Making Picture Book Art Projects
15 Fun Lessons Inspired by Illustrators Kids Love
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-4972-0457-7 (ISBN)
Description
Kids love picture books, and they're the perfect vehicle to teach art and empower young artists. This one-of-a-kind art project book shows children ages 5-10 how to draw and make art like their favorite picture book authors, from Mo Willems (Don't Let the Pigeon series)and Herve Tullet (Mix It Up!). With classroom-tested, student-approved activities, Making Picture Book Art Projects teaches new techniques, alternative media, and outside-the-box approaches to traditional illustration and story design. Included are 15 fun step-by-step art projects that can be completed in less than an hour, focusing on a different award-winning, contemporary illustrator. With clear instructions, easy-to-find materials, full-color illustrations, and worksheet templates to brainstorm their own original stories, kids will discover how the pros make their illustrations, and learn to apply those methods to their own characters, scenes, and stories.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Fortworth
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 5 to 10 years
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 204 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4972-0457-7 (9781497204577)
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Person
Addie Boswell is an artist and writer based in Portland, OR. A popular muralist, Addie has created more than twenty public pieces in paint, paper, and metal for schools, hospitals, libraries, and non-profits. She often works with local artists, art committees, and hundreds of kids and adults when making murals. Author of The Rain Stomper, her writing has won two Oregon Literary Fellowships, an Oregon Arts Commission grant, an Oregon Spirit Award, and a Caldera Artist Residency.