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Are you using the creative side of your brain?

Discover how to paint with the creative side of your brain. Artist and instructor Nancy Reyner gives us the 7 ways to do it so that every stroke is as inspired as it can possibly be!

An Artist's Guide to Visual Thinking

This solution-based guide offers ways to identify and overcome the common problems faced by all painters in every medium. To create the perfect painting, analysis and editing are critical. Nancy Reyner shows you how to push your work to the next level by strengthening your perception, technical skill and visual thinking. Exercises and examples show how to critique your own creations and then evaluate them step by step for further improvement.

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