Let's Make Some Great Art

Let's Make Some Great Art
Author: Marion Deuchars
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-08-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781856697866

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 Placemat Art

Let's Make Some Great Placemat Art
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Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781856699211

Based on the best selling Let's Make Some Great Art, Marion Deuchars has devised some fun and educational art activities to keep kids, young and old, occupied at mealtimes. Featuring 36 generously sized mats printed on art activity paper, and nine different designs, including three all-new illustrations. Make up your own pasta shapes. Picture your favorite meal. Draw Mona Lisa's Smile. Invent a meal for an alien. Let's Make Some Great Placemat Art!

Let's Make More Great Placemat Art

Let's Make More Great Placemat Art
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Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781856699358

Marion Deuchars has devised some more fun and educational art activities to keep kids, young and old, occupied at mealtimes. Features all new activities, on 36 generously sized mats printed on art activity paper, and nine different designs. Draw some birds in a tree, create your own comic strip, sketch your favorite meal. Let's Make More Great Placemat Art!

Let's Make Some Great Art: Patterns

Let's Make Some Great Art: Patterns
Author: Marion Deuchars
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2020-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781786276872

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.

Daily Zen Doodles

Daily Zen Doodles
Author: Meera Lee Patel
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2014-10-28
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1612433782

In this one-of-a-kind mindfulness workbook for teens, New York Times-bestselling artist and author of Start Where You Are, Meera Lee Patel, presents an entire year of calming, stress-relieving zentangle-style drawings for young, first-time zen drawers to help relax and enjoy a truly mindful moment of creativity. Few activities are as spiritually satisfying as the art of the meditative “tangle” drawing. With this book, teens can find a quiet moment to craft an intaglio of intricate, mandala-like drawings that will calm and bring on a peaceful state that clears the mind and facilitates creativity and relaxation. Offering a different hand-illustrated prompt for each day of the year, Daily Zen Doodles inspires kids to lose themselves in the contemplative act of sketching beautifully repeating patterns and abstract designs. Whether it’s the outline of a nautilus shell, the petals of a lotus blossom, or the spokes of the Buddhist wheel, the mindfulness-inspiring ideas in this book foster focus and help unlock that budding inner artist. Accompanied by apt quotes from spiritual leaders and famed philosophers to provide you with an added spark of inspiration, each drawing prompt is an invitation to an improved mindset and elevated state of inner peace.

Design Mom

Design Mom
Author: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
Publisher: Artisan Books
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2015-04-07
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1579655718

New York Times best seller Ever since Gabrielle Stanley Blair became a parent, she’s believed that a thoughtfully designed home is one of the greatest gifts we can give our families, and that the objects and decor we choose to surround ourselves with tell our family’s story. In this, her first book, Blair offers a room-by-room guide to keeping things sane, organized, creative, and stylish. She provides advice on getting the most out of even the smallest spaces; simple fixes that make it easy for little ones to help out around the house; ingenious storage solutions for the never-ending stream of kid stuff; rainy-day DIY projects; and much, much more.

Pacific Natural

Pacific Natural
Author: Jenni Kayne
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0847864146

Both practical and inspiring, the first book from Jenni Kayne--the creator of the eponymous lifestyle brand--offers ideas and tips for entertaining and living well throughout the year. Jenni Kayne embodies an effortless aesthetic, where natural beauty is found in every detail. Pacific Natural illustrates Jenni's conscious way of living through personal anecdotes and tips with Jenni's home state of California serving as the backdrop. Organized by season, this entertaining book is your guide to creating special moments with family and friends. Each chapter includes tabletop ideas, simple crafts, tips for keeping a stocked kitchen and pantry, what to plant in your garden, and healthy, delicious recipes. From an apple harvest dinner and at-home herb drying in the fall, cocktail parties and DIY gift ideas in the winter, flower arranging in the spring and a beach picnic in the summer, Jenni shares her philosophy for creating traditions and living mindfully all year long. A thoughtful hands-on approach for stylish and balanced living, Pacific Natural shows us how to make the most of the time we spend together, treating life's details with creativity and care.

Great American Artists for Kids

Great American Artists for Kids
Author: MaryAnn F. Kohl
Publisher: Bright Ring Publishing
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0935607269

75 great American masters are introduced through open-ended quality art activities allowing kids to explore great art styles from colonial times to the present. Each child-tested art activity presents a biography, full color artwork, and techniques covering painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more. Special art options for very young children are included. Many great artists will be familiar names, like Cassatt, Warhol, and O'Keeffe. Other names will be new to some, like Asawa, Smithson, and Magee. Each featured artist has a style that is interesting to children, with a life history that will entertain and inspire them. Sample of some of the artists and companion activities: Andy Warhol - Package Design Bev Doolittle - Camouflage Draw Dale Chihuly - Pool Spheres Maya Lin - Memorial Plaque Jasper Johns - Encaustic Flag Joseph Raffael - Shiny Diptych Roy Lichtenstein - Comic Sounds Thomas Jefferson - Clay Keystone Edward Hopper - Wash Over Grant Wood - Gothic Paste-Up Wolf Kahn - Layered Pastel Jackson Pollock - Great Action Art Mary Cassatt - Back-Draw Monoprint Louis Comfort Tiffany - Bright Windows Hans Hofmann - Energetic Color Blocks Rube Goldberg - Contraption Georgia O'Keeffe - Paint with Distance 2009 Moonbeam Children's Bronze Award 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award

Hands and Feet

Hands and Feet
Author: Susie Brooks
Publisher: Wayland
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2016-09-22
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781526300416

A collection of fun, simple, inexpensive craft projects, ideal for time-poor parents and budget-challenged schools, promoting reuse and recycling. Beautifully designed, the book is clearly and appealingly illustrated with step-by-step instructions and engaging artwork. Each activity is straightforward and achievable, and as such is therapeutic for stressed or anxious children, allowing them to make things by themselves, and to have confidence in their own abilities. Let's Make Art With Hands and Feet shows you how to make a fingerprint sweetshop, fist-print fish, a thumb-print circus, a handprint zoo, a footprint space rocket and much, much more. Techniques include drawing, painting, printing, collage, making rubbings and paint-scraping - used in ingenious ways for fantastic results! Other titles in the series include Let's Make Art By Printing and Stamping, Let's Make Art with Everyday Things and Let's Make Art with Scrap Paper, so there's a whole load of upcycling fun to be had!