Painting Can Save Your Life: How and Why We Paint

By Sara Woster

Book Overview

Artist and founder of The Painting School Sara Woster invites readers into the vibrant world of painting as a creative practice powerful enough to transform our lives.

Sara Woster is a painter, teacher, and art evangelist. She believes in art as a form of mindfulness, a ritual for healing, and an outlet for self-expression. In Painting Can Save Your Life, Woster welcomes readers into this transformative art form, inviting them to pick up a brush and discover how painting can help you see the world in a whole new way.

Weaving soup-to-nuts instruction on how to paint--from choosing the right materials to painting the human body--with her own story of discovering a passion for painting, this book includes:

- simple and easy techniques for painters of all skill levels
- playful and challenging painting exercises
- tips on how to build a creative community using art
- insights on how to use painting to cultivate a sense of calm in a stressful world

Part how-to-paint, part sheer inspiration, Painting Can Save Your Life is a wise and inspiring guide to the power of painting.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593329945
• ISBN13: 9780593329948
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 8.2"