Essence of Letting It Flow by artist and teacher Sarah Oliver is a collection of drawings, serendipitous in nature, that will stir up and unlock your creative inspiration. The time relax, focus, release, color and create is here. Choose to be curious and let your imagination go, taking you to places inside of yourself where dreams are waiting to be released and where the small, quiet voice is calling you. You'll find that by coloring in the flow, shapes will spring forward, and color will relax and ease your mind. You will enjoy more than 30 serendipitous doodles that can be colored with colored pencils, fine markers, gel pens, and watercolor pencils. No worries if you haven't colored since grade school or without your grandchildren. Many will begin by selecting 2-5 colors and beginning at the place that stands out or catches their eye. It's good practice to let go of the need to do it right or just the right color and simply shade, contour and define areas of interest. By letting it flow, layering, shading and blending of colors using varying pressures you'll find your own style. Your own personal touches will release tension and ease daily stress that accumulates, often times without our even knowing it. The Essence of Letting It Flow was born out of Sarah's morning quiet time when she found herself picking up a sketchpad and making a decision to just let go and have fun creating. Drawing opened up a whole new world to Sarah and you can tap into it by coloring without the need to know what it is or that it be all neat and tidy. Life gets messy and doesn't always make sense so let your imagination be stirred up, curiosity tempted and you too may find yourself experiencing the essence of letting it flow as you enhance each page with color.
About the Author: Sarah Oliver is an ever-inspiring, explorer of truth and beauty. Her heart for encouraging others is the very essence of her works, be it painting in her studio, in a public event or conducting a workshop. A native Floridian, born into a creative family, Sarah grew up playing and learning; using her imagination as well as attending classes; making all kinds of things with textiles, fibers, paints and many other mediums. She has always spent a lot of time outdoors, a lover of nature, gardening and still today treasures her quiet time, preferably outdoors. Her work includes spontaneous, abstract paintings that provoke, inspire and release life; wearable art; and the Essence of Letting It Flow, a coloring book of serendipitous doodles for inspiration & relaxation. She will tell you that spontaneity comes from deep places within her, and manifests with sound and movement. She calls it a perfect remedy to balance the precise, detailed cosmetic tattooing that she offers in her Fort Lauderdale studio. She has applied permanent makeup for eyebrows, eyeliner and lips enhancing and restoring the appearance of women for over 20 years. In 2014 Sarah had an encounter at church. She began sensing and seeing pictures during worship that were powerful and personal to her. One evening on her way home from a church meeting she sensed hearing "paint it" in her spirit. She was so taken back that she actually declared out loud, "I'm not a painter". Once the words were out it's as if her soul answered, "Okay, I'll try." Stepping out in faith for Sarah is not new, she has followed her intuition many times, but she will say that this is one of the most adventurous, scary and rewarding leaps she's taken. She is a worshipper that moves in the spirit and is called to activate and release creativity in others. Her hope is that you and many others are inspired, stirred up and open to the will of our Creator. Sarah paints live locally at community events, as a guest artist or teacher at conferences and is a member of the Creative Arts Team at The Harbour Church in Pompano Beach, FL.