Painted Pages

While I found the overall quality of the book artwork above average, upon reading the book, I found the content underwhelming. The book and the art seemed to lack conviction of any sort. Most art instruction books either offer prompts to inspire the reader to tackle the challenge with their own techniques or the book offers step-by-step techniques. This book really offered neither. There were projects with a list of materials needed but the actual descriptions were vague at best providing neither specific directions nor inspiration for the reader to go forth in their own direction.

I wanted to like the author's art but by the end of the book, I found the art to also be a little lackluster, having no specific focal point or strong point of view. Much of the work reminded me of Sabrina Ward Harrison but without her vibrancy and passion.

The design and photography of the book is aesthetically appealing and the art is above average for books on art journaling and mixed media but that's not really saying a lot.

I picked this book up in hopes of finding some tips and ideas for staying more consistent with my sketchbook and there were a few good ideas but I suspect that there are many other books available with better content overall.