Inspire and share the wonderful world of art with your children as you encourage their creative abilities. Together, you'll discover the stories behind key masterpieces of art while creating fun art projects based on each of the 12 examples presented in this book. Children will explore new art techniques ranging from charcoal drawing to fabric painting. They will also . . .
Put together a 3D Jungle Box from figures in Rousseau's Surprised! (front flap)
Art in Action 1 is your child's exciting introduction to paintings and art activities
Author and teacher Maja Pitamic explores the stories and meanings of 12 key masterpieces of art, presenting them as inspiration for children to create their own exciting and imaginative artworks. Covering a diverse range of media, from making a paper mosaic to drawing with charcoal, this book's 24 projects will encourage children to develop their own personal and entirely original styles.
Designed for children ages five to eight, Art in Action 1 is the first of a two-volume set. The companion volume, Art in Action 2, presents more advanced projects and is more suitable for children ages nine through twelve. Each chapter in this book covers a single theme, presenting one of the following paintings as an example:
Color
Matisse's The Snail
Seurat's The Circus
Lipundja's Aboriginal Bark Painting
Black & White
Whistler's Symphony in White No. III
Dürer's Bernhard von Reesen
Van der Schley's Buffel, Buffle
Shape
Gris' Nature Morte, violon et verve
Doesburg's Composition
Malevich's Suprematist Composition
Animals
Rousseau's Surprised!
Zucchi's Pergola with Birds
Stubbs' A Couple of Fox Hounds
(back flap)
Maja Pitamic is the author of Teach Me to Do it Myself and Child's Play, successful activity books for pre-school children that are also available in North America from Barron's. She has taught young children for more than fifteen years and holds a degree in Art History and Montessori Teacher Training.
Mike Norris holds a Master of Arts in Classics and a Ph.D. in Medieval Art History. He has been a staff educator at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than fifteen years, and currently oversees and teaches in the Met's programs for families at their main building on Fifth Avenue. He has written several Museum publications for children and teachers, and has been the historical consultant for several research guides for young readers. He is also an advisor to HBO's program for very young audiences, Classical Baby: The Art Show.
