{"id":3650,"date":"2015-07-02T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T16:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/?page_id=3650"},"modified":"2017-03-30T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T20:30:11","slug":"e-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/e-books\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/l\/mOfKr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3646 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Starting-Your-Art-Journal-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Buy Starting Your Art Journal Now! A comprehensive e-book with all the essential art journaling techniques you'll need for creative self-care. \" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting your art journal means starting a practice of creative self-care. We all get stressed out, sad, frustrated, and confused. Understanding your feelings and your needs doesn&#8217;t have to be a drag. You can &#8220;art it out.&#8221; Journals are not just for writing anymore!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #1dbfbf;\"><strong>POUR OUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL TO THE BEST LISTENER: <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>YOUR JOURNAL.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Using\u00a0color, symbols, images, and shapes, you&#8217;ll\u00a0be amazed at how easy it is to explore, express, and de-stress. Creative self-care is accessible to anyone who is willing to let go, get a bit messy, and play.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/l\/mOfKr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-5165 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Buy-Now--300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-5.08.01-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5399 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-07-at-5.08.01-PM.png\" alt=\"Intuitive Art Techniques for Creative Expression in Your Journal\" width=\"986\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With easy to follow\u00a0tutorials and color photos, I share the tools that will help you create the &#8220;vocabulary&#8221; with which you&#8217;ll <strong>express your unique, creative voice.<\/strong>\u00a0The Starting Your Art Journal e-book will help you\u00a0learn to paint, draw, and scribble to express and transform what&#8217;s on your mind and in your heart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">LEARN TO LAY DOWN YOUR BURDENS IN PAINT.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>I have done a lot of journals in the past &#8230;\u00a0and I have enjoyed making these but yours helps me deal with lots of emotions.\u00a0 I love that you don&#8217;t have to have an idea or plan when you start the page, because sometimes the blank page is intimidating, you put down a background and something comes to mind. I would highly recommend your art journaling process and look forward to seeing more tutorials.\u00a0Thank you for helping me to cope.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>&#8211; Karen O&#8217;Connor<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Master\u00a0<strong>8 beautiful watercolor and dye-based background techniques<\/strong>\u00a0that are easy enough for kids, but beautiful enough to be the foundation upon which you draw, paint and write about your life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Make simple, but expressive drawings that illustrate your feelings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create safe,<strong> &#8220;hidden&#8221; spaces for your personal writings.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get inspired with <strong>20 additional art prompts, and 25 creative writing prompts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Join a warm, supportive online community<\/strong> with whom you can share your work and questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And\u00a0I&#8217;ve included a <strong>supply list<\/strong>\u00a0to make the whole experience of starting your art journal easy for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s a Peek Inside\u00a0Starting Your Art Journal:<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5458 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Table-of-Contents.png\" alt=\"Buy Starting Your Art Journal and Learn how to keep a fun, freeing and expressive art journal. \" width=\"466\" height=\"604\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-13-at-1.37.43-PM.png\" alt=\"Buy Starting Your Art Journal Now to Cope, Hope, and Relax through Art Journaling!\" width=\"466\" height=\"605\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5461 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-13-at-1.38.15-PM.png\" alt=\"Get &quot;Starting Your Art Journal&quot; to explore, express, and de-stress with simple, fun art techniques.\" width=\"463\" height=\"602\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Art journaling brings me joy and helps me find\u00a0meaning. <strong>Art journaling is my\u00a0safe place, an unbiased listener, and my artistic playground.<\/strong> Sharing with you about tools you need for starting your art journal makes it even more meaningful!<\/p>\n<p>Please\u00a0join our community of creative people who use these fun, expressive techniques\u00a0to process their feelings and find peacefulness\u00a0in art making. <strong>I can&#8217;t wait to connect with you and see your playful explorations!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;The key to making art is getting started. Get inspired: take a class, read books, and make something!&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/gumroad.com\/l\/mOfKr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5165 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Buy-Now--300x65.jpg\" alt=\"Buy Now\" width=\"300\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What Readers Are Saying:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>&#8220;I felt after watching your [free tutorials] that your ebook would be easy to follow and packed full of fun ideas, and I was right. I now never leave the house without my watercolors, a pen, and a sketchbook.&#8221; &#8211; Stephanie Brown<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><em>&#8220;I would recommend [Starting Your Art Journal] to others. I find your way of teaching soothing and achievable&#8230; [my art] is becoming alive again and I&#8217;m listening to myself, wanting to be playful again.&#8221; &#8211; Anne McLeod<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Back to our home page\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting your art journal means starting a practice of creative self-care. We all get stressed out, sad, frustrated, and confused. Understanding your feelings and your needs doesn&#8217;t have to be a drag. 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