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Get Messy Art: The No-Rules, No-Judgment, No-Pressure Approach to Making Art - Create with Watercolor, Acrylics, Markers, Inks, and More Paperback – December 14, 2021

by Caylee Grey (Author)
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Getting messy is the best part of creating! Get Messy Art gives you the freedom, inspiration, and ideas to experiment and play with art techniques and projects to create perfectly imperfect art.

We’re always told that play and experimentation is the foundation of growing as an artist. But where do you start? Where to find new techniques to try? How do you bring them all together? Get Messy Art has all the guidance, instruction, and inspiration you need. Based on the popular online class and community website Get Messy Art, this book brings together tons of creative art techniques and projects, including painting with watercolor and acrylic, mark-making, drawing with markers and pen and ink, sketching faces, and much more.

The fun doesn’t stop there. You’ll also learn how to make your own art journals and trendy junk journals—easy handmade books to work in that are personalized and one of a kind.

In Get Messy Art you’ll discover:
 
  • A welcoming environment that encourages play and experimentation, to help you become the artist you always wanted to be.
  • How to use no-rules, no-stress art techniques as a creative outlet to express feelings.
  • Actionable inspiration that will keep you going, even when motivation is scarce.
  • Fresh techniques that will show you innovative ways to use low-cost supplies such as paint and mediums, stencils, pens, and paper.
  • Easy background techniques that will get you started and banish fear of the blank page.
  • The satisfaction of making your own unique journals using simple methods.

Ultimately, art is all about creating for the sake of creating. It’s powerful, it’s cathartic, it’s messy—and it’s all yours. It’s time to get messy!
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“A sort of visual form of journaling, beginning with the from-scratch creation of a journal book to the connection with a world community. … Will spark creativity.”―Booklist

"Empowering and inspiring...The go-to techniques, color mixing methods, guest artist interviews, and step-by-step instructions deliver a unique art experience in Get Messy Art that will have you stepping out of your comfort zone and into the messy middle."―Seattle Book Review

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Caylee Grey is a South African artist who created Get Messy Art in 2014. Her creative adventure began as a way for her to get messy, ditch perfectionism, stay accountable, and consistently create art. Other artists wanted the same in their creative practice and a business and a community were born. Behind Get Messy's digital doors are thousands of creative sparks taught by more than 100 teachers, and a supportive group of fellow artists who love sharing their artwork.

A self-taught artist, Caylee believes in making a whole bunch of really average art in order to get to the good stuff. She’s honored to lead a community of incredible humans passionate about cultivating their art practice. Caylee lives in Germany.

Get Messy Art website: getmessyart.com/
Get Messy Art Instagram: @getmessyartjournal
Caylee Grey Instagram: @cayleegrey

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quarry Books (December 14, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760371164
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760371169
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.63 x 0.63 x 10 inches
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Caylee Grey is the host of Get Messy and a South African perfectionist currently pursuing imperfection.

More often than not, you’ll find her nurturing creativity as the resident Fairy Artmother for her growing community of artists in Get Messy, swapping bad puns with her very patient husband, wrestling her son’s snacks away from her tiny but determined dog, and emptying her thoughts onto the page.

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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!!
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
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What a great find!! I've been wanting to junk journal/art journal for some time now. This is one of the books on several YTbers list. So glad I got it. Liberating!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book will inspire you to jump into your art journals and pour your Heart out!!
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I love everything about this book! Lots of photos to encourage you to get messy in your own art journal. Lots of prompts, too. I give it a ten!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Full of inspiration
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024
This is a wonderful book exploring creativity within art journals. Perfect for beginners and more advanced artists alike, it encourages growth, habit, repurposing, and getting messy! I especially appreciated the author's words on the importance of establishing a consistent practice, and how the hard work of creating is what brings the magic. My favorite art class in college was bookbinding, so the sections on creating and repurposing books and journals were right up my alley. There are several projects for artists to experiment with various techniques, and the work of guest artists is featured, providing a wider variety of styles and inspiration. I'm excited to start creating some messy art!

Disclosure statement: A complimentary copy of this book was provided from a tour group, publisher, publicist, or author, including NetGalley, OR was borrowed from the library, including OverDrive, OR borrowed from Kindle Unlimited, OR purchased. A review was not required and all views and opinions expressed are unbiased and my own.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Art without rules, judgment, and pressure
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022
Caylee Grey is a South African artist, facilitator of the online Get Messy art journaling community, without any formal training, living in Germany, and likes action steps. She presents her book "Get Messy Art. The No-Rules, No-Judgment, No-Pressure Approach to Making Art - Create with Watercolor, Acrylics, Markers, Inks, and More" which was published by Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry. Grey sees her book as the catalyst, but it is up to the readers to turn that spark into a blazing flame (p. 8). She states: "I, along with the incredible artists in this book, have done a massive chunk of the work. Almost all of it. We’ve learned the lessons, we’ve put in the time, we’ve articulated it all. There’s just a tiny bit of work left to do, and it is yours. It may feel big and insurmountable, but you can do big things" (p. 8).
In the chapter "The Messy Movement" Grey talks about "The Messy Manifesto" and "How to be a messy Artist." The chapters that follow treat topics such as "The Power of the Journal," "The Magic of Habit," "The Anti-Supply List," and "Creating Your Messy Journal." The second part of the book is entitled "The Trail" and includes four parts: 1) Sparks, ") Grow, 3) Cultivate, and $) Connect. The book also includes some additional information (e.g., "Tips for swatching," "Have fun with pen and brush lettering," or "Dyeing paper with coffee"). Furthermore, Grey present s guest artist from various parts of the world with some of their take on art as well as one project from them. The index and the list of resources at the end of the book are helpful. I highly recommend this book to beginning and advanced artists who are open to creative ideas which are outside of "the normal". The book might be nothing for artists who see their art well organized or it could be a challenge to them to "go beyond their borders."
The complimentary copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley free of charge. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book encourages creativity
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022
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My daughter likes to paint but is pretty unsure of herself. She will complete a project and then ask everyone for their opinion. Then she gets frustrated and changes everything. Then finally she ends up throwing out her arts because she doesn’t like it at all. This book has been very helpful for her. It helped her to feel more creative and not need outside input from others. Now she is actually having fun with her art instead of worrying about what everyone else thinks about it. Excellent book
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T. Asher
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Ideas, but, I am still looking for inspiration and how to get motivated enough to start.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022
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I can see that a lot of 'Art and Soul' went into making this book, and I enjoyed reading about other's inspirations, but something is still missing > for me... perhaps rekindling my own spark. I need to be motivated to be motivated, if that makes sense? I like seeing in this book how the instructions, and the featured artists in this book go about creating "pages" and what steps and habits they repeat to be disciplined... good food for thought! But (sorry for the "but"), I am somehow missing the carrot about how to get up and do something every day, for me... however, I think I want to begin... I need a push or a challenge, something that will get me started. By the way, I am (or maybe at this point I was) a self employed freelance graphic designer and illustrator my entire adult life, for over 40 years. So yes, I do know how to draw, pretty well when I put myself to it, but I am still looking for motivation to do it and not only when I have to. I can not understand how I have gotten burned out doing art, if that is what is going on... and I was looking forward to this book to give me perhaps a daily (or even weekly) challenge. It's like I am back to square one, and I am needing some refresher course in prodding my own self. I am not afraid to get messy... I already have constant mess all around me, all the time! (Maybe that is part of my problem.) Maybe it is that I have never been into scrapbooking, or journaling, and I am missing something looking at these pages that I do not feel I am quite relating to.

This book is well thought out, and appears to be made via a labor of love. If you are not in your head as much as I am right now about "creativity" (my bad), and if you are into journaling on a regular basis, then I encourage readers to jump in and try these great suggestions! I will put this book aside, and revisit it when I can make real time to practice what it is asking. It's all good! (I am going thru an elongated artists block right now, hence my crazy artist rant above... And all my art supplies are buried under the clutter in my closets and on my desk. Mia Culpa!)
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Nathalie Paré
5.0 out of 5 stars Créativité!
Reviewed in Canada on April 29, 2022
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Ce livre va m'être très utile pour la création.
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Nicola Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely magnificent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2024
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I know the author of this book, and she’s one of life’s special souls.
In this book she brings together the whole ethos of art journaling and showing up to do art any way possible on good and not so great days. The ethos is creating for wellbeing, having artist dates, making your own journals and not worrying about perfectionism.

In this book she has worked with a large group of international artists and they have collaborated their art journal journey and share their work and ideas.

I am so grateful that she has created this beautiful book which I will treasure.
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So nice und umsetzbar und = I love it 👌🏻
5.0 out of 5 stars Umsetzbare Ideen 💡
Reviewed in Germany on May 31, 2024
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Super ansprechend, half in neuen Flow zu kommen und ideal für mein tägliches journalen und creative work !
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Olga
5.0 out of 5 stars È interessantissimo!
Reviewed in Italy on February 27, 2024
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Questo libro interessantissimo e pieno delle spiegazioni! Consiglio!
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Reviewed in Australia on January 22, 2024
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Not a bad book, got it to learn more about different ways to produce interesting art for journaling.
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