Beautifully, well done book combining the thoughtful brush strokes in effort to make heartfelt, beautiful paintings, with the basics of mindfulness. I love the concept of this - basically an embodiment of mindfulness in action.

The focus is really on mindfulness in this art technique book, which walks you through doing somewhere between 12-20 ink painting projects step-by-step. The cover art is very illustrative of the projects, which tend to be in black and white but sometimes use some coloring. They tend towards birds with some flowers and other nature elements.

A beginning section talks about what materials to buy and about mindfulness. Each project's steps include steps about mindfulness and thinking of certain things. The art is designed to be part of the meditative process.

I wasn't especially inspired but it's a nice book with contemplative exercises. If you are looking for step-by-step directions for implementing more mindfulness in your life and would like to incorporate art in that, this will be a great tool.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

This title is part of a series, aimed at artists of all skill levels. The stated purpose is to encourage you to focus on the process of creation rather than the end result. In doing so, it becomes much more relaxing and fun. "Drawing is active meditation" was a statement that really stood out to me.

I should note I am not an artist by trade and I have minimal formal education in it. So this review is from the perspective of an amateur.

The focus of the book is loose, stylized, simple drawings in the style of Japanese brush paintings. Projects are attractive and I believe close to universal in appeal.

The author details brands of brush pens which is much appreciated, as well as discussing more traditional tools. For someone new to this hobby, you could begin very inexpensively. One pen and plain paper would get you started.

Projects are detailed step by step, in words and photos. The author did an excellent job explaining the process, while keeping the focus on enjoying the process.