The 26 projects in Little Learning Labs: Art for Kids will get children excited about creating fine art and help them discover their personal voice and style.
Art for Kids is a well of inspiration for young artists interested in making their own fine art. This abridged, paperback edition of Art Lab for Kids features 26 fine art projects, which are broken into lessons. Kids will start with drawing, move on to painting and printmaking, and tie it all together with paper collage and mixed media. Each lesson includes an example from contemporary artists like Lisa Congdon, Megan Bogonovich, and Amy Rice, making it easy for kids to see different styles of art as they develop their own style and voice.
Each lab can be completed as a single project orfor ambitious artists looking to start a portfoliobe taken in a sequence. The lessons in Little Learning Labs: Art for Kids are open-ended and designed to be explored over and over with different mediums, attitudes, and points of view. Colorful photos throughout illustrate different artists' takes on the same lesson, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each artist's personal style.
Little Learning Labs: Art for Kids is the perfect book for creative families, friends, and community groups, and works as a lesson plan for both experienced and new art teachers.
The popular Little Learning Labs series (based on the larger format Lab for Kids series) features a growing list of books that share hands-on activities and projects on a wide host of topics, including astronomy, geology, math, and even bugsall authored by established experts in their fields. Each lab contains a complete materials list, clear step-by-step photographs of the process, as well as finished samples. The activities are open-ended, designed to be explored over and over, often with different results. Geared toward being taught or guided by adults, they are enriching for a range of ages and skill levels. Gain firsthand knowledge on your favorite topic with Little Learning Labs.
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14 | (12) |
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16 | (2) |
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Lab 2 Large-Scale Ink Drawings |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (2) |
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Lab 4 Soft Pastel Drawings |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (16) |
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Lab 6 Painting in the Style of Georgia O'Keeffe |
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28 | (2) |
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Lab 7 Tiny Paintings on Wood |
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30 | (2) |
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Lab 8 Reverse Color Landscape Painting |
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32 | (2) |
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Lab 9 Watercolor and Salt Painting |
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34 | (2) |
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Lab 10 Watercolor and Plastic Painting |
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36 | (2) |
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Lab 11 Marker and Acrylic Painting |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (12) |
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Lab 13 Found Object Prints |
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44 | (2) |
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Lab 14 Serigraphs/Silk Screen |
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46 | (2) |
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Lab 15 Fruit and Vegetable Prints |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (2) |
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Lab 17 Cardboard Relief Print |
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52 | (2) |
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Lab 18 Large-Scale Paper Fish |
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56 | (2) |
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Lab 19 Collage Tissue Self-Portraits |
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58 | (2) |
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Lab 20 Torn-Paper Landscapes |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (12) |
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Lab 22 Make Your Own Collage Papers |
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66 | (2) |
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Lab 23 Painting with Paper Inclusions |
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Lab 24 Acrylic and Ink Abstracts |
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Lab 25 Watercolor and Pencil |
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| Resources |
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| About the Author |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Guided Questions and Suggestions |
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Susan Schwake is an artist, art educator, and curator. Her passion for teaching art has led her to working in diverse settings for over 20 years. She has inspired thousands of people in private and public schools, museums, community organizations, special needs agencies, summer camps, intergenerational facilities, libraries, and her own art school, artstream in Rollinsford, New Hampshire, which she co-owns with her husband, Rainer. Most recently, she has taken her classroom online with a series of e-courses for artists, including a parent-child class based on her best-selling Art Lab for Kids series of books. She is also curator of artstream studios, where she has brought over 100 group shows of contemporary art to her corner of New England.
Susan is the author of Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2012), Art Lab for Little Kids (Quarry Books, 2013), and 3D Art Lab for Kids (Quarry Books, 2013). Her latest book, Art Lab for Kids: Express Yourself (Quarry Books, November 2018) is an all-new edition of her first book, Art Lab for Kids, with 52 original projects that encourage self-expression through art making.
Follow her adventures. Blog: artesprit.blogspot.com Website: susanschwake.com Gallery: www.artstreamstudios.com
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