Saturday, November 21, 2009

Studio: Drawing, Design, and Aesthetics - Mary Beam "The Creative Edge"


Since most of my studio activities for this assignment have centered around a DBAE approach, I would like to consider one VCAE approach to making art.

I would recommend Mary Todd Beam's work The Creative Edge.

This is an excellent resource for the older learner, or for the student who is afraid of their own ability to make art. With chapter titles like 'Claiming Your Creative Edge', 'The Soul's Edge' and 'The Human Edge', Beam's work is very much about 'going with the flow', and creating art , no matter what 'art' means to you. It is a means of self-expression.

The book is attractive, easy to read, contains humorous anecdotes, and is very personal.

Beam is careful not to neglect the elements and principals of design, or a practical approach to techniques for mixed media.

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