Painting with Paper by Yulia Brodskaya

Painting with Paper

by Yulia Brodskaya

Learn to perfectly place carefully cut and bent strips of paper to "paint" images using paper and glue.

The vibrant three-dimensional paper artworks in this book will stop paper art fans of all levels in their tracks. After the initial amazement, enjoy trying this method yourself, expanding your skills at your own pace with highly regarded artist Yulia Brodskaya's guidance. Using two simple materials—paper and glue—she's perfected the placement of carefully cut and bent strips of paper to "paint" images.

  • Brodskaya offers not a predictable project book, but instead practical tips on how to work with her method in various ways of your own.
  • See how this method gives new impact to lettering, nature themes, portraits, larger pieces, and experiments.
  • Learn how to choose colors, the importance of testing compositions, which part of the image to start with, and when to consider it complete.

Inspiring for its artworks alone, this is also a colorful starting point for anyone interested in working with paper, and full of practical ideas for artists who want to advance their creative thinking.

Reviewed by annieb123 on

4 of 5 stars

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Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Painting with Paper: Paper on the Edge is an amazing gallery showcase for Yulia Brodskaya's paper art. Released 28th Sept 2019 from Schiffer, it's 176 pages and available in hardcover format.

This artist's work takes quilling and edge mounted paper to an absolutely astounding degree of expertise. The book explodes with color and texture and some of the forms and shapes she coaxes paper into almost defy belief. She's a consummate artist with a virtuoso control of her medium.

This book is good as a gallery and inspiration work; it's not a how-to guide and there are no tutorials. She does provide detailed progress pics on some of the works showing how she prepares components and the different stages.

I am still amazed at the intricacy and artistry of these artworks.

Four stars, gorgeous.

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

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