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    If Paintings Could Talk
    If Paintings Could Talk
    If Paintings Could Talk
    Ebook146 pages16 minutes

    If Paintings Could Talk

    By Anne Ward

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    A professional oil painter’s iPad is a “studio tucked in her purse,” and this book the gallery of her stunning digital art.

    AnneWard has been painting professionally and exhibiting her oil paintings for the past twenty years. She has been featured in magazines and periodicals. Using the iPad has allowed her to create every day and daydream more often. All of the paintings, drawings, and digital collages in this book were created by Anne on her iPad.

    To learn more about Anne, please visit: www.anneward.com

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnne Ward
    Release dateJan 23, 2019
    ISBN9780997532623
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      Book preview

      If Paintings Could Talk - Anne Ward

      9780997532623.jpg

      Copyright © 2018 by Anne Ward

      First Edition

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced—mechanically, electronically, or by any other means, including photocopying—without written permission of the publisher.

      ISBN: 978-0-9975326-1-6

      eISBN: 978-0-9975326-2-3

      The iPad®, Apple Pencil®, and iPhone® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. The artist has used the Procreate® app and is grateful for the combination of these revolutionary products, which have made this book possible. If Paintings Could Talk is an independent publication and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc.

      Gold Sparrow Press LLC

      200 S. Barrrington Ave., #202

      Los Angeles, CA 90049

      All artwork in this book has been created by Anne Ward on an iPad.

      To see available reproductions of art from the book,

      visit www.anneward.com.

      List of Videos

      Video of Martha’s Vineyard painting (00:28)

      Video of birthday roses painting (00:30)

      Video of My New Blue Chair painting (00:36)

      Video of Afternoon Light painting (01:12)

      What’s beneath the surface of a painting?

      Stories and feelings. The aim of this book is to share my digital journal and hopefully inspire others to stay creative. By slowing down to observe the ordinary things in our lives, we soon discover there are extraordinary things all around us always.

      I first started painting on an iPad when I was going through a divorce and subsequent health crisis. I was spending a fair amount of time in doctors’ offices. Waiting. Lots of waiting. My best friend, Cindy, had moved to the East Coast, and we began to keep in touch via drawings on the iPad. Painting on the iPad allowed me to stay creative, to find a sense of calm in the face of health unknowables, and to paint using small snippets of time. Balancing a creative life with the demands of parenting is always of interest to me. I would tuck the iPad in my purse and have it ready when parked in carpool or waiting for

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