Overview

Revised to include full color throughout, this longtime bestseller offers simple, hands-on art activities to introduce master works to children

Discovering Great Artists is a creative collection of easy art-appreciation activities for children. Kids will find 110 fun and unique projects to experience the styles and techniques of the great masters from the Renaissance to the present. A brief biography of each artist is included with each fully illustrated, child-tested art activity that introduces the featured painting. Artists include painters, sculptors, architects, photographers, and more. 

Reviews

"100+ activities teach the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters - Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more. To experience Van Gogh's style, children mix paints into a thick substance called "impasto" and then paint with heavy, swirling brush strokes. Each activity contains a brief history of the artist, a project, and an example of that artist's work. Discovering Great Artists is a great value for the money and belongs on every art shelf." ~ Rainbow Resource "Students study artists from the Middle Ages and Renaissance to present day, and learn a variety of techniques and styles. The publisher, Bright RIng Publishing, provides links to full color examples of artwork by many of the artists that are featured in the book. Highly recommended." ~ Successful Homeschooling "You have to get this book! It is jam packed full of great ideas - with 140 pages of information on great artists and projects representing them. Each artist's section has a short biography which is what I have used for our Artist pages in our History Notebook. There are such original and fun projects demonstrating the style and materials used by the Artist of study. There are projects of ink, acrylic paints, watercolors, pastels, collage compositions, clay pieces, and just too much to mention." ~ Noggins and Nonsense "Hands-on Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters 110 amazingly fun and unique art activities for children to experience the styles and techniques of the great masters, from Renaissance to the present. A brief biography of each artist is included with a fully illustrated, child-tested art activity, featuring painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more!" ~ Classical Conversations

"A chronological order with helpful icons… allows parents, educators, and children to dip in and out of this guide with ease." —Booklist

Author Biography

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the award-winning author of Great American Artists for Kids, MarthArts, and Action Art. She lives in Ferndale, Washington. Kim Solga is the author of Paint!, Draw!, and Make Prints! She lives in Mt. Shasta, California.

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