Make art fun and accessible to children of all ages with these creative, easy-to-do activities! Excerpted from the national best-sellers Preschool Art and MathArts, this book emphasizes the process of
John Fincher's paintings of towering poplars, pine limbs set against crystalline skies, richly hued desert hillsides and cropped prickly pears unravel the manifold cultural meanings inscribed within r
45 spectacular designs for handcrafting with paper cuttings. The art of paper cutting has a long history. Ancient cuttings, some dating from before 1000 B.C., have been excavated in China's Xinjian
The experimental practices of a group of artists in the former East Germany upends assumptions underpinning Western art’s postwar histories. In Paper Revolutions, Sarah James offers a radical rethinking of experimental art in the former East Germany (the GDR). Countering conventional accounts that claim artistic practices in the GDR were isolated and conservative, James introduces a new narrative of neo-avantgarde practice in the Eastern Bloc that subverts many of the assumptions underpinning Western art’s postwar histories. She grounds her argument in the practice of four artists who, uniquely positioned outside academies, museums, and the art market, as they functioned in the West, created art in the blind spots of state censorship. They championed ephemeral practices often marginalized by art history: postcards and letters, maquettes and models, portfolios and artists’ books. Through their “lived modernism,” they produced bodies of work animated by the radical legacies of the inter
Paper Cuts commemorates Brian Adam Douglas' first solo show in the UK at the Warrington Museum of Art. In the exhibition, the Brooklyn based artist aimed to portray the animated ambivalence of parenti
Create decorated paper as beautiful as any found in an art store—and with more distinctive and personal patterns, too. Alisa Golden’s methods of applying inks and paints to paper can dram
With paper circuits, you can add lights, sounds, and more to paper crafts such as greeting cards. With this book, students learn the art of innovation through detailed explanations and hands-on activi
She’s a free-spirited dreamer. He’s a brilliant painter. But now their shared passion for art has turned into something deeper.…For as long as she can remember, Kugy has loved to write. Whimsical stor
The Art of Making Paper Flowers cover all the areas of this wonderful art form. Detailed instructions, material and tools list, patterns for each flower & even a finished colored picture for refer
Authentic graphics offer a wide selection of birds, fruit, trees, flowers, butterflies, and women in traditional costumes. A valuable addition to resource libraries of commercial artists and designers
