11 Mixed Media Book Inspirations to Spark your Creative Soul

Explore mixed-media possibilities in new and impressive ways with Helen Rossiter’s stunning art instruction book. Her love of color and experimentation is carried through layers of imagery and texture with a gloriously vibrant mix of traditional and imaginative new techniques. It is the experimental combination of these methods that give each painting its unique glowing quality. Learn different ways of mixing and blending paint, making marks with found objects, collage techniques, printing methods, and original ways to incorporate homemade stencils and stamps into your work.

Art therapy can help improve mood, concentration, and well-being by drawing the mind away from stressful thoughts. In this simple guide, you’ll explore the creative and colorful world of watercolor painting through mindfulness techniques. Follow along with Instagram muse Terry Runyan as she leads you through fascinating exercises designed to help you tap into your inner artist. Packed with inspiring projects to try at home or on the go, Painting Happiness is perfect for beginners and seasoned artists!

Develop skills beyond drawing, painting, and collaging to bring your mixed media drawings and art to a new level. This book will teach you how to use various techniques that can be used in multiple ways. Explore the fundamentals of mixed media art and its eclectic approaches.

The Spiritual Artist is designed to help you create meaningful work from a spiritual, emotional, and creative place. This book will help you navigate the waters of creating art from your true self. It has meaningful passages and exercises that will inspire you.

Freedom, creativity, and expression are what art journaling is all about. But one of the most important components of art journaling is learning to use color and composition in an intentional way to create a compelling series of pages. And it’s not as difficult as you may think! Dina covers all the basics needed to create beautiful and exciting pages, with plenty of examples showing the pros and cons of each approach so you can figure out what works best for you.

A beautiful way to express yourself, 365 Days of Art is a book to help you nurture and explore your feelings through art. It features hand lettering and watercolor illustrations. It also features inspirational quotes with prompts and exercises to spark reflection through your drawing, writing, painting, and more.

Journaling provides an opportunity to slow down, reflect on what’s important, and take time out for self-care. Imagine Out Loud combines renowned artist Jane Davenport’s work, quotes, and thought-provoking journaling prompts to inspire women to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with their creativity while finding personal fulfillment.

Austin Kleon’s previous books Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work!, both bestsellers, Austin gives you the keys to unlock your creativity. This book gives you ten rules on how to stay focused, creative, and be true to yourself—for life.

Author Lisa Congdon’s The Essential Guide to Working, Your Creative Magic offers a fun and accessible guide to developing your artistic voice. Lisa is an award-winning artist, author, and illustrator whose work has been exhibited around the country. In this book, she interviews ten renowned professional artists and shares advice, tools, and inspiration to help you find your artistic calling. If you struggle with finding or understanding your artistic voice this is the book for you!

This book is for anyone who makes things, whether you’re an artist or not. It’s all about sitting down to your easel or keyboard and trying to do what you set out to do. Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, why it often doesn’t, and the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. The authors put a human face on artmaking; they are artists looking at their work like any other artist would — critiquing it, questioning it, and talking about how they push through problems that arise when trying to create something new. This book will resonate with professional artists trying to maintain a consistent creative practice and hobbyists who want to take their creative lives seriously but don’t know where to start.

Dr. Nancy Hillis will guide you through her process to overcome your fears and self-destructive behaviors that keep you from reaching your artistic potential. This book will help you to better understand yourself and what makes you unique. She will help you see your true potential. Let her help you slay self-doubt and overcome your fears to create the art of your dreams! I can’t wait to read this one. I have a feeling it will be one of my favorite books this year. It gets awesome reviews!