I Love to Paint!Creating with strings, fingers, rollers, straws, and other super techniques: no wonder this entry in Lark's fabulous new art series will have kids saying "I love to paint!" It's amazing what even the littlest ones can achieve when they practice on projects that feel like pure fun--not work. And one look at these cheerful, kid-friendly activities will have youngsters begging for a brush and paper. With everything from landscapes to classic still lifes, there's plenty here to fill up an entire refrigerator gallery. While creating finished pieces that will brighten every parent's heart, budding painters will easily master such techniques as mixing colors, brushwork, and creating texture with sponging, ragging and spattering. Filled with plenty of practical tips, creative ideas, and beautiful hand-painted illustrations, I Love to Paint guides new artists through the entire process--and will have them returning again and again, finding new skills to master as they get older. |
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Art Kit Awesome black crayon brush Cardboard tubes clean color you want Color your paper cool Division of Sterling Draw a picture finger finger Finger-paint Fold a piece glue hard and cover Let it dry Lightly draw lots of different Love to Paint markers to add Masking tape moist paper towel MYART Old toothbrush overlap paint blot paint dries paint pad paint puddle Paint small Paint the whole Paintbrush Palette Paintbrush Water cup painted string paper in half paperclip Pencils Eraser picture with dots piece of paper Pinky side Press down hard Press hard primary colors Pushpin ring finger Roll roller rubbings Scissors scratch shapes sheet small puddle Sponge Blob Spray paint stencil straws String or yarn Supplies Pencil tape picture Tempera paint Palette texture Thick paper thin Thumb Index toothpick Try different colors Water cup Try Watercolor paint waxed paper wet paper Wild Watercolors