Doing Art Together

by Silberstein-Sorfer, M.

• ISBN13: 9780671434281
• ISBN10: 0671434284
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1983-10-01
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

Based on the methods taught in the renowned parent-child workshops at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this unusual, beautifully illustrated book offers a hands-on art course that demystifies the art-making process with step-by-step, no-fail projects for beginners of any age or ability. List of supplies included. 220 illus., 40 in color.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 6
Preface	p. 10
The Art Experience	p. 14
The Home Work Space	p. 22
Guiding Workshop Beginners	p. 42
Beginning Painting	p. 60
Suggesting Mood or Place with Color	p. 84
Experiments in Mixing Paint Colors	p. 102
Drawing with Torn-Paper Shapes	p. 116
Drawing with Cut Paper	p. 136
Making Colors Change with Tissue Paper	p. 150
Painting Shapes	p. 162
Patterned-Paper Collage	p. 176
Texture Collage	p. 192
Collage Painting (Recycling Old Work into New)	p. 208
Paper-Sculpture Hats	p. 218
Clay Sculpture: Getting Acquainted with Clay	p. 234
Painting Your Clay Shapes	p. 256
How to Continue	p. 268
List of Suppliers	p. 274
Additional Reading	p. 278
Index	p. 281
Photograph Credits	p. 286
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