Cool Painting: The Art of Creativity for Kids: The Art of Creativity for KidsThis book takes the reader through the basic terms and techniques of painting. Step-by-step projects are highlighted to provide a fun and creative way to familiarize kids with different mediums and techniques. These activities take the "how-to" further and really encourage kids to explore and expand their own artistic talents. This title is perfect for beginning artists! Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company. |
Contents
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Tools of the Trade | 6 |
Basic Elements | 8 |
Composition | 10 |
Techniques | 12 |
Color Theory | 14 |
Painted Music | 16 |
Monochrome Monster | 18 |
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Cool Painting: The Art of Creativity for Kids: The Art of Creativity for Kids Anders Hanson No preview available - 2008 |
Common terms and phrases
acrylic paints Allow the colors artist BLUE ACRYLIC blue watercolor blue yellow canvas or watercolor cardboard portfolio color affects color creates color that matches color wheel colored powder colors to create complementary colors CONTRAST Contrast cool art cool colors crayon creates a secondary creative dark areas dissonant draw Find the dark finished painting fish FLAT BRUSHES Gogh PAINTING GREEN DRY BRUSH green purple red iris landscape layer paint lightest areas lightly sketch look mix a color Mix secondary colors mixing different amounts monster Need Pencil NEGATIVE SPACE objects orange green purple Paint these areas Paint your monster’s Painters painting tool palette or paper paper or canvas paper plate primary colors pupil ROUND BRUSHES seaweed shapes skin tones skin-colored paint solid blue sticky liquid strokes go Stuff You’ll Need SUNFLOWERS texture three brushes tints and shades underpainting VALUE CONTRAST Vincent Van Gogh warm colors watercolor paper wet-on-wet technique