The Artist in You

by Brunelle, Julie; Wood, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781445151694
• ISBN10: 1445151693
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-09-04
• Publisher: Franklin Watts

Summary

Taking some the world's greatest art and artists as its starting point, this visually stunning and absorbing book is a perfect way to get children aged 10 plus into art and creating their own work. It has two objectives. One is to introduce the basics of art and the art making process in an easy and accessible way with fun and engaging projects, while exploring various techniques and mediums, including photography and printmaking. Secondly, it introduces much of the basic art terminology to give the reader the vocabulary to discuss and share their appreciation of art.

The authors, both artists and art teachers themselves, convey their enthusiasm with a voice that is simple, direct and full of fun.The projects cover a high level of art education and in fact self-learners, teachers and students of all ages will learn a lot from it. Students who complete these projects will command outstanding abilities and knowledge of the fine arts. Learners will gain important first hand skills and insights into the language of art necessary to work and communicate in this challenging field.

Author Biography

Julie Brunelle (Author)
Julie Brunelle is a photographer, fibre artist and art educator. She has taught art and craft for more than ten years to socio-economically challenged schools in remote Canadian villages, French Montessori institutes in Quebec and A-level International Baccalaureate pupils. Julie inspires, challenges and encourages her students to push themselves and explore their full potential. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa with a double major in Arts and English with professional teacher qualifications in both subject areas.

Peter Wood (Author)
Peter Wood is a primary school teacher in Canada with a speciality in community arts education. He is a professional painter and artist of more than twenty years experience. He has exhibited in Abu Dhabi, Montreal and more. His paintings are in private collections in the United States, England and Germany. He has created many large-scale works and also enjoys whimsical explorations in snow and building magnificent tree houses. Peter studied Philosophy and Visual arts at universities in Canada. He has also taught in international IB schools abroad.

Table of Contents

• 1: The start part
• 1: Point
• 1: Point: Project 1 The Lichtenstein Selfie
• 1: Point: Project 2 Seurat’s dotted landscape
• 1: Line
• 1: Line: Project 1 Printing Lines with Klee
• 1: Line: Project 2 Light drawing with Picasso
• 1: Shape
• 1: Shape: Project 1 Cut-outs with Matisse
• 1: Shape: Project 2 Tessellation with Escher
• 1: Texture
• 1: Texture: Project 1 Ernst’s textured landscape
• 1: Texture: Project 2 Durer’s invented beast
• 1: Value
• 1: Value: Project 1 Mondrian’s Grey Tree
• 1: Value: Project 2 Printmaking with Mary Cassatt
• 1: Form
• 1: Form: Project 1 Drawing Cezanne’s apples 38
• 1: Form: Project 2 Linear perspective with Van Gogh
• 1: Space
• 1: Space: Project 1 Giacometti Negative Figure
• 1: Space: Exercise 2 Be a Banksy
• 1: Colour
• 1: Colour: Project 1 Kandinsky’s colourful circles
• 1: Colour: Project 2 The Complementary Collage
• 1: The end part
• 1: Selected techniques
• 1: Art movements
• 1: Glossary
• 1: Further reading and websites
• 1: Index