Start Painting Now: Discover Your Artistic Potential [Hardcover]

'A beautiful, joyful book from cover to cover.Start Painting Nowis packed full of brilliant and empowering creative advice that will compel you to shout from the rooftops I AM AN ARTIST. '  Lorna Scobie, creator of the365 Days of Artseries

Start Painting Nowis an inspiring, practical, accessible guide to discovering your creative spirit, giving you brilliant new tools for relaxation and self-care. Renowned artist Emily Powell and her GP sister, doctor Sarah Moore, will guide you through the process of learning to ignore your inner critic and unwind from the stresses of daily life through painting.

Whether you're returning to art after a long break or starting as a complete beginner, this book will motivate and encourage you to just pick up a brush and see where it takes you. Backed by the latest research on the benefits of art for mental health and wellbeing,Start Painting Nowwill empower you to put aside the fear of failure, turn off your phone and throw yourself into the joy of creativity.

Complete with inspiring examples from a range of female artists and set alongside examples of Emily and Sarahs own work, this book will give you all the tools you need tostart painting now!

Emily Powellis a contemporary painter who is passionate about demystifying creativity. Emily has exhibited with the Royal Society of Art, collaborated with MoMA and the British Museum and was part of the 2020 BBC Documentary for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Show. She now lectures at the Norwich University of Arts, and has sold prints of her work through the likes of John Lewis and Anthropologie.

Sarah Mooreis a qualified medical doctor and researcher who studied for her degree at the University of Cambridge. In 2017 she took a year out to complete an art course at her local colll3%