Fine Art Adventures

Inspire and share with your child the wonderful world of art and encourage their creative abilities! Authors Maja Pitamic and Jill Laidlaw explore the stories and meanings of 20 masterpieces of Western Art as inspiration for children to create their own exciting and creative art projects. Covering a diverse range of media – from tissue paper mosaic to charcoal drawing – to encourage and develop your child’s creative abilities. The activities are designed for children age d 6 and up, with a range of simple and more challenging activities to suit the abilities of both younger and older children.

Children will:

• Make a cave painting inspired by Jakob van der Schley's Buffalo
  
• Draw a dot picture based on Georges Seurat's The Circus
• Design their own snow jar inspired by Barent Avercamp's Winter Landscape medallion
• Create their own version of Paolo Ucello's St George and the Dragon as a mosaic
• Build a 3D jungle box from Henri Rousseau's Surprised!
• And many more!

Experienced authors and educators, Pitamic and Laidlaw will encourage your budding artist to explore their creative abilities and have lots of fun along the way.

• (Author)   Maja Pitamic & Jill Laidlaw
• (Series)  Hands on Guides
• (Illustrated)  Yes
• (Illustrator)   --
• (Age range)  7+ years
• (ISBN)  9781911130178
• (Publisher)  Modern Books
• (Printing date)  2017
• (Format)  Hardback
• (Dust jacket)  --
• (Weight)  570g
• (Size)  23 x 19 x 1.5 cm
• (No. of pages)  144
• (RRP)  £14.99