Title This book will make you an artist / written by Ruth Millington ; illustrated by Ellen Surrey.

Publication Info.	Lincoln, MA ; London : Nosy Crow, 2024.
	©2024

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Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	J702.8 MIL	DUE 05-08-24
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Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile New Material	J 702.8 MILLINGTON	DUE 05-03-24
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West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 702.8 MILLINGTON	DUE 05-20-24
Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department	J 702.8 MILLINGTON	DUE 05-19-24
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Description	61 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Note	"Create your very own masterpieces inspired by 25 amazing artists"--Cover.
	"First published 2024 by Nosy Crow Ltd... London"--Title page verso.
Contents	Introduction -- Make handprint art like a cave painter -- Make a mosaic like an ancient Roman -- Measure your proportions like Leonardo da Vinci -- Paint a self-portrait like Artemisia Gentileschi -- Block print like Katsushika Hokusai -- Cut out a silhouette portrait like Moses Williams -- Paint outside like Claude Monet -- Paint in points like Georges Seurat -- Paint a still life like Vincent Van Gogh -- Cut out like Henri Matisse -- Create a cubist collage like Pablo Picasso -- Make an abstract mobile like Hilma af Klint -- Get surreal like Salvador Dalí -- Decorate your hair with flowers like Frida Kahlo -- Perform a poem like Hugo Ball -- Carve a sculpture like Barbara Hepworth -- Splash paint like Janet Sobel -- Make pop-art-style prints like Andy Warhol -- Draw an optical illusion like Bridget Riley -- Create a crown like Jean-Michel Basquiat -- Wrap a string sculpture like Judith Scott -- Wash over wax like Emily Kame Kngwarreye -- Turn yourself invisible like Liu Bolin -- Make a polka-dot pumpkin like Yayoi Kusama -- Make a mural like Esther Mahlangu -- Glossary.
Summary	"Jam-packed with imaginative ideas for all kinds of creative crafts . . . this book will make YOU an artist! Pick up your pencils, collect your collage materials, and take inspiration from 25 of the world's best-known artists in this fact-filled book full of activities. Discover famous masterpieces through the included photographs of real works of art - from ancient cave painting to contemporary performance - and lots more in between!"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience	Ages 7-10 (Nosy Crow)
Subject	Art -- Juvenile literature.
	Artists -- Juvenile literature.
	Art appreciation -- Juvenile literature.
	Handicraft -- Juvenile literature.
	Art -- Technique -- Juvenile literature.
	Creative ability -- Juvenile literature.
	Art -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Art.
	Artists.
	Art appreciation.
	Handicraft.
	Art -- Technique.
	Creative ability.
	Art -- History.
Genre/Form	Illustrated works.
	Instructional and educational works.
	Informational works.
Added Author	Surrey, Ellen, illustrator.
Other Editions:	Reproduction of (manifestation): Millington, Ruth. This book will make you an artist London : Nosy Crow, 2024 9781839944758
ISBN	9798887770420 (hardcover)

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