
This Book Thinks You're an Artist
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Description
Filled with creative, playful activities, This Book Thinks You're an Artist asks budding artists to imagine their eccentric- artist alter ego before working through seven key topics: observation, drawing, color pattern, design, sculpture, and, crucially, how to steal ideas (Be inspired! Offend the viewer!). Each spread offers a different project--everything you need to make your own work of art inspired by a famous artist or movement in a lighthearted and playful tone. Activities include making a Bruegel circus, playing a Surrealist game, selling a scribble for a million dollars, and painting your face like a Russian Futurist. A section of paper-based crafts at the end of the book even includes a kit to build a viewfinder and make a mini-manifesto book.
Product Details
Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
Publish Date | August 07, 2018 |
Pages | 96 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780500651384 |
Dimensions | 9.8 X 7.6 X 0.4 inches | 0.6 pounds |
About the Author
Harriet Russell is a London-based artist. She has written and illustrated eight books for children and is the illustrator of the This Book Thinks You're a . . . activity series. Follow her on Instagram @harriet_russell_illustration.
Caroline Osborne has taught art history for more than thirty years.
Laura Worsley is an art historian and teacher.
Reviews
Being an artist is as simple as creating art, [author] Amson-Bradshaw suggests in this hands-on creativity book. Chapters introduce concepts and techniques in approachable ways, with activities devoted to observing objects, creating images chat demonstrate perspective and depth, and filling in shades on a color wheel... [Illustrator] Russell integrates original illustrations with samples of classic art objects, presenting a visually engrossing template for readers' own work.-- "This Book Thinks You're an Artist"
This book's playful, creative activities help you work through key topics in art.-- "Learning"
This book's playful, creative activities help you work through key topics in art.-- "Learning"
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