Children's Art Instruction (Drawing, Painting and Sculpture)
This page displays art projects specially created as samples for teaching children the fundamentals of arts and art techniques (drawing, painting and sculpture), as well as teaching plans/syllabus and other instructional materials.
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Basic Drawing Techniques
Basic Collage Techniques
Reference for Children's Art Style
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Basic Coloring Techniques (Markers, Color Pencils, Crayons)
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Basic Painting Techniques
Basic Sculpture Techniques
Creative Project
Children's Arts: Drawing Techniques
A. General Skills
A. General Skills
- David Antram, David Salariya and Fiona Macdonald, You Wouldn't Want to Be in a Medieval Dungeon! ISBN 978-0-531-25948-1, PCL Call Number J 728.8 MAC 2013
- Diana Kleimin, The Art of Art for Children’s Books: A Contemporary Survey, ASIN: B002MGVDGK, PCL Call Number J 741 KLE
- Hans-Georg Rauch, The Lines are Coming, ISBN 0-684-15989-9, PCL Call Number J 741 RAU
- Henry Pluckrose, Fresh Start Crayons, ISBN 0-531-10470-2, PCL Call Number J 741.32 PLU
- Irene Luxbacher, 123 I Can Draw! ISBN 978-1-55453-152-3, PCL Call Number 741.2 LUX
- Judy Martin, A First Guide Painting and Drawing, ISBN 1-56294-203-4, PCL Call Number J 741.2 MAR
- Kathy Mallet and Bruce McMillan, The Picture that Mom Draw, ISBN 0-8027-8617-0, PCL Call Number J 741.24 MAL
- Carolyn Scrace, Arts Works: Drawing Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals, ISBN 978-1-62588-344-5, PCL Call Number J 743.6 FRA.
- Diana Fisher and Jeff Shelly, All About Drawing Dinosaurs & Reptiles, ISBN 978-160058-579-1, PCL Call Number J 743.6 FIS
- Ed Emberley, Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Weirdos, ISBN 0-316-23314-5, PCL Call Number J 741.2 EMB.
- Ed Emberley, Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Faces, ISBN 0-316-23655-1, PCL Call Number J 743.49 EMB.
- Ed Emberley, Ed Emberley's Fingerprint Drawing Book, ISBN 978-0316233194, PCL Call Number J 741.2 EMB.
- Helene Leroux-Hugon, I Can Draw Forest Animals, ISBN 0-8368-2839-9, PCL Call Number J 743.69 LER.
- Jon Eppard and Steve Porter, You Can Draw It! Aircraft, ISBN 978-1600148088, PCL Call Number J 743 EPP.
- Jon Eppard and Steve Porter, You Can Draw It! Big Cats, ISBN 978-1600148095, PCL Call Number J 743.6975 EPP
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircraft, and Spacecraft, ISBN 0-385-23629-8, PCL Call Number J 743.8 AME.
- Lee J. Ames and Bob Singer, Draw 50 Animal Toons, ISBN 0-7679-0544-X, PCL Call Number J 741.5 AME.
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Animals, ISBN 0-385-19519-2, PCL Call Number J 743.6 AME.
- Lee J. Ames and Tony D'Adamo, Draw 50 Birds, ISBN 0-385-47163-7, PCL Call Number J 743.68 AME.
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains, ISBN 0-385-23630-1, PCL Call Number J 741 AME.
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Baby Animals, ISBN 0-7679-1284-5, PCL Call Number J 743.6 AME.
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures, ISBN 0-385-41777-2, PCL Call Number J 743.84 AME.
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Cars, Trucks, and Motorcycles, ISBN 0-385-24639-0, PCL Call Number J 743.89 AME
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Dogs, ISBN 0-385-23431-7, PCL Call Number J 743.69744 AME.
- Lee J. Ames and P. Lee Ames, Draw 50 Flowers, Trees, and Other Plants, ISBN 0-385-47150-5, PCL Call Number J 743.7 AME.
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Horses, ISBN 0-385-17642-2, PCL Call Number J 743.69725 AME.
- Lee J. Ames and Warren Budd, Draw 50 Sharks ... Whales, and Other Sea Creatures, ISBN 0-385-26768-1, PCL Call Number J 743.6 AME.
- Lee J. Ames, Draw 50 Vehicles, ISBN 0-385-14154-8, PCL Call Number J 743.8 AME.
- Maggie Rosier and Steve Porter, You Can Draw It! Dinosaurs, ISBN 978-1600148996, PCL Call Number J 743.6 ROS.
- Maggie Rosier and Steve Porter, You Can Draw It! Robots, ISBN 978-1600149009, PCL Call Number J 743.89629 ROS.
- Ralph Masiello, Ralph Masiello's Robot Drawing Book, ISBN 978-1-57091-535-2, PCL Call Number J 743.89629 MAS.
- Russell Farrell and Diana Fisher, All About Drawing Sea Creatures and Animals Ages 6+, ISBN 978-1-60058-581-4, PCL Call Number .J 743.6 FAR.
- Scott Tilley et al, Learn to Draw Disney's The Princess and the Frog, ISBN 978-1-60058-163-2, PCL Call Number J 741.5 UYE.
- Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, ISBN 0-8362-2088-9, PCL Call Number J 741.5973 WAT
- Bill Watterson, Something under the Bed is Drooling, ISBN 0-8362-1825-6, PCL Call Number J 741.5973 WAT
- Christopher Hart, Drawing the New Adventure Cartoons, Cool Spies, Evil Guys and Action Heroes, ISBN 978-1933027609, PCL Call Number J 741.5 HAR
- Harry Hamernik, Cartoon 360-degrees: Secrets to Drawing Cartoon People and Poses in 3-D, ISBN 978-1-60061-913-7, PCL Call Number J 741.51 HAM
- Christopher Hart, Xtreme Art Drawing Manga! ISBN 0-8230-0369-8, PCL Call Number J 741.5 HAR
- Christopher Hart, Xtreme Art Drawing Manga Chibi! ISBN 978-0823003686, PCL Call Number J 741.5 HAR
- Jay Stephens, Monsters! Draw Your Own Mutants, Freaks & Creeps, ISBN 978-1579909352, PCL Call Number J 743.8 STE.
- Jon Eppard and Joel Vollmer, You Can Draw It! Manga, ISBN 978-1600148125, PCL Call Number J 743.87 EPP.
- Jon Eppard and Joel Vollmer, You Can Draw It! Monsters, ISBN 978-1600148132, PCL Call Number J 741.51 EPP.
- Maggie Rosier and Steve Porter, You Can Draw It! Aliens, ISBN 978-1600148989, PCL Call Number J 743.87 ROS.
- Mark Bergin, It's Fun to Draw Fairies and Mermaids, ISBN 978-1-62087-112-6, PCL Call Number J 743.87 BER.
- Michael Morgan Pellowski and Howard Bender, The Art of making Comic Books, ISBN 0-8225-2304-3, PCL Call Number J 741.5 PEL
- Ralph Masiello, Ralph Masiello’s Dragon Drawing Book, ISBN 978-1-57091-531-4, PCL Call Number J 743.6 MAS
- Ralph Masiello, Ralph Masiello’s Halloween Drawing Book, ISBN 978-1-57091-542-0, PCL Call Number J 743.87 MAS
- Rosa M. Curto, Draw the Magic Pink Fairy, ISBN 978-0-7660-4266-7, PCL Call Number J 741.2 CUR.
- Scott Robbins and Snow Wildsmith, Kid’s Comics Choosing Titles Your Children Will Love, ISBN 978-1-4402-2994-7, PCL Call Number J 741.5 ROB
- Veronika Gunter and John Murphy, Invasion of the Plush Monsters!: Wickedly Weird Creatures You Just Gotta Sew, ISBN 978-1579909437.
Children's Arts: Sculpting and Crafting Techniques
A. General Sculpting Skills
A. General Sculpting Skills
- Irene Luxbacher, 123 I Can Sculpt! ISBN 978-1-55453-038-0, PCL Call Number J 731.4 LUX
- Kim Solga, Make Sculptures! (The Grolier KidsCrafts collection), ISBN 0-7172-7245-1, PCL Call Number J 745.592 SOL
- Bernadette Cuxart, Modeling Clay Easy-to-Follow Projects in Simple Steps, ISBN 978-0-7641-4579-7, PCL Call Number J 731.42 CUX
- Bernadette Cuxart, Modeling Clay Spooky Characters, ISBN 978-1-4380-0358-0, PCL Call Number J 731.42 CUX
- Bernadette Cuxart, Modeling Clay with 3 Basic Shapes: Model More than 40 Animals with Teardrops, Balls, and Worms, ISBN 978-1-4380-0908-7, PCL Call Number J 731.42 CUX
- Jeannie Hull, Clay: Fresh Start, ISBN 0-531-10757-4, PCL Call Number J 731.42 HUL
- Pam Scheunemann, Cool Clay Projects: Cool Crafts, ISBN 1-59197-740-1, PCL Call Number J 731.42 SCH
- Anna Llimos Plomer, Paper Mache (Let's Create), ISBN 0-8368-4017-8, PCL Call Number J 745.542 LLI
- Ann Stalcup, Japanese Origami: Paper Magic (Crafts of the World), ISBN 0-8239-5333-5, PCL Call Number J 736.982 STA
- Catherine Ard, Origami on the Move (Amazing Origami), ISBN 978-1-4824-2202-3, PCL Call Number J 736 ARD
- Christopher L. Harbo, Easy Holiday Origami (Easy Origami), ISBN 978-1-4296-5387-9, PCL Call Number J 736.982 HAR
- Christopher L. Harbo, Easy Ocean Origami (Easy Origami), ISBN 978-1-4296-5385-5, PCL Call Number J 736.982 HAR
- Christopher L. Harbo, Origami Papertainment: Samurai, Owls, Ninja Stars, and More! (Origami Paperpalooza), and More! ISBN 978-1-4914-2022-5, PCL Call Number J 736.982 HAR
- Eileen O'Brien and Kate Needham, The Osborne Book of Origami, ISBN 978-0746027196, PCL Call Number J 736.982 OBR
- Ginger Johnson and Betsy Day, Paper-Folding Fun!: 50 Awesome Crafts to Weave, Twist & Curl (Williamson Kids Can! Series), ISBN 1-885593-67-8, PCL Call Number J 745.54 JOH
- John Lancaster and Chris Fairclough, Paper Sculpture (Fresh Start), ISBN 0-531-10758-2, PCL Call Number
- Karol Krcmar, Kirigami Greeting Cards (Kirigami Craft Books series), ISBN 0-9715411-7-5, PCL Call Number J 745.54 KRC
- Kunihiko Kasahara, Extreme Origami, ISBN 0-8069-8853-3, PCL Call Number J 736.982 KAS
- Mary Meinking, Easy Origami, ISBN 978-1-4296-2020-8, PCL Call Number J 736.982 MEI
- Michael G. LaFosse, A Kid's Guide to Origami: Making Origami Christmas Decorations Step by Step, ISBN 0-8239-5874-4, PCL Call Number J 736.982 LAF
- Michael G. LaFosse, A Kid's Guide to Origami: Making Origami Toys Step by Step, ISBN 0-8239-5876-0, PCL Call Number J 736.982 LAF
- Paul Jackson, Origami Toys That Tumble, Fly, and Spin, ISBN 978-1-4236-0524-9, PCL Call Number J 736.982 JAC
- Ruth Ungert, Easy Origami Animals, ISBN 1-4027-0189-6, PCL Call Number J 736.982 UNG
- Kevin Nierman, The Kids 'N' Clay Ceramics Book: Hand-building & Wheel-Throwing Projects from the Kid's 'N' Clay Pottery Studio, ISBN 1-883672-89-9, PCL Call Number J 738 KID
- Nathaniel Harris, Stories in Art: Mosaics, ISBN 978-1-4042-4438-2, PCL Call Number J 738.5 HAR
E. Craft Making Skills
- Better Homes, Gardens and Jennifer Darling, Better Homes and Gardens Bird Buddies (Fun-to-do Project Books), ISBN 0-696-01892-6, PCL Call Number J 745.54 BIR
- Better Homes and Gardens Books, Its a Special Day (Fun-to-do Project Books), ISBN 0-696-01899-3, PCL Call Number J 745.54 ITS
- Carol Gnojewski, African-American Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!), ISBN 978-0-7660-2457-1, PCL Call Number J 745.5089 GNO
- Carol Sirrine, Cool Crafts with Old Jeans: Green Projects for Resourceful Kids (Green Crafts), ISBN 978-1-4296-4006-0, PCL Call Number J 745.5 SIR
- Carol Sirrine, Cool Crafts with Old T-shirts: Green Projects for Resourceful Kids (Green Crafts), ISBN 978-1-4296-4009-1, PCL Call Number J 745.5 SIR
- Carol Sirrine, Cool Crafts with Old Wrappers, Cans, and Bottles: Green Projects for Resourceful Kids (Snap, Green Crafts), ISBN 978-1-4296-4008-4, PCL Call Number J 745.5 SIR
- Christine M. Irvin, Cardboard Tube Mania (Craft Mania), ISBN 0-516-21674-0, PCL Call Number J 745.54 IRV
- Christine M. Irvin, Craft Stick Mania (Craft Mania), ISBN 0-516-21676-7, PCL Call Number J 745.51 IRV
- Fay Robinson, Hispanic-American Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!), ISBN 978-0-7660-2459-5, PCL Call Number J 745.5089 ROB
- Helen Roney Sattler, Recipes for Art and Craft Materials, ISBN 0-688-07374-3, PCL Call Number J 745.5028 SAT
- Jane Bull, Make It!, ISBN 978-0-7566-3837-5, PCL Call Number J 745.5 BUL
- Jane Bull, The Rainy Day Book, ISBN 0-7894-9831-6, PCL Call Number J 745.5 BU
- Joe Rhatigan and Heather Smith, Earth-Friendly Crafts for Kids: 50 Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff, ISBN 1-57990-340-1, PCL Call Number J 745.5 SMI
- Judy Ann Sadler and Caroline Price, Jumbo Book of Easy Crafts, The (Jumbo Books), ISBN 1-55074-811-4, PCL Call Number J 745.5 SAD
- Judy Ann Sadler and Caroline Price, The Kids Can Press Jumbo Book of Crafts (Jumbo Books), ISBN 1-55074-375-9, PCL Call Number J 745.5 SAD
- Judith Hoffman Corwin, Native American Crafts of California, the Great Basin, and the Southwest, ISBN 0-531-12199-2, PCL Call Number J 745.5089 COR
- Judith Hoffman Corwin, Native American Crafts of the Northwest Coast, the Arctic, and the Subarctic, ISBN 0-531-12201-8, PCL Call Number J 745.5089 COR
- Judith Hoffman Corwin, Native American Crafts of the Northeast and Southeast, ISBN 0-531-12200-X, PCL Call Number J 745.5089 COR
- Judith Hoffman Corwin, Native American Crafts of the Plains and Plateau, ISBN 0-531-12202-6, PCL Call Number J 745.5089 COR
- Mary Wallace, I Can Make That!: Fantastic Crafts for Kids, ISBN 1-897066-33-3, PCL Call Number J 745.5 WAL
- Maxine Trottier and Esperanca Melo, Native Crafts: Inspired by North America’s First Peoples (Kids Can Do It), ISBN 1-55074-854-8, PCL Call Number J 745.5 TRO
- Norman Schmidt, Fabulous Paper Gliders, ISBN 1-895569-21-4, PCL Call Number J 745.592 SCH
- Renee Schwarz, Funky Junk: Cool Stuff to Make with Hardware (Kids Can Do It), ISBN 1-55337-387-1, PCL Call Number J 745.5 SCH
- Sarah Hartman, Asian-American Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!), ISBN 978-0-7660-2455-7, PCL Call Number J 745.5095 HAR
- Sarah Hartman, Middle Eastern Crafts Kids Can Do! (Multicultural Crafts Kids Can Do!), ISBN 978-0-7660-2456-4, PCL Call Number J 745.50956 HAR
- Sally Henry and Trevor Cook, Making Mosaics (Make Your Own Art), ISBN 978-1-4488-1585-2, PCL Call Number J 745.54 HEN
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