Incredible Art Over 200 Ideas For Creating Amazing Art

by Nicholson, Sue; Robins, Deri; Macdonald, Fiona

• ISBN13: 9781592239436
• ISBN10: 1592239439
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books

Summary

Kids are natural-born artists--a quick look at the family refrigerator/art gallery is all the proof you need. Now here's a book that channels all of that innate creativity: Incredible Art! Inside this large format, spiral-bound workbook, budding Picassos will find an amazing array of projects to try, including cool crafts (Pop Art prints, tile mosaics and an Aztec mask), sketching (animal portraits and crazy cartoons), and other wildly imaginative ideas (potato prints, Viking textiles and 3-D ocean scenes). Projects are fun and age-appropriate, featuring step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and photographs as well as helpful "top tip" segments and a "Click for Art" online component. Better toss the pizza coupons to make room on the fridge--with more than 200 awesome ideas, Incredible Art is guaranteed to inspire many new masterpieces.

Author Biography

After completing a degree in medieval social history, Fiona Macdonald became a university tutor and freelance writer. Ten years later, she became a full-time writer, focusing on ancient and medieval history, for both children and adults. She has written more than 300 books. After working as a teacher and editor in Hong Kong and Tokyo, Sue Nicholson returned to England to work in children's publishing. She became a freelance writer and editor in 1996 and has written several books for children, ranging from preschool novelty books to non-fiction for older children. Welsh author and editor Deri Robins has worked in publishing for more than 25 years. As well as writing fiction for children, she has produced many books on art, craft and puzzles.