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The Confident Creative / Drawing to Free the Hand and Mind (Findhorn Press 2010) shows how the simple act of drawing can open the doors to creativity and confidence.  It’s for both the practicing artist and the person who simply wishes to connect more deeply with their true creative self.  No drawing experience is necessary.  The book includes techniques to improve drawing skills, overcome mental obstacles and grow creative courage. There are over 100 pieces of inspirational art by contemporary artists such as—Yuko Adachi, Aparna Agrawal, Michael Crockett, Laura Douglass, Katherine Dunn, Caroline Leaf, Susy Pilgrim Waters, Deborah Putnoi, Julia Talcott, Kathy Todd and Kaetlyn Wilcox, and by members of The Saturday Morning Drawing Club, a class taught by the author.

Read the Preface and Introduction here.

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From the back cover—

“All of us are creative, but so many of us have stopped believing in our ability to create with ease, or even to express ourselves freely. Whether we paint or write poetry, plant a garden or design software, write music or run a business—it’s all creative work.  Indeed, we are creating our very lives.  So why do we often hesitate to express ourselves fully and create the lives we really want? And what can we do when we become blocked? If you want to enter the free flow of creative expression, then you’ll find a way forward here.

The Confident Creative uses drawing as a way to enter a meditative state of connection, one that leads us to our core creative selves. It uses specific exercises tested and developed by The Saturday Morning Drawing Club in Boston, exercises that are guaranteed to nurture the imagination, free the mind—and explore the excitement of visual expression. This is not the “drawing” we learned in school.

In these pages you’ll find there are many ways to draw, from making marks to drawing from life and imagination—and you’ll discover that everyone can draw and enjoy drawing. Both the beginner and the practiced artist will find ways to grow their skills and take creative leaps forward. Through the simple practice of drawing, we’ll come to identify the obstacles of the mind that inhibit us and learn specific ways to overcome these obstacles with ease. The practice of drawing and making art in a mindful way connects us with our higher selves. a state where we can create whatever we wish with confidence.

The book is filled with inspirational art from a variety of artits, all of whom go beyond literal rendering into the realm of imaginative personal expression. Artists, writers, musicians, and all who wish to live creative lives will find ways to nurture creative confidence here.”

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