painting

A step-by-step guide to painting flowers, covering working from photographs, understanding color, creating texture, and mastering techniques.

Georgia is still mourning the loss of her famous artist father. Nothing seems right these days, not her art and not her best friend Theo. When Georgia discovers pencil marks on the back of one of her dad's paintings, she knows she's discovered his sketch for the painting he was supposed to do next--one of Georgia herself. As Georgia digs deeper into the mystery of the sketch, she hopes that she will find a way back to normal again.

Traces the development of American painting from colonial times to the famous Armory Show held in New York in 1913.

Indigo finds a series of paintings made by her mother that could be the solution to their financial insecurities; however, her mother refuses to revive the series, so Indigo secretly takes up the brush herself and falls into the paintings' dangerous world which blurs fantasy and reality.

"A playful celebration of art???in museums and in the world around us???as well as the joy of creating and sharing our own work, by author-illustrator and former arts educator Tim Miller. Izzy looks. Izzy sees. Izzy is inspired . . . SWISH! SWOOSH! Izzy paints! Dive into imagination with this joyful celebration of art and creativity.".

"Benford is delighted by his very first easel and canvas, he does not know what to paint, and as he searches for inspiration he imagines his blank canvas following him around demanding his attention"--Provided by publisher.

"When Shu Lin starts at her new school, she wears yellow rain boots and a pink coat. At recess, she stands alone in the playground. At lunchtime, she eats by herself from little boxes of brightly colored food. Her classmates aren't sure what to make of her. But one day, when Shu Lin's grandpa comes to school to share his amazing artwork, everything changes"--Provided by publisher.

The Hudson River School was a group American artists specializing in painting landscapes, featuring the big skies and rolling vistas of North America.

Leonardo da Vinci is probably the most important figure to emerge from the Renaissance period. His paintings are international icons and his drawings of inventions were far ahead of their time.