Daily Painting: Paint Small and Often To Become a More Creative, Productive, and Successful Artist

The media could not be loaded. Now this is a unique book. A collection of short stories on many artists and their tips and recommendations to improve your art. The author advises to improve your art by painting “small and often” or get into that habit of painting quickly, frequently, and for short periods. Whatever your medium, you must practice to improve. Each chapter contains an important element of successful artistry. I found chapter 6 to be very impactful. Drawing and proportion. I struggle with this. The author provides useful tips here, including use of a viewfinder. I never did understand why that would be helpful, now I do!! This is a clever and valuable book. Seriously, give it a chance. My first impression was that this was not going to be very valuable for me because I only paint watercolor. It’s not about that. It’s not about what you paint or what you use, it’s how to get better at it. Buy this book and read it! You can thank me later.

I bought this book because I started painting only a year ago and because I am completely self taught, learning through books and videos. This book has been the most valuable resource yet in pursuing creative ventures; it provides a great deal of information about pointing and about the daily painting movement, as well as engaging stories of daily painting artists. I made my first daily painting after I finished the book. Now, thanks to this book by Carol Marine, I am a daily painter as well.

I read a sample of this book a couple years ago, and for some reason didn’t purchase it. I came across it again on Amazon last week and decided to buy it. I am so glad I did! The instruction is top notch, especially the chapters on color mixing. I am anxious to get back to painting and leverage the information.

I am a big Carol Marine fan. I am an Artist, I paint in a somewhat hard edged realistic manner, and this is helping me to loosen up. Every page is an inspiration. Easy to read, good examples of other peoples works, too. I would have liked to see some more examples of paintings in Acrylic and in Pastels. That kept it one star short, for me. Otherwise an excellent book to have for all Artists, all ages from 14 to 100-114...!Excellent size to carry around with you everywhere, high quality, excellent color photos. Good step by step examples. Buy this one for yourself or aspiring Artists friends and family members. Would make an excellent gift.

This is a well written story of how as an artist one can with daily practice develope a style of your own. It is a daily routine of drawing and painting that leads to new avenues to explore in the world of art.

The media could not be loaded. Inspiration works in strange ways. One artist inspires another, who inspire others.In Daily Painting, author and artist Carol Marine talks about how she was inspired by Duane Keiser who's another daily painter. So since 2006, Marine has been painting daily, and selling her work online.Marine talks about her experience on painting daily, where she finds inspiration and subjects to draw, techniques involved and how you can sell your paintings online. It's very inspiring and insightful. It certainly gives me the if-she-can-do-it-so-can-I feeling.Actually the book covers more technical topics. Here are the contents.1. How daily painting changed my life (and can change yours too!)2. My materials3. Subject matters4. Value5. Color mixing6. Drawing and proportion7. Composition8. Staying fresh and loose with oil9. Fighting artist's block10. How to photograph and edit small paintings11. Tips for better online salesI really like the idea of painting small. Somethings the size of a blank canvas can be intimidating. It's difficult for a small painting to match a big one in terms of impact, but it's likely to sell better because it's more affordable. All these info are mentioned in the book. It also includes a chapter on subject matter that talks about the kind of subjects that work well on a small canvas.Marine uses oil as her main medium. However her tips and techniques can often apply to other media as well except for things specific to oil, such as wiping a canvas and starting over again.Throughout the book, there are many other artists being featured with examples of their paintings, sometimes with interviews, such as in the latter chapter on dealing with artist block. All paintings featured look beautiful and inspiring.The best part about the book is it shows you the possibility of selling your work online. It's a model that works for Marine and other painters. I've went ahead and check out the listing of other artists and her paintings on eBay and some other websites and can see people buying at the listed price. It's great to see other artists make a living using this method and it's something that anyone can get into. It's certainly very motivating.This is a great book for all artists. Highly recommended.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

A great book for beginners or artists just wanting to paint more and learn some tips. Carol is a great artist and explains things in such simple and helpful ways. This book started me on the 'daily painting' experience and exercises

Some great information, some we know already (Paint constantly!) but, let’s be honest, we need that reminder sometimes. I am currently enrolled in an art mastery course, I want to grow beyond my current skill set, and I’m learning oils. They always teach dark to light, I struggle with some mud issues, the author shares her method of working in oil and it resonated with me. I also like the idea of painting small, allowing yourself to play, not be worried you’re wasting a big canvas, a lot of paint.Overall I found this to be a great read, it’s my day off painting and I would say it was well spent. I will be taking some of these tips into my studio tomorrow for sure.