Take Imagine A Forest: 45 Step By Step Lessons To Create Enchanting Folk Art Expressed By Dinara Mirtalipova Expressed As E-Text
with nice personal stories, This is a cool book about making folk art, Beautifully illustrated and informative book about folk art, I discovered this by following the author on Instagram, I'm so happy to add this to my collection of folk art inspiration, Beautiful book with inspiring and amazing illustrations, Would love to read it again when my art skills are more on par with this standard, or when I need some inspiration, Can't fully appreciate the book or make good use of it yet, but the time will come one day when I will, I just know it. This book is so beautiful! I'm inspired to try and make some art in this style, The actual instruction is kind of lacking but I could look at the illustrations all day, Beautiful book with very clear tutorials! So pretty, So inspiring.
So doable. Isnt that great! I really love this book, She has inspired me to try my hand at drawing again, So Im going to try some of her techniques that seem a bit simpler to me, This book is gorgeous. I want to put every picture on it on my wall, I absolutely loved this beautiful hard cover art book! Very nice quality, and the pictures inside are very inspirational, I can't wait to see more from the artist! I won a copy through Goodreads, This is probably my favorite win, selftaught artist inspiring I love this book, So much fun and now our bland backyard treehouse swing set is covered in folk paintings done by my kids and me, I absolutely adore Dinara Mirtalipova's whimsical folksy style, Her art is so lovely! And her book is thoughtfully put together with lots of inspiration for artists looking to try out her style, Delightful art book of Eastern European illustration, Recommend for anyone wanting to create a whimsical fairytale feel to their art, Excellent instruction on how to build up the color and plenty of project ideas from matryoshka dolls to furniture to patterns for material, Worth the purchase for inspiration and reference, This book I will purchase, It's great for drawing practice! I check this out from the library frequently, Dinara's art and vision are inspiring, I feel like this is the book depicting everything in my soul, I've been following Dinara Mirtalipova's stuff on Etsy sitelinkMirDinara for a long time, but somehow missed until just now that she had this book out! It is beautiful and inspiring and shows you how to draw things in this sort of style, while at the same time encouraging readers to explore and try new ways of drawing and painting and to find your own style:
Find that music that pleases your soul.
Watch that movie you love for the,,th time,
Read picture books from when you were little,
Close your eyes and try to remember the textiles from your childhood,
Imagine your favorite characters,
And, finally, close your eyes and visualize what makes you happy and what makes you authentic, You are so much bigger than mimicking someone else's work or style,
I also loved her basic tutorial on how to create a pattern in Photoshop, I had not heard of sitelinkSpoonflower before, but OMG, I'm soooo gonna design some fabric! I dunno what the heck I'm going to do with
it after that um.
. . make a pillow, but I'm excited!
Anyway, yeah, there are a few typos, but who even cares It's so pretty, and I like her so much! And it's totally made me want to get my paints back out for a visitthey've been shut away in my closet for far too long now.
Uma viagem ao universo da arte folclórica desta ilustradora, Através de motivos e exercícios simples entramos no seu estilo e encontramos uma espécie de mundo encantado onde gostaríamos de passar mais tempo, A linguagem descontraída e a familiaridade com que nos parece tratar são um aconchego extra nesta leitura, Agora só falta começar a desenhar! Para ler e reler e inspirar vezes sem conta, Adorei! Her pictures are so beautiful and evocative, Very inspiring! Kidlit folks may know this artist's work on the cover of sitelinkEcho, She is on Instagram at mirdinara, I especially love her "Note from the Author" on the last page:
"It's very easy these days to simply go on Pinterest in a search of artists to be inspired by.
But at the end of the day, it's their inspiration that gets transferred onto your paper, not yours, To find yours, here's what you need TO NOT do:
Search for art on styledriven websites,
Look through trendy and cool magazines and publications,
Go to gorgeously decorated stores,
And this is what you need TO do:
Find that music that pleases your soul,
Watch that movie you love for the,,th time,
Read picture books from when you were little,
Close your eyes and try to remember the textiles from your childhood,
Imagine your favorite characters,
And, finally, close your eyes and visualize what makes you happy and what makes you authentic, You are so much bigger than mimicking someone else's work or style, " Gorgeous, inspirational, lyrical Phenomenal work, Honestly,to Ms Dinara, The publishers just really need to step up their game on the unfortunate typos, Perhaps revisit this book after I have a stronger sense of my own style, I like the stepbystep element, It's just a very distinct style and I'd like to revisit the stepbystep instructions when I moreso have the ability to adapt the shapes within the context of my own style.
Beautiful, culturallyrich artwork presented in a variety of formats painting, digital, stamping, etc, . There are some typos and other errors that basic proofreading should have prevented, but they do not detract from the artist's efforts,
Primarily Slavic/Nordic art styles, with some Arabic/Persian examples sprinkled in, I absolutely loved all the designs and seeing Slavic culture represented, This art feels like home, The fourstep tutorials are really only useful for those beginners who wouldn't be able to deduce the steps themselves by looking at the finished piece, but as an art book that shows off Mirtalipova's way with colour and patterns it is very inspiring.
Learn to create whimsical folk art with Imagine a Forest!
Fine art is created for it's aesthetic, and while looks are important to some degree in the things you create, folk art allows you to relax and enjoy the art you are creating.
Imagine a Forest containsstepbystep tutorials that show you how to create charming folk art drawings, Learn the history of folk art to understand the influences and inspire your drawings, Find tips from expert illustrator Dinara Mirtalipova to help guide you through the gorgeous folk scenes, When you're finished your drawing, discover the meaning behind each drawing you have created, and use this to guide you to create your very own works of folk art! With plenty of room to draw in the pages, you'll be able to work alongside a master illustrator.
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