Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning (TM)) - Softcover

Kohl, MaryAnn F.; Solga, Kim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935607005 ISBN 13: 9780935607000

Publisher: Bright Ring Publishing, Inc., 2008

Synopsis

75 great American masters are introduced through open-ended quality art activities allowing kids to explore great art styles from colonial times to the present. Each child-tested art activity presents a biography, full color artwork, and techniques covering painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more. Special art options for very young children are included. Many great artists will be familiar names, like Cassatt, Warhol, and O'Keeffe. Other names will be new to some, like Asawa, Smithson, and Magee. Each featured artist has a style that is interesting to children, with a life history that will entertain and inspire them.

Sample of some of the artists and companion activities:
Andy Warhol - Package Design
Bev Doolittle - Camouflage Draw
Dale Chihuly - Pool Spheres
Maya Lin - Memorial Plaque
Jasper Johns - Encaustic Flag
Joseph Raffael - Shiny Diptych
Roy Lichtenstein - Comic Sounds
Thomas Jefferson - Clay Keystone
Edward Hopper - Wash Over
Grant Wood - Gothic Paste-Up
Wolf Kahn - Layered Pastel
Jackson Pollock - Great Action Art
Mary Cassatt - Back-Draw Monoprint
Louis Comfort Tiffany - Bright Windows
Hans Hofmann - Energetic Color Blocks
Rube Goldberg - Contraption
Georgia O'Keeffe - Paint with Distance

2009 Moonbeam Children's Bronze Award
2009 Benjamin Franklin Award

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"Great American Artists for Kids" Is A Collection of Creative Hands-On Art Appreciation Activities for Children 4-12 To Inspire a Life-Long Love of Art

75 great American artists are introduced through open-ended art activities allowing kids to explore great art styles from colonial times to the present. Each child-tested art activity presents a biography with full color artwork and techniques covering painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more! Special art options for very young children are included.

Great American Artists for Kids” activities include:

75 great American artists are introduced through open-ended art activities allowing kids to explore great art styles from colonial times to the present. Each child-tested art activity presents a biography with full color artwork and techniques covering painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, and more! Special art options for very young children are included.

Great American Artists for Kids” activities include:

AndyWarhol Package Design
Bev Doolittle Camouflage Draw
Dale Chihuly Pool Spheres
Edward Hicks Peaceable Collage
Maya Lin Memorial Plaque
Jasper Johns - Encaustic Flag
Janet Fish Glass Still Life
Joseph Raffael Shiny Diptych
Jim Dine Heart Works
Roy Lichtenstein Comic Sounds
Thomas Jefferson Clay Keystone
Ansel Adams Friendly Portrait
Currier & Ives Assembly Color
Edward Hopper Wash Over
Grant Wood Gothic Paste Up
Wolf Kahn Layered Pastel
Jackson Pollock Great Action Art
Mary Cassatt Back Draw Monoprint
Louis Comfort Tiffany Bright Window
Hans Hofmann Energetic Color Blocks
Rube Goldberg Contraption
Georgia O'Keeffe Paint with Distance

Just seeing this book is a thrill! It shows art at its fullest and liveliest and brings oat and inspires the would-be artist in all of us! The spirit of creativity streams off its pages. What a gift the authors have given student and teacher, child and adult alike, and indeed art itself. Looking at the book makes me want to rush into the studio and paint!
~ Joseph Raffael
Great American Artist

HANDS-ON ART EXPLORATION FOR
SCHOOL HOMESCHOOL MUSEUMS
LlBRARIES CHILDCARE HOME

ART ACTIVITIES EDUCATION PARENTING

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About the creators of "Great American Artists for Kids" -

MaryAnn Faubion Kohl is the award-winning author of Storybook Art”, Discovering Great Artists” and many other titles. She presents internationally, writes for numerous magazines, consults, and owns Bright Ring Publishing. MaryAnn lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Kim Solga is the author of "Draw!", "Paint!", "Make Prints!", and other books. Her articles on arts and crafts appear regularly in national education and parenting magazines. Kim owns KidsArt, an art supply catalog, and lives in Mt. Shasta, California.

Rebecca Van Slyke, kids' art editor, writes and illustrates children's books and has taught second grade for over twenty years.

About the Author:

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the author of "Scribble Art", "Mudworks", "First Art," "Preschool Art," and 15+ other titles. Titles are listed below.

Kim Solga is the editor or author of books in the Art and Activities for Kids series, including "Art Fun!" and "Craft Fun!" Other titles are listed below.

Both Kohl and Solga are coauthors of "Discovering Great Artists" and "Great American Artists for Kids".

Kohl's Bright Ring website and Solga's KidsArt website both have great art resources and free activities for kids.

TITLES BY MARYANN F KOHL-
Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Kids in the Styles of the Great Masters (WITH SOLGA)
Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters (WITH SOLGA)
Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book Illustrators
Scribble Art: Independent Creative Art Experiences for Children
Mudworks: Creative Clay, Dough & Modeling Experiences
Mudworks Bilingual: same as Mudworks, in both Spanish & English ebook only
ScienceArts: Discovering Science Through Art Experiences (with Potter)
Good Earth Art: Environmental Art for Kids
Preschool Art: It’s the Process, Not the Product
First Art: Art for Toddlers and Two’s
MathArts: Discovering Math Through Art Experiences
Cooking Art: Edible Art for Kids
Global Art: Activities, Projects, & Inventions from Around the Word
Making Make-Believe: Props, Costumes & Creative Play Ideas
* Art with Anything: 52 Weeks of Fun with Everyday Stuff

TITLES BY SOLGA-
Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters (WITH KOHL)
Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters (WITH KOHL)
Art Fun! (Art & Activities for Kids)
Paint! (Art and Activities for Kids)
Craft Fun! (Art & Activities for Kids)
Make Cards! (Art and Activities for Kids)
Draw! (Art and Activities for Kids)
Make Costumes!: For Creative Play (Art and Activities for Kids)
Make Gifts! (Art & Activities)
Make Clothes Fun! (Art and Activities for Kids)
Make Crafts! (Art and Activities for Kids)
Make Prints! (Art and Activities for Kids)
One-Hour Nature Crafts (with J. Haynes)

About this edition

• Publisher: Bright Ring Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0935607005
• ISBN 13: 9780935607000
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144