Creative Color Adventures: Art Book Haul for Artists 

I do related to this discussion today. I have retired from a 50+ year career in hospital laboratory. Everything was precise and accurate, now I'm trying to learn how to just play and experiment in ways because no one can be hurt by not following the rules. TY

Serendipity. Embracing the unexpected. That is what you do. I love it too.

Oh My !!! These books look so inviting and so informative! I'll be ordering at least two, okay maybe more 🤣. This just seems to be perfectly timed for me, and exactly what I need. Thank you for sharing, and for sharing your reasoning for your love of abstracts, and imperfections. I get that so much after spending 40 yrs working in a career of precision in numbers. Yay for new seasons in life!!!! And...I know I've said it before but you absolutely exude your JOY in every video you present, and it's delightfully contagious! I feel so blessed to be a recipient of that joy!

Fantastic video. Thank goodness my husband is very supportive of my watercolor journey. Not cheap but worth every penny. Love to collect books so now I've more to collect and use for inspiration. I tend toward abstract though I am also trying to draw. At 71 I'm stimulating my aging brain to keep it young!

Thank you so much Denise for sharing such great info about art and color and always helping us all discover who we are meant to be as artists. Your joy in art is infectious in the best ways!!

Thank you so much Denise, I really really enjoyed looking through those gorgeous books and like you I love ❤️ that last book because it’s really really stunning and gorgeous too. And it speaks to me. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags ❤❤❤❤

Every episode is my favorite...

Denise I love everyone of these books! I very much appreciate that you showed us so much of the book while explaining exactly why you like it and how you might use the information in your art. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful selection of books!

Thank you for this video Denise! I am at the very start of my painting journey and find myself becoming very overwhelmed by supplies, ideas, techniques etc. Your calming, joyful and knowledgeable voice helps me immensely. Thank you for sharing your insights on these beautiful books but also for sharing your thoughts on the creative process itself and pointing out the things that many of us struggle with and how to work through those struggles. I am so grateful to have found you.

After you find your style, years down the road your style changes because we never stay the same in life. Lol

Denise...the new amount of art supplies I have, I can thank all your classes here and on Skillshare. Good thing I'm a pawrent and not a parent...kids are way more expensive than dogs and art supplies! And now you have me building an art library too? Lol, I just turned 50 and I don't know that I'm going to live long enough to use all these fun things!

Thank you for showing is these wonderful books. Have a great week 😊

Denise, what an ultra fanTASSStic vid❣️❣️❣️❣️ Thank you sooooo much. You are a bundle of fun and joy that demonstrates what it is to have fun with our art and creativity. LOVE listening and watching and painting with you. ♥️

You seem to be speaking to me, lovely lady, so generous with your knowledge. I look for your videos constantly, AND, and following you on Skillshare 💥 Keep on being you. You are inspirational ❤

I just realized I wasn't subscribed! I love what you share and your enthusiasm for color 🩷

This is so fun! I already have a couple of these books and Painting Calm has been sitting in my Amazon cart for weeks. Now I obviously need to add Confident Color to it and plunk down my $ and get on with things. Also? The Color Cubes are arriving today! I’m clearly out of control, but in a good way (I think). 😂 Denise, honestly, your videos have done more to finally get me creating than anything else I’ve done in years. Thank you. ❤

Thank you Denise for sharing your favorite art books. Adding some of these to my library. 🎨

Thank you for this, Denise. I think I have a few new books coming into my life.

Hi Denise, I love your book suggestions! I have a few of these already and plan to order two from today’s list. Love your videos and tutorials. Keep doing your thang🥰❤️👏

Thank you for sharing these books. I love Rae. I have been a watcher of hers on yt for a long time. But the "breaker of rules" is why i sent my hubby to law school. LOL 😂 these are all wonderful books and a great way to describe learning the rules and breaking those chains. I believe we are the worst critics of our own art work. Im licky that one of my sons loves art as much as i do and we bounce off our projects with each other and listen and encourage each other.i just learned that the more picasso i make something the better i love it.❤❤❤ hope you have a fabulous weekend.

I can sort of understand what you mean all though you had to work even harder at perfection. I used to scrapbook back in the day and we did everything so perfectly and precise. Everything was measured and carefully placed. When I started junk journaling and mixed media it was such a freeing experience. I never wanted to do anything perfectly again. I like a slight mess and have a greater understanding of abstract than I did before.

Thank you. Loved this❤ Style is a whole video on its own I think. I’m glad you touched on it as that is the question I myself have asked too. One freeing thing for me as I learned more was I’m eclectic and love just any type of art/Papercrafts etc. I’m yet to find something that is distinctly recognizable to be “me” yet in certain groups/pages for example, like your FB group most come to expect I’ll be stamping on my paintings. But others groups, that’s a norm to do that. I hope I am making sense. Probably not. I also found after being on a design team, then leaving it, I found my “freedom” to not be restricted by the products I had to work with and that has continued to take me on my journey of finding my style and enjoying my art, because I’m having FUN. And I found more fun and joy when I found your channel. It gave me the permission and the “want” to just do something so freeeing. Thank you!

Thank you for this video. What a great opportunity for us to get a sneak peek of books we hesitate to buy because we don’t know what’s in them. Rae Missigman is a wonderful artist. Her book is from five years ago, and now she seems to be doing primarily watercolors with an emphasis on botanicals. She has a wonderful collection of stencils with stencil girl. I have been following her for quite a while.

Interesting to hear your story . I love seeing your experiments. My fave thing to do too.😊

This has been so helpful! I’m ordering some books today. 😊

I really like when you share your "library". I am starting to amass quite a collection also - and I also just got the Painting Calm book. I really enjoy it so far. I may not get any of these other books - but I do have them on my "wish list" should I start looking for more inspiration. So - I thank you for sharing. Always informative....

Color Harmony for Artists is my favorite. Ordering it now!!!!

Loving that first book as it looks like it explains things to a greater degree than others I've tried. I will be ordering it soon. In the meantime, I need to take the Color Cubes and swatch the colors to see what happens when the colors blend and note what colors to let blend and what colors are hideous when they blend. That has always been an issue with me no matter what medium I'm using.

Some lovely recommendations thank you!

This is a fantastic and very imformative video, Denise. I just ordered Paint Play Explore and I'm so excited for something new to draw from. I am a very linear person and most likley made a great draftsman. I was always intrigued by the tables and supplies in High School when I'd walk past the mechanical drawing class ....... if I could only go back, but them my math skills were awful. I still find abstract difficult for me because of my mind set, but I'm working on it. Love ALL your videos and you are such an inspiration. Thank you for all you do and for all the sharing that takes place in your video's 🤗 xo Barbie

I was just beginning to control my temptation to stock up art books. Thanks, Denise for making me tempted again 🤐🥴🙄 just kidding..do appreciate you sharing this.. helps to take a look before purchasing them and having it for yourself..

You said that just right. I have followed Rae Missigman for years.

I love it when you do these book videos. I have the painting calm book and I love it. I also have the 1500 color mixing techniques book. I am still searching for the Sibella Court books….

I have the Fresh Paint book. It is so full of information 😁 I want the Paint Play Explore, it's on my wishlist 😁

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Love those. 3 of them instantly went to my wish list. One (Fresh Paint) I will be getting right away. Yay! So inspiring. Oh and ps...I own some of your photography textures and I love them! :)

Super amazing

Thank you for sharing a bit of your library with us. I’m sorry to say I don’t have a single art techniques/color book but I’m going to remedy that after watching this video. Could you make a suggestion with these books for a single start for me? Thanks

Wonderful books! I am on a no-buy....but does that include books or just art materials. And this is just one example of why art is so hard! 🤣

Any cosmetologist who is interested in taking on painting as a hobby: I found that since color theory is a critical part of being able to effectively do haircolor, that foundation gave me a huge advantage when I started painting.

Hey show us an abstract with gouache some day.

I have an AS Degree in Interior Design and a Bach in History.

Thank you for “not” calling gouache, opaque watercolour lol. Bug bear of mine (-: Marion 🎉

What is the name of the book you referred to with nine squares and a plant?