My Very Favorite Art Book: I Love to Paint! - Hardcover

Lipsey Edwards, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579906303 ISBN 13: 9781579906306

Publisher: Union Square & Co., 2005

Synopsis

Creating with strings, fingers, rollers, straws, and other super techniques: no wonder this entry in Lark's fabulous new art series will have kids saying "I love to paint!"

It's amazing what even the littlest ones can achieve when they practice on projects that feel like pure fun--not work. And one look at these cheerful, kid-friendly activities will have youngsters begging for a brush and paper. With everything from landscapes to classic still lifes, there's plenty here to fill up an entire refrigerator gallery. While creating finished pieces that will brighten every parent's heart, budding painters will easily master such techniques as mixing colors, brushwork, and creating texture with sponging, ragging and spattering. Filled with plenty of practical tips, creative ideas, and beautiful hand-painted illustrations, I Love to Paint guides new artists through the entire process--and will have them returning again and again, finding new skills to master as they get older.

About this title

From Booklist

Gr. 3-5. Here's a book that is as attractive as it is useful. Following introductory information about supplies, each spread, framed on bright-white pages, introduces a different technique, beginning with finger painting. Other methods include watercolors, scratch art, and sponge painting. A few lesser-known techniques are also introduced, such as using straws to blow paint around the pages and stenciling. Stylistically, this is exceptionally well organized. A boxed list of supplies appears on the left-hand pages along with simple, illustrated step-by-step instructions. The right-hand pages offer examples of artwork that are both handsome enough to inspire yet within the realm of a child's capabilities. Young artists will proceed on their own once they get the correct supplies, but this book will, perhaps, be of even more use to adults who work with children in schools, scout troops, and recreation centers. When demonstrated by an adult, many of the ideas can be used by children even younger than the target age group. Ilene Cooper
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About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1579906303
• ISBN 13: 9781579906306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48