A step-by-step guide to art, covering easy painting, drawing, printing and collage techniques. The text has been organized into project-based chapters to enable budding artists to master a single technique at a time, such as sponge painting, oil pastels, continuous line drawings and collage.
Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. Fiona graduated from Exeter University with a B.Ed. (Hons.), specialising in Psychology and Art and Design. After university she worked as a researcher and writer for a company which published educational material for places where children went on school visits (zoos, museums, stately homes etc). She then taught seven, eight, and nine year olds for five years; three years at a state school in Sevenoaks in Kent, and two years at The British School in the Netherlands in The Hague.
Having joined Usborne in 1989, Fiona became an editorial director in 2003, largely responsible for writing baby and novelty books, as well as art and activity titles. She has written over 100 titles for Usborne Publishing, perhaps most notably the, ‘That’s not my ….‘ touchy-feely series.
Lots of fun projects that I am working through with my children. We picked this series up at the National Gallery in London. This book shows different techniques and has lots of great, modern, and fun art projects to teach various skills. We love it. A good all-around addition to your art reference and crafts library.