Explore Yourself Through Art: Pracl GT Using Drawing Painting Modeling Masks Collages Forpers Growth Problem

by Vicky Barber

Written by an experienced art therapist, Explore Yourself Through Art is the first practical guide to self-directed art therapy. This accessible and informative handbook offers a wide range of exercises and fascinating activities for the mind and body.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452283841
• ISBN13: 9780452283848
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Good Starter Book

This book offers up solid advice for the person who would like to be more expressive but isn't sure where to start. There are easy projects that can readily be adapted to one's own ideas. Colorful photos accompany the clear, concise directions. Questions are prompts for exploring issues and feelings released as we explore ourselves using left-brain creativity. I simultaneously was reading Estes' Women Who Run with the Wolves, a Jungian interpretation of folk tales that provide clues about how to access our inner wild woman. Exploring Yourself through Art was the perfect practical manual to supplement that intellectual journey.

I love this book!

I bought this book while searching for directives to do with my art therapy groups. The cover was so enticing I had to take a look, but I never expected to find the treasure trove inside. This is the book I have dreamed of writing myself. It is laid out beautifully, it is colorful, has great photos, good explanations, and is overall very inviting. Just thumbing through it makes me want to pull out some paints and play. One of my favorite features is the questions to think about after each directive. I think this is a great book for an individual to explore self expression through art, and also for the art therapy intern, hungry for ideas.