Review by Tina Koyama Looking around at Wet Paint’s online shop recently, I came across a unique book: One Color a Day: A Daily Art Practice and Visual Diary by Courtney Cerruti ($16.99). Unlike a traditional sketchbook, its focus is not on drawing but on color. “Within the book’s orderly gridded layout . . .…
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GIVEAWAY Winner: Keep Going by Austin Kleon
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway and left wonderful comments. It makes me sorry we only have one book to giveaway. That set is going to Lisa who says: Oh Lisa…. I’ve been to a couple quilt shows and I am always amazed at those gorgeous quilts. I’m a terrible sewist (this is Laura)…
Book Review (and Giveaway): Keep Going by Austin Kleon
I am a big fan of Austin Kleon and his books, blog and email newsletter. I have been following his career for several years. I find his approach to creativity — which is part writing, part collage, part drawing — to be very inspiring. I know some people had a knee-jerk reaction to the title…
Book Review: Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking
How could I possibly pass up a book that would teach me how to make my own ink? Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking by Jason Logan was an insta-buy for me. The swashes of color on the cover alone were enough to get it in my cart. Then, I was at a…
Book Review: Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours
Before there was the Pantone Matching System, there was Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts. According to the wrap around the cover, this was the book (not this specific edition or copy) that Charles Darwin took with him aboard the HMS Beagle on his journey to research…
Book Review: The Revenge of Analog
I had The Revenge of Analog by David Sax sitting on my “to read” pile for several months before I actually picked it up and started reading it. I wasn’t sure if it was going to be too esoteric or high-brow for me as I don’t normally read a lot of non-fiction. I was pleasantly…
Book Review: The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting
The title of the book, The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting by Anne Trubek did not instill a lot of confidence that I was going to see eye to eye with the opinions of the author. The urge to make marks to communicate seems hardwired into the human DNA, in my humble opinion. How…