Daily Painting: Paint Small and Often To Become a More Creative, Productive, and Successful Artist

Carole Marine is one of the painters I truly admire!! I love her art; subjects, colours, composition.....her brushstrokes! Amazing how she can create those great little treasures with deliberate, confident, carefree brushstrokes.....mingling the colours with such skills and precision, resulting in fresh, beautiful, unmuddied, not overworked paintings! I have admired Carol's works from her blog and from the wonderful website dailypaintworks. I have always thought she should publish a book to share her wisdom to others, especially the ones who do not have access to her workshops. So you can imagine my surprise and excitement when I realized she just did! I was checking Amazon.ca for some gift ideas when I saw her book so I ordered it right away! The best Holiday gift I could give to my artist self!! It seems like she is talking to me directly in the book. I can fully relate to what she talks about! I have painted pieces ranging from huge canvasses to a series of miniatures which I am working on at the moment. Having said this, I have yet to find a clearer direction to a path I want to take and this book has shown me the way! Carol has convinced me so much so that 2015 is the year I will join the growing numbers of successful daily painters! What Carol say in this book make every sense to me!I highly recommend this book to painters of all levels! It does not really matter if you do not intend to become a daily painter or to paint in small format. Carol Marine (and some selected painters) have generously shared their valuable knowledge, tips and insights, applicable to painting in general!! Thank you so much Carol! You are such an inspiration! You have shown me the way.....the rest is up to me!

This is absolutely the most useful book I've found for aspiring oil painters or people who have painted a little but feel they've lost the knack, or who have been discouraged by past efforts. Full of practical, actionable tips and insights, it really gives you the confidence to get out the paints and get painting!

Interessantes und hilfreiches Buch hinsichtlich kleiner "daily paintings". Die Autorin hat irgendwann damit angefangen jeden Tag ein Bild zu malen und sie schreibt über diesen Prozess. Im Buch selbst sind viele ihrer Bilder zu sehen, mit unterschiedlichen Informationen und Angaben zum Bild. Sehr inspirierend! Schöne Bilder in Acryl, farbenfroh und schön anzuschauen. Angenehm zu lesen und anzuschauen, man kann durchblättern und sich inspirieren lassen von der Vielfalt ihrer Bilder und der Ausführung. Viele Informationen auch zum Thema Gestaltung usw.

Er is geen enkel book die je kan leren om te schilderen of je uit je creatieve block halen, het enige dat werkt is oefening en durven rommel schilderen zonder het u aan te trekken dat ge duur materiaal aan het verspillen zijt, geen enkele poging is namelijk verspilling. Laat je perfectionisme vallen, want dat is kortom samengevat wat al dit soort lectuur tussen de lijnen geschreven staat.

If you're in a bit of a runt as an artist and need something that helps you pick up your brushes and paints again, this book is just the best. It also helped that I was in the same situation as the author before she started daily painting, so I really did take the most out of the exercises, her notes and teachings. I believe it is the type of book you can pick up at any stage, be it a beginner, intermediate or a professional artist who has been doing it for years. Besides, having a very accomplished artist helping through your journey when just starting out is basically the dream.