Discovering Great Artists
Hands-on Art Experiences in the Styles of Great Masters
Chicago Review Press · Print & ebook · August 4, 2020
Fun and easy art-appreciation activities abound in this resource that features over 60 great artists across the ages.
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- Who it’s for
- Meet artists through concise biographies, then try their approaches in hands-on projects.
- Themes
- Art appreciation, Creative process, Art techniques and mediums
- Genres
- Kids Art, Art Techniques for Kids, Art History for Kids
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Fun and easy art-appreciation activities abound in this resource that features over 60 great artists across the ages. A concise biography for each artist tells why his or her work is important, and a kid-tested art activity tries out the artist’s approach. Young artists will sketch inventive designs in the style of da Vinci and draw in a nature notebook like Audubon. To understand Rodin, they will create a clay carving.
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Picasso will inspire a fractured friend, and Kahlo shows the magic in self-portraits. Projects stress the creative process and encourage kids to try unusual techniques such as block printing, pointillism, and mixed media artworks as they learn about architecture, drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. Discovering Great Artists includes easy-to-follow icons to indicate the experience, preparation, and materials necessary for each project, as well as guides to the style, movement, or era of each artist. Introducing children to the greatest artists has never been more engaging!
Art Meets Making
Meet artists through concise biographies, then try their approaches in hands-on projects.
Come here for
- Art history with room to get your hands messy
- Projects spanning drawing, sculpture, photography, and more
Expect
- Artist biographies paired with kid-tested activities
- Clear guides to materials, preparation, and artistic movements
Where it sits
| Kids Art | 51% |
|---|---|
| Art Techniques for Kids | 42% |
| Art History for Kids | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids Art
- Art History for Kids
- Art Techniques for Kids
- Authors
- MaryAnn F Kohl, Kim Solga
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Published
- August 4, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Art appreciation · Creative process · Art techniques and mediums
- Reading lane
- Kids Art