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Color Choices, by Stephen Quiller

Color Choices, by Stephen Quiller

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Color Choices – Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory, by Stephen Quiller is a visually inspiring book for painters, especially landscape and still life painters.

Does it actually make “color sense out of color theory”?  I’m not so sure, but I’m also not sure if that matters.

Stephen Quiller has [...]

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ABCs of Art

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Herman the Jester and the ABC’s of Art, by Rafael Filion, is a tremendously useful book for teaching art theory to very young children.

It’s ideal as the basis of a daily or weekly art lesson.  It’s also a great preparation for taking young children to art museums.  In fact, it’s [...]

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Glorious Glues! Art with Adhesives, Paula Guhin

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With Glorious Glues! Art with Adhesives, art Teacher Paula Guhin has put together a wonderful little book that showcases the many uses of glue in art making.

All of her projects are rated either easy, moderate or advanced and can be used with all ages.

The lessons are well written and easy [...]

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Discovering Great Artists, by Kohl and Solga

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Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters, by Mary Ann Kohl and Kim Solga (Website: BrightRing.com)

Starting with Giotto and continuing on through current artists, Ms. Kohl and Ms. Solga have created multiple art lessons based on individual artist.

Each lesson includes a [...]

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Polymer Clay Techniques Book by Sue Heaser

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The Polymer Clay Techniques Book by Sue Heaser is a recipe book for crafters, as opposed to artists.

Nevertheless, Sue Heaser has an outstanding reputation and presents a great range of projects.

There’s something here that would appeal to every member of your family, and that can’t be said for most art [...]

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