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Colours : A First Art Book
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24 pages, Hardcover
First published January 28, 2005
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October 18, 2008
An innovative introduction to colors by the author of the I SPY series.
While I don't think this is the best book to teach to concept of colors, it is a very fun book to peruse and discuss colors. For a child wanting to learn colors for the first time, a more bold and direct book would be preferable. However, the book does an excellent job of combining the elements of color with famous paintings. This is not merely a concept book for colors, but also an introduction to art styles. Each page features simply a one to two word description of a color, accompanied by a painting featuring that color. As each painting is comprised of more than one color, a parent is necessary to direct the child's attention to the featured color. The paintings are fairly complex and offer more to talk about than just the one color description on the page. A great addition to the book is the artist of each painting. I would have liked more information about the painting than what is included, but it does give a good jumping off point to explore further. Also, this is a great introduction before a trip to a museum.
Child Magazine
Who better to teach colors than Claude Monet? The French impressionist and other great artists instruct by example in this luscious picture book. Each two-page spread focuses on one color that appears in side-by-side works of art. For instance, red is represented by a Giovanna Garzoni still life of a bowl filled with scrumptious-looking cherries and also by a Botticelli portrait of a young man in a poppy-red hat ("red cherries, red hat"). While young children will get a kick out of identifying the featured hue in each masterpiece, art lovers of any age will savor the arresting images. (ages 2 to 4)
Child magazine's Best Children's Book Awards 2005
Marilyn Courtot - Children's Literature
I agree. This book is delightful for the adults as well as the child and the images are arresting.
There are plenty of books that introduce kids to colors. The approaches run for the common objects to those that are feature colors and patterns in the natural world. Micklethwait who has authored the "I Spy" series and books that feature art, does it again in this new book. The colors are introduced through famous paintings, and the paintings span classic, modern and folk art and not all from Western cultures. It is a great way for kids to learn colors and to also learn how different artists see the world. Some works I immediately recognized, but others were not so familiar. The "Picture List" on the closing page gives the name of the work, artist, media, and where the painting can be seen. If there is a museum near you with one of these paintings, think what fun it would be to take you child and have him/her point at the picture and say—blue, red, orange or whatever the featured color is. A lesson that goes beyond the ordinary and one that can be extended further than the introduction of colors. 2005, Frances Lincoln, Ages 2 to 6.
A fair review, though it seems less than inspiring. She doesn't really offer an evaluation, but rather just a description. This is good in some way, as you know what you are getting, however, it does not get me excited about this book, and I found the book fairly exciting.
While I don't think this is the best book to teach to concept of colors, it is a very fun book to peruse and discuss colors. For a child wanting to learn colors for the first time, a more bold and direct book would be preferable. However, the book does an excellent job of combining the elements of color with famous paintings. This is not merely a concept book for colors, but also an introduction to art styles. Each page features simply a one to two word description of a color, accompanied by a painting featuring that color. As each painting is comprised of more than one color, a parent is necessary to direct the child's attention to the featured color. The paintings are fairly complex and offer more to talk about than just the one color description on the page. A great addition to the book is the artist of each painting. I would have liked more information about the painting than what is included, but it does give a good jumping off point to explore further. Also, this is a great introduction before a trip to a museum.
Child Magazine
Who better to teach colors than Claude Monet? The French impressionist and other great artists instruct by example in this luscious picture book. Each two-page spread focuses on one color that appears in side-by-side works of art. For instance, red is represented by a Giovanna Garzoni still life of a bowl filled with scrumptious-looking cherries and also by a Botticelli portrait of a young man in a poppy-red hat ("red cherries, red hat"). While young children will get a kick out of identifying the featured hue in each masterpiece, art lovers of any age will savor the arresting images. (ages 2 to 4)
Child magazine's Best Children's Book Awards 2005
Marilyn Courtot - Children's Literature
I agree. This book is delightful for the adults as well as the child and the images are arresting.
There are plenty of books that introduce kids to colors. The approaches run for the common objects to those that are feature colors and patterns in the natural world. Micklethwait who has authored the "I Spy" series and books that feature art, does it again in this new book. The colors are introduced through famous paintings, and the paintings span classic, modern and folk art and not all from Western cultures. It is a great way for kids to learn colors and to also learn how different artists see the world. Some works I immediately recognized, but others were not so familiar. The "Picture List" on the closing page gives the name of the work, artist, media, and where the painting can be seen. If there is a museum near you with one of these paintings, think what fun it would be to take you child and have him/her point at the picture and say—blue, red, orange or whatever the featured color is. A lesson that goes beyond the ordinary and one that can be extended further than the introduction of colors. 2005, Frances Lincoln, Ages 2 to 6.
A fair review, though it seems less than inspiring. She doesn't really offer an evaluation, but rather just a description. This is good in some way, as you know what you are getting, however, it does not get me excited about this book, and I found the book fairly exciting.
May 10, 2025
This is an excellent introduction to fine arts, and it is an opportunity for confident color-identifiers to deepen their understanding of the palette and how artists use different color shades.
July 15, 2009
Great introductory art book that points out colors in different pieces of artwork. My 4 and 2 year old really enjoyed that they could identify the 'blue sky' in Van Gogh's 'Vincent's House at Arles' and the yellow sunflowers in Monet's 'Bouquet of Sunflowers'.
August 20, 2009
Here are 18 brilliant works of art carefully chosen to illustrate a range of familiar colors. Artists include Botticelli, Hiroshige, Van Gogh and Peter Blake among others. www.hcpl.net
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