Drawing workshop for kids Process art experiences for building creativity and confidence
Book - 2021
Drawing Workshop for Kids is for art educators, parents, teachers, and caregivers looking for an alternative to the rigid, conservative idea of "realistic" drawing projects for kids, with 25+ projects that build confidence and create independent and flexible thinking. Help kids build confidence and find their own creative voice through this collection of 25+ invitations for drawing. In Drawing Workshop for Kids, art educator Samara Caughey, founder of the highly praised family-centred art studio Purple Twig, shares drawing activities that support the development of creative, confident children ages 5 and up. All kids need to begin engaging in the pleasure of these simple yet inspiring drawing projects are a pencil and paper. Along... the way, new materials are introduced, giving kids the opportunity to experiment with new techniques. Each of the three main chapters--drawing from life, drawing from images, and inventive drawing--focuses on techniques to explore, such as observation, mark making, shadow, line, composition, detail, contour, and perspective. Drawing Workshop for Kids strives to inspire children to investigate drawing and develop their own approach to art, building creativity and confidence.
- Subjects
- Published
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Beverly, MA :
Quarry Books
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 143 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBN
- 9781631599439
- Introduction
- Taking Ownership
- Recommended Materials
- Essential Terms
- 1. I Warm-Up Drawings
- Drawing Eyes Focusing on detail
- Drawing Huge Gestural mark making
- Eraser Drawing Creating tones
- Drawing Rocks Using varied marks
- Shadow Drawings Filling the page
- Three Ways of Seeing Using perspective
- Eat and Draw Using other senses
- Blind Contour Drawing Using carbon paper
- 2. I Drawing Workshops
- Tiny Drawings Close observation
- Half and Half Using magazine images
- Drawing Feathers Drawing textures
- Sfumato Creating depth of field
- Paper Bag Faces Making 3-D drawings
- Above and Below Exploring composition
- Butterfly in a Box Focusing on symmetry
- Resist Drawing Creating volume
- Flower Still Life Collaging pattern and texture
- Drawing by Touch Focusing on other senses
- 3-D birds Focusing on patterns
- Recipe Drawings Self-expression through design
- Drawing on Plaster Creating your own drawing surface
- Tiny Worlds Foreground and background
- Fruit Plate Exploring composition
- Feathers in a Box Observational drawing
- Treasure Maps A bird's-eye view
- Creating a Machine Using collage
- Bug Collections Using details and pattern
- Resources
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index