Journey through The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection to reveal intricate treasures with your colouring pencils. Discover the secrets of the museum in this colouring adventure. There's 80 treasures to colour, from the large-scale unicorn tapestries, to a kaleidoscopic geometric quilt, and exquisite ball gowns covered with trimmings. Mesmerising pen-and-ink linework calls you to colour, hatch, shade and doodle on thick pages that beautifully enhance your artwork. (c) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.

This book taps into the dragon craze ignited by the successful "Eragon" series and includes all types of dragons, from scaly brutes of medieval Europe to graceful Asian fantasy figures. Clear, illustrated and step-by-step enough that a child can follow it, but detailed, imaginative and insightful enough that an adult can learn from it as well, this book offers anyone and everyone a simple way to learn how to draw dragons.T-Rex may be king of the dinosaurs and the lion may be king of the jungle, but the undisputed, hands-down ruler of mythical creatures is the dragon. Now, anyone with an interest in drawing these amazing creatures can follow the program in this book and learn to do it. Avoiding the 'copy-it-yourself' approach found in other books, Sandra Staple teaches readers all the skills they need to create their own dragon menagerie. Every step is presented with ease and clarity, taking the bewilderment out of the drawing process and showing that great complexity begins with utmost simplicity. For beginners, there's a special primer section, while more experienced artists can dive right in to drawing the mythical creatures that fill their imaginations.

This title is suitable for children aged 5 to 11 years old. This title is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects, particularly animals. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of the most beautiful and fascinating birds from around the world with a comprehensive, step-by-step approach. His distinctive drawing method has proven to be successful for children and adults alike over the past 40 years and has shown artists, from the beginner to advanced levels, how to draw everything from animals to airplanes. The revised "Draw 50" series gives an old favourite an exciting, new look.

A fresh twist on classic bunny slippers-now with unicorn magic! Lounge around in slippers you designed and made yourself. Precut pieces take care of the prep work for you, so you can start sewing right away! The projects are designed to be oh-sew-easy, even if you've never sewn a stitch before. Felt stickers make decorating your critter a breeze, and precut holes help you space your stitches perfectly. Everything you need to make one pair of slippers with precut rainbow faux fur, felt, felt stickers, and sequins and a premade metallic unicorn horn. Choose from six different animal designs using the extra traceable patterns: bunny, unicorn, kitty, bear, owl, and sloth. Includes instructions in a 32-page book for customising the slippers to your child's shoe size, assembling the slipper, and personalizing it with the decorations of your choice. Learn to sew by following our 32 page book of step-by-step instructions to make an adorable pair of slippers. Start off by trimming the sole for the perfect fit then learn the basics of sewing like how to thread a needle. Each page is filled with tips and tricks to create the coziest custom slippers for any lazy day or slumber party! You can mix and match animals, add sparkles, or even rainbow fur! What You Get 32-page instruction book 2 colors of pre-cut felt Rainbow faux fur 2 rainbow horns Embroidery floss 2 needles Sequins Paper template 4 non-slip grip stickies 4 sticky dots What is Klutz? Klutz is a premium brand of book-based activity kits, designed to inspire creativity in every child. Our unique combination of crystal-clear instructions, custom tools and materials, and hearty helpings of humor is 100% guaranteed to kick-start creativity. Super-clear instructions Open-ended Creativity Rewarding Reading Skills to Build On Everything You Need

Beginners can learn the basics of sketching by combining circles, ovals, rectangles, crescents, and other shapes to produce remarkable likenesses of a number of subjects. Simple, step-by-step diagrams -- plus blank practice pages -- make it easy for youngsters and would-be artists of all ages to draw fruit, fish, kittens, and other subjects. 30 projects.

Paint Lab for Kids is an inspiring collection of 52 fresh, kid-friendly projects for nurturing an artistic spirit and a love of art through working and playing with paint. Popular artist and author Stephanie Corfee offers an exciting resource of easy-to-follow instructions supported throughout with step-by-step, full-color photographs for projects that teach techniques, stimulate new ideas, explore color, combine materialsin interesting ways, and encourage self-expression. Each project sequence includes a complete materials list, a finished sample, and the inspiring work of a noted artist. Have fun exploring: painting techniques by making folded paper insect monoprints. your imagination with a marbled paper galaxy painting. color with pencil eraser pointillism. mixed media art by embellishing a family photo mounted on canvas. This book is perfect for anyone who teaches or leads hands-on art experiences: creative, DIY-inspired parents, families, friends, homeschoolers, scouting, community, and youth group leaders. The popular Lab for Kids series features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including art, astronomy, clay, geology, math, and even how to create your own circus-all authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The labs can be used as singular projects or as part of a yearlong curriculum of experiential learning. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Lab for Kids.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the study of English literature began to be divided into courses that surveyed discrete "periods." Since that time, scholars' definitions of literature and their rationales for teaching it have changed radically. But the periodized structure of the curriculum has remained oddly unshaken, as if the exercise of contrasting one literary period with another has an importance that transcends the content of any individual course. Why Literary Periods Mattered explains how historical contrast became central to literary study, and why it remained institutionally central in spite of critical controversy about literature itself. Organizing literary history around contrast rather than causal continuity helped literature departments separate themselves from departments of history. But critics' long reliance on a rhetoric of contrasted movements and fateful turns has produced important blind spots in the discipline. In the twenty-first century, Underwood argues, literary study may need digital technology in particular to develop new methods of reasoning about gradual, continuous change.