Let's Make Some Great Art

Author: Marion Deuchars
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781856697866
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this interactive coloring and activity book, Marion Deuchars takes the broad canvas of art and fills it with drawings and activities that engage with what art can be, how it can be made, what it can mean for you and what it has meant for people through the ages. Aimed at children aged eight and older, the emphasis is on fun and making the creation of art an integral part of the way you express yourself.

Let's Make Some Great Art: Patterns

Author: Marion Deuchars
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786276872
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
Draw, paint and collage all kinds of amazing patterns with this jam-packed activity book. Spark your imagination and get creative as you make maze patterns, tessellating patterns, mosaics and even multi-coloured marbling patterns.

Draw, Paint, Sparkle

Author: Patty Palmer
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 161180471X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 161

Book Description
25 kid-tested lessons in drawing and painting—perfect for children ages 5 to 10 Encourage and empower kids to make art! The 25 art lessons in this book present step-by-step drawing instructions paired with a range of painting techniques and styles for endless creative exploration. Designed by an elementary art teacher, each creative exploration offers tips on using the best art materials (that won’t break the bank), shares art-making techniques that add variety and ease to the projects, and provides insights on engaging kids in the process. The lessons include: · Beginner projects. Discover easy ways to get started making art. Through flexible instructions, you’ll create big and bold paintings. · Art lessons inspired by the masters. With projects based on celebrated painters like Van Gogh and Monet to contemporary artists like James Rizzi and Jackson Pollock, you’ll explore a range of painting techniques and styles. · Paintings inspired by nature. Draw and paint familiar and imagined landscapes and animals as a fun way to engage with art. More than just a simple how-to draw and paint book, Draw, Paint, Sparkle is an invitation for kids to unleash their creativity through color and paint.

Let's Make Some Great Fingerprint Art

Author: Marion Deuchars
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781780670157
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Discover different and surprising ways of creating pictures with finger- and handprints. Create handprint birds, lions and reindeer; invent strange creatures by combining fingerprints and blowpainting; make fingerprint stencil art or create your own gallery of aliens and monsters. From flowers and bees to dinosaurs and skeletons - let the inky fingers begin! Marion Deuchars is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning illustrator with an instantly recognizable and much loved style. From her covers for Penguin Books to her stamps celebrating the Royal Shakespeare Company, her illustration and lettering is unparalleled and highly influential.

Draw Paint Print like the Great Artists

Author: Marion Deuchars
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781780672816
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In this imaginative new activity book, Marion Deuchars makes learning about art fun. Young readers are introduced to more than thirty great artists, then encouraged to try out the techniques that lie behind their greatest works. Short and accessible facts about each artist's life and works are followed by creative projects that Marion has devised based on the artist's particular techniques. Take your pencil for a walk in the spirit of Paul Klee, experiment with color like Joan Miró, or create your own surrealist-inspired artwork.

Art Play

Author:
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781780678771
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Play with art like never before in this exciting new activity book from the best-selling author of the Let's Make Some Great Art series. Marion Deuchars has created a surprising and engaging range of activities and games organized into seven sections of Drawing, Color, Shapes, Paint, Paper, Printing, and Pattern. Each section is not only a great opportunity to play, but also helps to shape and form artistic ability and confidence. Discover the joys of making your own marbled paper. Create your own language in pictures. Providing hours of endless fun and exploration, Art Play will bring out the artist in everyone.

The Art of Eric Carle

Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984813404
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 139

Book Description
Carle is one of the most beloved illustrators of children's books. This retrospective is more than just an appreciation of his art, however. The book also contains an insightful autobiography illustrated with personal photographs, an anecdotal essay by his longtime editor, a photographic essay on how Carle creates his collages, and writings by Carle and his colleagues. Still, it is the artwork in the oversize volume that seizes the imagination. More than 60 of his full-color collage pictures are handsomely reproduced and serve as a statement of Carle's impressive talent. - Booklist

Art Smart

Author: Traci Bunkers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781710890
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
Learn how to print, draw, paint and create textiles with imaginative projects that will inspire and delight young artists. Clear, concise step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, demonstrate how each project can be achieved. Art Smart presents a fresh, imaginative approach to art, covering four main artistic skills – painting, drawing, printing and textiles. This bind-up contains 48 original projects to make, using readily available materials. The projects have been carefully chosen to appeal to both boys and girls. Each project is graded with a difficulty rating of 1 to 5. A special ‘techniques and materials’ section encourages young artists to try out their own creative ideas while learning valuable practical skills.

Print & Pattern Kids

Author: Bowie Style
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 1780675410
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 657

Book Description
The latest book from the cult Print & Pattern website, Print & Pattern: Kids celebrates beautiful surface design created with little people in mind. This book documents the work of the best designers in the field, featuring both successful commercial designs and previously unseen work. Children's design is an exciting marketplace, full of cute and colourful patterns, wallpaper, fabrics, clothing, ceramics, greeting cards and in fact just about anything aimed at kids (much of which will also appeal to adults!) Includes work from Designers Guild, Cath Kidston, Marc Boutavant, Laura Ashley, Paapii and Dan Stiles, among other top international designers.

The Greatest Adventure

Author: Tony Piedra
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338290495
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Where does true adventure come from? A young Latino boy and his grandfather find the true answer together. Eliot imagines sailing wild rivers and discovering giant beasts, right there on his block! But he wishes his adventures were real. Eliot's grandpa, El Capitan, once steered his own ship through dangerous seas, to far-off lands. But he can't do that anymore. Can Eliot and El Capitan discover a real adventure... together? Come find out! All aboard The Greatest Adventure!