Teaching Art

Illustrated step-by-step sculpting projects include a toothy crocodile, a sunbathing sea lion, a flock of feathered friends and more. Encouraging play and experimentation with everyday materials and tools, Starting Art unlocks the creative spirit in every young child.

This book in the Starting Art series provides an introduction to all the materials kids need to collage. They'll learn collage techniques, such as cut-paper and torn-paper, decoupages, found objects, patterns and weaving.

Turn a single sheet of colored paper into an animal, a hat, a boat, or even a camera! The three-dimensional drawings and simple instructions are easy for beginners to follow.
Approved for use in Alberta schools.

Building a simple Screamer is goof-proof, easy, and great fun.

Chapters like "Light & Dark", "Warm and Friendly", "Out of this World (Mural art), "Art Words" (horizon line, complementary colors...) will be extremely helpful to teachers hoping to bring painting to life in the classroom.

"A "self-portrait" shows how position, figure, clothing, facial expressions, and hair are combined to create a lively piece of artwork. Materials needed are clearly labeled and accompanied by sharp color photos or neat sketches. In three easy steps, children can see how to use lines and shapes to draw faces, features, expressions, a figure drawing, or an astronaut. A trio of acrobats illustrates the concept of movement in art. Especially interesting is learning how to achieve various textures in a drawing (bumpy, rough, wrinkled, etc.). "