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  An Art Workshop
books and materials
Presented by Robert Price
art as a discipline
Art for Children, Ernest Raboff (series on individual artists:
Renoir, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Picasso, Van Gogh, Michelangelo,
Raphael, Chagall, Gauguin, Velasquez, Klee, Rousseau, Matisse,
Remington, Durer, Toulouse-Lautrec. Available in paperback @ 5.95
each.)
Linnea in Monet's Garden, Christina Bjork
Meet Edgar Degas, Anne Newlands
First Impressions - Introductions to Art, series including:
Mary Cassatt, Susan E. Meyer
Marc Chagall, Howard Greenfeld
Leonardo da Vinci, Richard McLanathan
Monet, Da Vinci, Picasso, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, children's books
on individual artists by Mike Venezia
History of Women Artists for Children, Vivian Sheldon Epstein
Dorothea Lange, Milton Meltzer
Inspirations - Stories About Women Artists (O'Keeffe, Kahlo, Neel,
Ringgold), Leslie Sills
Great Painters, Piero Ventura
Little Magic Painter, Muriel H. Fellows - long out of print, but
if you are a used book store soul/devotee....one might just find
this beautiful book on cave people and their drawings.
the american saga
Arrow to the Sun, Gerald McDermott
Ox Cart Man, Donald Hall/Barbara Cooney
Watch the Stars Come Out, Riki Levinson
The Little House, Virginia Lee Burton
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, Paul Goble
other lands and people
The Way to Start a Day, Byrd Baylor & Peter Parnall
Ashanti to Zulu, Margaret Musgrove
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Verna Aardema
poetic connection
Excellent that combine art with superb selections of poetry.
Imaginary Gardens, Charles Sullivan, editor
Talking to the Sun, Kenneth Koch & Kate Farrell, editors
The Block - Langston Hughes and Romare Bearden
books about art
The Art Lesson, Tomie De Paola
Visiting the Art Museum, Krasny & Marc Brown
The Girl With a Watering Can, Ewa Zadrzynska
Picture This, Felicity Woolf
A History of Art, Marshall B. Davidson
Story of Painting, Anthea Peppin
books for the teacher
Art for Children, Mona Brooks
The Natural Way to Draw, Nicolaides
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards
Guiding Young Artists, Gaelene Rowe
Arts & Activities, monthly magazine
books as aesthetic objects
Round Trip, Ann Jonas
Shadow, Marcia Brown
aesthetic perception
Line, texture, shape, color...learning the elements of art and
the medium of expression...generating our visual senses into words
and understanding...
Line - Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey
Shape - Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
Color - Mr. Rabbit & the Lovely Present, Charlotte Zolotow
Perspective - Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg
Watercolor - Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter
Acrylic - Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney
Oil - Moonflute, A & D Wood
Printmaking - Drummer Hoff, Ed Emberley
Photography - Look! Look! Look!, Tana Hoban
Graphic/Pop - In the Night Kitchen, Maurice Sendak
Collage - The Very Grouchy Ladybug, Eric Carle
art prints
Shorewood Fine Art Reproductions (excellent selection of large
prints), (203) 426-8100
University Prints (small - 5 1/2 x 8" - reasonable and extensive
selection)
Museums
Calenders - especially fine value when out of date.
art supplies
Dick Blick, P.O. Box 521, Henderson, Nevada 89015, (800) 447-8192,
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