Keri Smith 5 Books Collection Set Wreck This Journal Mess This Is Not
A Book

Keri Smith 5 Books Collection Set Description Wreck This Journal A new edition of Keri Smiths bestseller with updated material Think of Wreck This Journal as the anarchists Artists Way the book for those whove always wanted to draw outside the lines but were afraid to do it For anyone whos ever wished to but had trouble starting keeping or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal an illustrated book featuring a subversive collection of suggestions asking readers to muster up their best mistake and messmaking abilities to fill the pages of the book and destroy them Through a series of creatively and quirkily illustrated prompts acclaimed artist Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in destructive acts poking holes through pages adding photos and defacing them painting
with coffee colouring outside the lines and more in order to experience the true creative process With Keri Smiths unique sensibility readers are introduced to a new way of art and journal making discovering novel ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process Mess Your whole life youve been taught to avoid making a mess try to keep everything under control colour inside the lines make it perfect and at all costs avoid contact with things that stain Keri Smiths Mess asks you to do the opposite of what you have been taught Think of it as your own personal rumpus room A place to lest loose to trash to spew to do the things you are not allowed to do in the real world Smith dares readers to drop some kind of coloured liquid ink tea coffee onto a page from a
good height at least five feet draw in the dark or with eyes closed creatively misspell words paint a picture in a waterbased medium pen marker watercolour etc and leave it out during a rain or snowstorm and bury this book then dig it up Finish this book From author of Wreck this Journal Keri Smiths Finish this Book is a creative adventure where the reader is the main character and the author Dear Reader One dark and stormy night I found some strange scattered pages abandoned in a park I collected and assembled them trying to solve the mystery of this unexpected discovery and I am now passing the task on to you Your mission is to become the new author of this work You will continue the research and provide the content In order to complete the task you will have to undergo some secret
intelligence training which I have included in this volume Since no one knows what lies ahead please proceed with caution but know This book does not exist without you Yours truly Keri Smith Bestselling author Keri Smith is a freelance illustrator by trade and has illustrated for the Washington Post The New York Times Ford Motor Company People The Body Shop and Hallmark She is the author of Wreck This Journal How To Be An Explorer of the World and Mess She lives in Canada This is not a book From the maverick creative mind behind Wreck this Journal Keri Smiths This is Not A Book is curious engaging and creative rethinking of what a book can be This object does not exist without you You will determine the content and the final product All will be shaped by your imagination You must go out
into the world in order to bring it to life and complete the assignments With intriguing prompts you will discover that this book can be A secret message tear out a page write a note on it for a stranger and leave it in a public place A recording device have everyone you contact today write their name in the book An instrument create as many sounds as you can using the book like flipping the pages fast or slapping the cover The Pocket Scavenger Welcome to the highly inspirational world of Keri Smith Within the pages of The Pocket Scavenger readers will be instructed to collect a spectrum of quirky items something that is miniature a stain that is green something from the year you were born a used envelope and moreThen once their quarry is in hand theyll apply an alteration dictated solely
by chance create a funny character conceal it add polkadots remove a section add stripes scribble on top duplicate it make a copy fold cut into pieces amp rearrange turn into an article of clothing trace ituse the shape as basis for a new drawing make it pretty and so on Its funny moving silly and serious The way you look at things will never be the same again