Filled with ideas for painting, drawing and collage, this title encourages children of all ages to explore and develop their artistic techniques. It helps children to explore the uses of a range of materials including chalk, paint and pencil, elastic bands, salt and watercolour through many imaginative projects including ink beetles, deep-sea fish, and lemon juice frogs.
This is a new great-value edition of this inspiring book, which is filled with original ideas to help novices of all ages to develop their art skills. The projects will be of great value to art teachers as well as aspiring young artists, who will gain confidence as they progress through the book.
Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Batchelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning 'That's not my….' series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the fourth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.
