Stories
Each of these titles features six works of art which have been chosen to provide young people with the inspiration to create their own artistic interpretations of each theme.
Overall, an impressively wide range of artists and techniques are featured from prehistoric cave painties to Picasso and from print-making to photo-montage. Brief details about each of the artists and their work are a welcome bonus. Resourceful and practical follow-up suggestions are cleverly illustrated by examples of children's pictures, sculptures, etc. which have been specifically commissioned for the series. Adult assistance is sometimes required, whether of the practical (help bake the modelling clay in the oven) variety, or something far less prosaic such as posing for an Egyptian mummy portrait.
Amongst the many different projects featured in these engaging and attractively produced titles, there is almost certain to be something which will stimulate and encourage even the least confident reader to 'borrow the artists' ideas' and have a go for themselves.