An invaluable compendium of 75 creative art projects for art educators and classroom teachers This authoritative, practical, and comprehensive guide offers everything teachers need to know to conduct an effective arts instruction and appreciation program. It meets secondary art teacher's unique needs for creating art lessons that cover everything from the fundamentals to digital media careers for aspiring artists. The book includes ten chapters that provide detailed instructions for both teachers and students, along with creative lesson plans and practical tools such as reproducible handouts, illustrations, and photographs. * Includes 75 fun and creative art projects * Fully updated to reflect the latest changes in secondary art instruction, including digital media and digital photography * Heavily illustrated with photographs and drawings For art teachers, secondary classroom teachers, and homeschoolers, this is the ideal hands-on guide to art instruction for middle school and high school students.

68 step-by-step, easy-to-understand art experiences illustrated in full color. Projects introduce techniquest in painting, weaving, k printing, clay, and working wth natural and recyclable materials.

This how-to-series is perfect for budding artists and amilam fans alike Children can learn to draw a wide range of popular animals, including tigers, dolphins, horses and butterflies.

Frida is lying in her bed, imprisoned by painful injuries she sustained in an accident. She yearns to paint, but can only manage to sing what is in her imagination. Suddenly, a jar of paintbrushes falls off her nightstand and a pool of vibrant color spreads across the floor. A monkey called Caimito scurries to help her with his friends, gathering her brushes, paint and canvas as well as all the items that Frida mentioned in her song-fruit, birds, flowers, and butterflies. Frida is so happy and grateful for the monkeys' assistance that she manages to create a new painting, a triumphant self-portrait with Caimito in her arms. The book explores the major themes of Kahlo's work- physical pain, enduring love, and steadfastness-as well as the symbolism of plants, animals, numbers, and religion, to give young readers a solid foundation for appreciating the artist's works for the rest of their lives.

The science of colour as you've never seen it before - this captivating book for kids aged 5+ covers key STEAM subjects: science, technology, engineering, art and maths. Why is the sky blue? Why is snow white and darkness black? How do our eyes and brain create a world of colour? Journey through lush green forests, splash into a watery blue ocean, be dazzled by a glowing jungle and see the world through a kaleidoscope of colour in this vibrant gift book. Explained in an accessible way and combined with gorgeous illustrations, this engaging book is perfect for young readers and budding scientists. Catherine Barr studied ecology at Leeds University and trained as a journalist. She worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campaigner and has a long-running interest in environmental issues. While working as an editor at the Natural History Museum, she researched and wrote two major summer exhibitions. Her previous books include The Story of Life, 10 Reasons to Love . . . and Red Alert! Yuliya Gwilym is a Ukrainian artist based in the Netherlands. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague and has been working as an illustrator ever since. She finds her main inspiration in working with children and often organises creative workshops for little ones.

A Brief Illustrated History of Art charts the history of art all the way from Prehistoric art through Classical art, through the Renaissance, to Cubism, Surrealism and the modern art of today. With stunning stunning full-colour images and illustrations, this beautiful book is sure to fascinate and charm the young reader.

This title is suitable for children aged 5-11 years old. It is targeted at young aspiring artists seeking to develop their technical skills and build a repertoire of subjects. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows readers how to draw dozens of aliens 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 the advanced levels, how to draw everything from animals to airplanes. The revised "Draw 50" series gives an old favourite a fresh, new look.

Are you ready to explore modern art movements from impressionism to pop art? Join this interactive visit to the art museum and get ready as the guided tour turns into an incredible maze adventure. In each room, you will find recognizable artists and art styles. From Monet to Hockney and Klee and Warhol, each lift of the flap explores a new movement. But be aware, the art might come alive to become your tour guides. If you should get lost in the galleries, follow the mazes in order to find your way to the next room. Jump-start your child's learning of art history while having fun walking through this unique one-of-a-kind museum maze! This book features the following: Oversized, full-color interior spreads that engage young minds to interact with modern art movements and artists through eight fold-out flaps; Seven entertaining mazes are designed to guide you from room to room and help improve fine motor, problem-solving, and visual-perceptual skills; Movements include impressionism, postimpressionism, expressionism, fauvism, cubism, surrealism, abstract art, and pop art; Artists include Cassat, Degas, Monet, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat, Van Gogh, Modersohn-Becker, Munch, Derain, Matisse, Brancusi, Braque, Picasso, Popova, Carrington, Klee, Magritte, Miro, Delaunay, Kandinski, Mondrian, Pollock, Hockney, Lichtenstein, and Warhol. Readers will be immersed in the exciting and colorful scenes of the museum that can be explored by tracing the mazes on every double page. In each one there is a recognizable artist style to spot. It's mind-bending, super-engaging, and highly visual fun for the entire family!

Paint with Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli and Van Gogh.Now you can color in the most important works in art history.Painting with the Masters is a guide through art history, a playful school in image composition.The simple contour drawings allow you to make your own interpretation of classical masterpieces.Paint with the Masters is a book that takes children's creativity seriously. The pictures have been carefully selected and tested to arouse children's interest. The pictures depict a mix of exciting themes, with motifs such as saints, dragons and Greek mythology.Among the paintings are the Mona Lisa and the Birth of Venus. Among the artists Cezanne, Gauguin, Rousseau, Goya, Carravaggio och Raphael. The originals hang in some of the world's foremost art museum, including the Louvre in Paris, fhe National Gallery in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Prado in Madrid.Recommended for ages four and up.

Imaginative, skillfully rendered depictions of stylized birds, fish, serpents, mythological creatures and other fabulous fauna, illustrated in the appealing, sinuous Celtic style. 43 highly colorable vignettes for artists, craftspeople and coloring book enthusiasts.

The perennial bestseller--now in a new edition Authoritative and practical, this comprehensive guide offers everything a teacher needs to know for conducting an effective art instruction and appreciation program. The Third Edition of The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools includes a complete update on public-relations guidelines, and reference material examples. The revised edition also features many new projects, an update on current projects and includes an explanation of the hot topic amongst art educators, Teaching Artistic Behavior (TAB/choice). Choice-based art education is reflected in the authors' discussion of teaching in mixed-media, ceramics, photography, sculpture, and art history. More than 100 creative art projects, from drawing to digital media Offers teaching tools, tips, and multicultural curriculum resources Includes new material on logical ways to encourage individual and personal solutions to a problem Gives teachers more latitude as to how individuality is suggested in a lesson This is an invaluable compendium for art educators and classroom teachers alike.

Do You Love Animals? Now you can learn to draw them on your own
This book has everything that the animal-loving artist needs To get started, you'll learn how to draw animals' basic head and body shapes . . . and that's just the beginning Over 100 different animals from around the world--from playful dogs, cuddly cats, and hungry bears to clever monkeys, giant giraffes, and ferocious sharks--are broken down into easy-to-follow steps so that you can start drawing all of your favorite animals right away.
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From the moment a child is born, they interact with the sensory world, looking at colours, feeling textures; constructing mental and physical images of what they see and experience. Within all early years settings and into primary school, the aim for the practitioner, is to provide as many opportunities as possible to stimulate, excite and ignite the visual and tactile imagination of the young children they teach. Young Children as Artists considers how art can be managed, understood and relished as an essential ingredient towards the creative potential of each unique young child. The book focuses, on how to enjoy, celebrate and extend what a young child can do in art and show how engaged adults and the wider school community can become confident participants in the process of early years art making. Full of practical advice, on to how to design, develop, resource and extend art and design environments within the early years setting, the book covers: Developing skills for positive and participative adult interaction and engagement Understanding and analysing child involvement in art Planning for opportunities and responding to observation and schema in art and design Practical suggestions for activities and resources (inside and out) Ideas to explore sensory development and awareness Ways to manage and savour the art transition into KS1 Ways to encourage parental participation and understanding of the art process with their children Opportunities to engage with practising artists This book will help to invigorate the art experiences offered in your early years setting by considering what is accessible, individual, inspiring and meaningful for young children and how you can best support their formative paths of enquiry.

What better way to spark joy and wonder than through inspiring prompts and creative puzzles centered around iconic painter Bob Ross. From nature and art-themed prompts for sketching and doodling to word searching, mazes, crosswords, and more that celebrate Bob Ross's serene philosophy, this is the only kids activity book of its kind featuring the beloved painter. Follow Bob and his squirrel friend Peapod throughout the book as they get kids thinking about nature, art, and having fun on a sunny or rainy day.

In Stitch and String Lab for Kids, art teacher and winner of the Netflix bake-off show Nailed It! Cassie Stephens presents 40+ inventive projects that explore everything from simple sewing, embroidery, and weaving to string art, needle felting, and yarn crafts. Stitch and String Lab for Kids leads children, step by step, through a huge range of sewing and fiber art projects. As they go, they will learn a variety of techniques, develop dexterity and coordination, and enjoy making a variety of creative projects. Kids will employ simple embroidery stitches to embellish a sun catcher, wall hangings, and an applique animal. Sewing projects include a drawstring bag, a sketchbook jacket, and custom plushies. Children will learn how to make custom looms to weave bookmarks, bracelets, and even a mini rag rug. They will also experiment with string art, needle felting, shibori dyeing, pompom animals, as well as finger knitting, yarn art, and cool wrapping projects. Each project includes a materials list and illustrated steps, and the book is filled with useful tips, tricks, and shortcuts. Stitch samplers will teach the basics, and templates are included for plushies and stuffies. Kids are encouraged to make variations and personalize the projects to their own style and personality. These 44 creative projects offer a broad and rich sampling of sewing, fabric, and fiber crafts-Stitch and String Lab for Kids is perfect for keeping kids busy with educational activities at home, learning techniques and experimenting at school, or having a ball at camps and parties. Parents, teachers, homeschoolers, and facilitators will appreciate the easy, illustrated instruction and the curriculum-friendly format, with projects that can be completed in any order. 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.

Kids flock to manga--they watch the television shows, they go to the movies, they carry the licensed products everywhere. And the most popular manga of all is manga shoujo (pronounced MAHN--gah SHOW--jo), a clean--lined style with stories about friends, romance, school, and magic. Girls love it, boys love it, and parents love it, too, because it's bright, cheerful, and appealing. Kids Draw Manga Shoujo starts with basic heads, faces, bodies, and costumes, then goes on to show dozens of high--energy characters in Christopher Hart's easy--to--follow step--by--step drawings and clear, engaging text. Teens, school kids, magical girls and boys, fairies, elves, demigods, and goddesses are all part of the world of manga shoujo-and now kids everywhere can be part of that world with Kids Draw Manga Shoujo.

- Kids Draw Anime and Kids Draw Manga have sold more than 50,000 copies

- Simple step-by-step format and dozens of colorful, appealing characters to draw

- Christopher Hart has phenomenal sales-more than two million books sold

Young Children, Pedagogy and the Arts is an innovative text that describes practices and research that cross all five strands of the arts-visual, drama, music, dance, and media-and illuminates ways of understanding children and their arts practices that go beyond the common traditions. The book:

- Offers practical and rich illustrations of teachers' and children's work based on international research that integrates theory with practice;

- Brings a critical lens to arts education;

- Includes summaries, reflective questions, and recommended further readings with every chapter.

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Young Children, Pedagogy and the Arts" provides a more nuanced understanding of the arts through an exploration of specific instances in which committed teachers and researchers are discovering what contemporary multimodal tools offer to young children. Chapters contain examples of 'doing' the arts in the early years, new ways of teaching, and how to use emerging technologies to develop multiliteracies, equity, agency, social and cultural capital, and enhance the learning and engagement of marginalized children.

Learn how to draw your favourite Disney Princesses and friends with easy step-by-step instructions. Pick up your pencil and learn to draw your favourite Princesses the Disney way, just like a Disney artist! With easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and top tips, fans will love learning the secrets behind drawing beloved Princesses. Features all 12 Princesses, including Tiana, Cinderella, Belle and Rapunzel, as well as their friends such as Gus and Jaq from Cinderella, Mrs Potts and Chip from Beauty and the Beast, Mushu from Mulan and many more. Also available: Disney How to Draw Animals

No matter what field a person is working in or preparing for, collaboration and integration of ideas and knowledge are important to success. Interdisciplinary Arts provides a portal to that success by introducing students to the integration of arts concepts that they can apply to any field or endeavor they undertake. This unique text draws from the separate but related disciplines of theatre, dance, and visual arts to help students explore creative and innovative thinking and problem solving. The authors guide the students through the creative process, using exercises, journal prompts, and other tools to aid them in creating original works that employ those arts concepts. Interdisciplinary Arts uses strategies and terminology from multiple areas of artistic practice to enrich students' perspectives as artists and as problem solvers and communicators. It also spotlights various artists from history and presents case studies about former students who have created exciting projects, broadening students' understanding of what might be possible and spurring more creative thinking. As students delve into the text and its resources and prompts, they will address these types of questions: How can I look past the first solution to find the right solution? How can I train myself to be creative? How can I better articulate how my study of the arts informs my decision-making in other fields? How can the arts help me get a job in my chosen field? Interdisciplinary Arts helps students discover their expressive capabilities and integrate them fully into their lives. They will learn to break through barriers by looking at things in new ways and by allowing their experiences in each discipline to inform their work in others. Their creative journey will take them through a four-step creative process: A thumbnail sketch that acts as a rough draft or outline for their project A feedback phase, where they learn to assimilate their ideas and others' ideas about their project A presentation phase, where they showcase their work A reflection phase, where they consider why they made the work, what it means to them, and what they learned from it The book also comes with an instructor guide that offers chapter overviews, teaching tips, additional exercises, a sample syllabus, and more. A student web resource includes all the activities and journal prompts as well as editable worksheets and additional resources. Students engaging with Interdisciplinary Arts will come away with a better sense of cross-disciplinary thinking, their own capacity for creativity, and the connections between their body, mind, and spirit. They will find that their creative energies flow more freely, and they will be able to see how to transfer the skills they learned through this text to a host of endeavors throughout their lives. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.