Discusses the nineteenth-century French art movement known as Impressionism, focusing on the works of Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cassatt, Cezanne, Gauguin, and Seurat. Includes related projects and activities.

Charles Marion Russell was the first artist to live most of his life in the West, sketching and painting not only from live subjects, but from actual experience. Becoming a frontiersman at a young age in 1880, he rode and worked with horses on a daily basis, something that no other Western artist had done before. This biography for children is the first of its kind about Russell, and the subject's own vibrant paintings illustrate his life story. It...

Can you draw Aliens and Spaceships? You can if you start with simple shapes! Triangles and rectangles make up a blasting rocket ship. Rectangles and circles become an out-of-this world alien.

This title invites young artists to look at lines. Readers will learn that there are many different kinds of lines-straight, curved, zigzag, thick, thin, vertical, horizontal, and more. This title features the work of well-known artists to show reade

"Inside you'll find: 20 different adventures across four exciting themes, 60 easy-to-make projects that use everyday items, step-by-step instructions with helpful tips and ideas"--

Instructions showing how to make line drawings of boats, trains and planes.

Young artists will "feel" inspired as they explore texture in famous works of art. Readers will learn that objects can have many kinds of textures. They will also learn how objects of different textures can be used in art and how artists can create t

An introduction to painting which covers the works of such famous artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol. Includes Internet links.

Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.