This book will make you an artist
(2024)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
J/701.18/MILLINGTON,R

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Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction J/701.18/MILLINGTON,R Due: 1/30/2026
Kids' Nonfiction J/701.18/MILLINGTON,R Due: 1/4/2026

Details

PUBLISHED
Lincoln, MA ; London : Nosy Crow, 2024
©2024
DESCRIPTION

61 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9798887770420, 9781839944758, 1839944757, 9798887770420
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Create your very own masterpieces inspired by 25 amazing artists"--Cover

Introduction -- Make handprint art like a cave painter -- Make a mosaic like an ancient Roman -- Measure your proportions like Leonardo da Vinci -- Paint a self-portrait like Artemisia Gentileschi -- Block print like Katsushika Hokusai -- Cut out a silhouette portrait like Moses Williams -- Paint outside like Claude Monet -- Paint in points like Georges Seurat -- Paint a still life like Vincent Van Gogh -- Cut out like Henri Matisse -- Create a cubist collage like Pablo Picasso -- Make an abstract mobile like Hilma af Klint -- Get surreal like Salvador Dalí -- Decorate your hair with flowers like Frida Kahlo -- Perform a poem like Hugo Ball -- Carve a sculpture like Barbara Hepworth -- Splash paint like Janet Sobel -- Make pop-art-style prints like Andy Warhol -- Draw an optical illusion like Bridget Riley -- Create a crown like Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Wrap a string sculpture like Judith Scott -- Wash over wax like Emily Kame Kngwarreye -- Turn yourself invisible like Liu Bolin -- Make a polka-dot pumpkin like Yayoi Kusama -- Make a mural like Esther Mahlangu -- Glossary

"Jam-packed with imaginative ideas for all kinds of creative crafts . . . this book will make YOU an artist! Pick up your pencils, collect your collage materials, and take inspiration from 25 of the world's best-known artists in this fact-filled book full of activities. Discover famous masterpieces through the included photographs of real works of art - from ancient cave painting to contemporary performance - and lots more in between!"-- Provided by publisher

"First published 2024 by Nosy Crow Ltd... London"--Title page verso

Ages 7-10

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