Featuring step-by-step instructions, coordinating photography and templates, this easy project guide carefully illustrates how to create twenty-six charming projects from paper and other household items. Organized alphabetically, fun-filled activities show kids how to create giraffes, kites, owls, queens, trees, zebras and so much more!

Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing monsters, goons, and gruesome beasts.

Learn acrylic painting tips for brushwork, edges, color mixing and characteristics, and value contrasts for a powerful end results by working in multiple layers of transparency, opacity, and using a negative painting approach.

A comprehensive guide to more than 30 circular weaving techniques perfect for crafting unique and modern home decor. Artist and educator Emily Nicolaides demonstrates the wonderful possibilities of contemporary circular weaving in this one-of-a-kind guide for beginners and beyond! Before jumping into the projects and patterns, Emily gives a thorough overview of the basics, including detailed instructions on how to select materials and what tools you...

"[A] guide to making colorful . . . pottery creations! Noted potter Viviana Matsuda, also known as Mud Witch, . . . reveals her knowledge on getting started and unleashing your creativity through pottery. Starting with the basics on working with clay, choosing a project, and familiarizing yourself with tools and techniques, Matsuda also covers everything you need to know about pinch pots, slab building, firing, glazing, and everything in between"--Provided...

"More than 50 assignments, ideas, and prompts to expand your world and help you make outstanding new things to put into it Curator Sarah Urist Green left her office in the basement of an art museum to travel and visit a diverse range of artists, asking them to share prompts that relate to their own ways of working ... This book is for anyone who wants to make art, regardless of experience level. The only materials you'll need are what you already...

"Take a modern approach to oil and acrylic painting with Palette Knife Painting: Deep Impasto, a book that highlights impasto techniques created with a palette knife"--

An inspiring collection of ideas and projects for encouraging an artistic spirit in children! 3D Art Lab for Kids includes 36 kid-friendly fine art projects in paper, clay, textiles, sculpture, and jewelry. Each project is inspired by the work of a prominent artist and is illustrated with step-by-step full-color photographs of the process as well as finished samples and variations. Whether you use these projects independently or as a curriculum for...