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Discover abstract painting with acrylics! "If you approach your art with a playful attitude you will be more apt to keep making art, and the more art you make, the better your art will be." --pg. 10 Like a diving board for creativity, Abstract Explorations in Acrylic Painting will help you plunge joyfully into artmaking. With the belief that an attitude of playfulness is key to artistic growth, award-winning acrylic artist Jo Toye leads you on an engaging workshop-style adventure filled with innovative techniques, inventive approaches and breakthrough results.Work Small. Start by discovering how working on a small canvas yields big payoffs. When you don't have anything to lose but a few minutes and a little piece of paper, you'll find that you paint more fearlessly, absorb new concepts faster and enjoy yourself more.



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Jo Toye

Jo lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her man cat, Henry, her quirky dog, Olive, and her supportive husband, Jeff. Her cat Henry, who is her studio assistant, describes her as soft, warm and given to taking afternoon naps. Olive the dog declined to comment. Jeff, whom Olive describes as closely resembling God, is just glad that her book is finished so he doesn't have to continue to do the grocery shopping.

Jo refers to herself as an experimental artist and her favorite word is "possibilities". When she is not experimenting out in her studio, she is joyously sharing her process and experimental techniques through her sold out classes and workshops.

Jo has recently combined her love of line, her knowledge of design, and her love of cats to produce the adult coloring book, Cat-a-Doodles. These adorable cats have been gestating in her sketchbook for 9 years; when she discovered the coloring book phenomenon this past Christmas, she realized that her precious kitties had found a way into the world. You can find more about Jo's art, workshops, and books on her website inspiredpalettestudio.com



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