Art Lab for Kids: 26 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media

Get kids excited about creating fine art with the 26 projects in Art Lab For Kids and help them discover their personal voice and style.Art Lab for Kids is a well of inspiration for young artists interested in making their own fine art. This abridged, paperback edition 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. Best of all, 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 singular project, or be taken in a sequence for ambitious artists looking to start a portfolio. The lessons in Art Lab 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 how different people using the same lesson will yield different results, exemplifying the way the lesson brings out each artist’s personal style.Art Lab 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.