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Great American Artists for Kids
Hands-On Art for Children in the Style of the Great American
Fun and easy art-appreciation activities abound in this resource that features 75 American artists from colonial times to the present. A brief biography for each artist tells why his or her work is important, and a kid-tested art activity tries out the artist's approach. Projects stress the creative process and encourage kids to try unusual techniques such as block printing, soak-stain, and stone carving as they learn about architecture, drawing, painting, photography, and sculpture. A resource guide provides a glossary of art terms, a list that groups the artists by style, a list of the artists’ birthdays, an index of art supplies, and websites for viewing art online.
- Georgia O'Keeffe - Desert Painting
- Frederic Remington - Face Cast
- Leroy Nieman - Action Athletes
- James Whistler - Clay Engraving
- Roy Lichtenstein - Comic Speech Balloons
- Janet Fish - Painting Transparent Containers
...and MANY MORE easy, child-centered activities.
...The Companion Book:
Discovering Great Artists Unique art activities for children to experience the styles and techniques of the great masters.
...More books from MaryAnn Kohl:
Scribble Art Over 200 easy, open-ended and child-safe art activities to encourage process, discovery and exploration.
Mudworks Creative, free-form art ideas for modeling projects.
ScienceArts Children discover science concepts through art experiences.
Good Earth Art Hands-on art experiences with 200 environmental art activities.
Storybook Art Art for children in the styles of 100 favorite picture book illustrators.
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Click here for a sample activity from this book, from publisher Bright Ring Publishing.
This excellent book is co-written by KidsArt's Kim Solga and MaryAnn Kohl, award-winning author and leader in the field of process-oriented art for children. Great American Artists for Kids encourages children to learn by doing, to become familiar with new ideas, and expand their awareness in many different forms of art, from paint and drawing to sculpture, photography, architecture and more. A valuable teaching resource! For students ages 4 - 12 or older....140 pages fully illustrated.
Available July 2008 - Feel free to Pre-order today.
What a gift the authors have given student and teacher, child and adult alike.
Joseph Raffael, American artist (one of the great artists featured in the book)
Focuses children on the delight of putting one color directly next to or on top of another color, as opposed to filling in black outlines.
Wolf Kahn, American artist (another of the great artists featured in the book)
Very well done!
Carrie Rodamaker, programs director, Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin Preservation, Inc., Spring Green, Wisconsin (Wright is also featured in the book)
The inspiration that every teacher or parent needs to encourage young artists.
Dr. Rebecca Isbell, director, Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development, East Tennessee State University
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