Hands-On Art: Things That Go: Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking

By Kate Daubney and Violet Peto

This charming, interactive "art-tivity" book is packed with imaginative projects and fun ideas for kids who love drawing, printing, and painting. The combination of clever techniques, handy tips, and accessible step-by-step instructions make this book equally suited to beginners and more confident young artists. Art projects include printing car wheels with bottle caps, using smudging to create a car's motion blurs, fingerprint-painting the passengers of a bus, and more!

The combination of clever techniques, handy tips, and accessible step-by-step instructions makes this book equally suited to beginners and more confident young artists. Perfect for rainy days, this book provides tons of creative fun for kids aged 4+.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Aug 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781398802148

Kate Daubney

Kate Daubney is an accomplished freelance children's illustrator, and has worked with publishers such as Egmont, Pan Macmillan, Harper Collins and Templar. She also won a highly commended award in the Macmillan Children's Book Prize in 2007. She lives in Devon, United Kingdom.

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Contents

Let’s Get Arty!

Vroom, Vroom!

Making Tracks

Chugging Train

On Your Bike

Road Signs

Super Speedy Car

Roman Chariot

Sedan Chair

Sliding Sled

Luxury Limousine

Moving Stairs

Cool Camper

Scoot Along

Terrific Truck

Emergency!

Busy Bus

Wheels And Tracks

Forky Forklift

Terrific Tractor

Colossal Crane

Cement Mixer

Road Roller

Mega Monster Truck

On Safari

Speedy Speedboat

Crafty Kayak

Ship Ahoy!

Hovercraft

Super Submarine

Glorious Gondola

Jaunty Jet Ski

Wild Windsurfing

Sail Away

Fantastic Fishing Boat

Liftoff!

Powerful Plane

Brilliant Balloon

Awesome Airship

Unbelievable Ufo

Hovering Helicopter

Mountain Cable Car

Zoom On A Broom

Perfect Parachute

Let’s Get Arty!

Follow the steps in this book to create vehicles of all shapes and sizes, using clever arty effects.

Handy hints and tips

Before you start a picture, make sure you have your materials ready by checking the You will need box that appears with every project.

For printing, pour paint into a shallow dish and dip your printing object into it. Allow some of the paint to drip off, then press your printing object onto the paper. Try experimenting with different amounts of paint mixed with water to see which works the best.

If you don’t have one of the items suggested for printing, swap it for something that’s a similar shape. Make sure you have an adult’s help when cutting fruits and vegetables!

Leave your prints out to dry before adding any pen details.

Use the side of a stick of chalk to create this effect.