Wednesday June 24, 2009
Keri Smith is an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. She is the author of several bestselling books about creativity. She has created a couple of thought provoking things exploring the creative process that are available as free downloads on her website. These include:
- Artist’s Survival Kit.
- 100 ideas.
Then there are significant previews of her books (there’s a decent amount of free material):
(REALLY INTERESTING)
- How to be an explorer of the World: portable art life museum.
- Wreck this journal.
She also has a blog called The Wish Jar Journal.
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I love this stuff! I saw her book How to be an Explorer of the World at Kinokuniya, it’s really great food for thought… it’s giving me some great ideas for some fun projects, I’ve always wanted to do some kind of street or guerilla art