos para lograr diversos efectos

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Meaghan K

Great ideas for starting out with multi media

Reviewed in Canada on July 31, 2019

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This is a great book for someone wanting to get into multi media. Visually this book is amazing, great ideas, great selection of tools and a good starting point for multi media. I personally love having a book with ideas I can look at rather than screen shots from websites and or instagram. I wish there was more books like this. If you're looking for a multi media book - GET THIS ONE. ! x

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sorbas17

Sehr nützlich

Reviewed in Germany on June 3, 2020

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Ich konnte noch viel lernen mit dem Buch, auch nach fast 20 Jahren in der Malerei.

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sara

Muy inspirador

Reviewed in Spain on January 13, 2019

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Me encanta. Es muy inspirador. Ojala pronto este en español para que pueda llegar a mas gente.
Me encanta los diferent es tipos de marcas que puedes hacer en Tus trabajos artisticos

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