Create Beautiful: A Chic Coloring and Artist-Inspiration Book

​From the talented artists behind the art and lifestyle brand The Oliver Gal Artist Co. comes this gorgeous creativity workbook with 35 chic projects to create and color.

In Create Beautiful, Oliver Gal's unique, modern aesthetic is made accessible to everyone with simple tutorials incorporating their favorite art techniques—painting, dripping, pouring, and embellishing—and coloring pages showcasing their favorite themes—fashion, florals, travel, and design. 

Complete with templates printed with Oliver Gal’s signature artworks that can be torn out and embellished, this is the perfect book to encourage your inner artist.

Add a pop of color, a dash of sparkle, and lots of inspiration to your home and life with Create Beautiful.

 

• ISBN13: 9781631067587
• Publish Date: 31 August 2021 (first published 10 August 2021)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 23 June 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Rock Point
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Create Beautiful is a pretty tutorial and inspiration guide by Lola Sanchez Herrero & Ana Sanchez-Gal. Due out 24th Aug 2021 from Quarto on their Rock Point imprint, it's 144 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

This is a tutorial book full of whimsy which includes projects in a broad range of different media with which readers can experiment and learn techniques such as ink pouring, collage, painting, drawing, and coloring. Many of the projects are quite simple and are suited to beginners as well as more experienced students. Some of them would make good warming up exercises to get the paint and creativity flowing.

The introduction covers basics: tools, paints, papers, and other media. The authors have also included a short primer on setting up workspace and some process tips.

The tutorials themselves range from ultra simple to slightly more involved. Each tutorial includes an introduction, bullet list of tools and supplies, and step-by-step instructions. All of the tutorials include several process photos and a finished/framed photo of the project. The second part of the book contains a number of coloring pages with suggested color palettes. The book is stylish with a modern decor aesthetic. There's a lot of emphasis on bright colors which *pop* alongside the metallic/sheen inks and paints.

Three and a half stars. This might be a good choice for folks decorating on a budget or for creativity inspiration workshops, maker's groups, beginning artists looking for prompts to get ink flowing, and similar activities.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.