This Book Thinks You're an Artist

This Book Thinks You''re an Artist is one of the rare books on the market to combine art history with practical activities on the page. It asks the reader to imagine their eccentric-artist alter-ego before working through six key topics: painting, sculpture, illustration, decorative art, photography and contemporary art. Each spread centres on a different technique for producing a piece of art, and relates the activity back to a famous artist or movement in a light-hearted and playful tone. Activities include making a Bruegel circus, playing a Surrealist game, selling a scribble for a million pounds and painting your face like a Russian Futurist. A section of paper-based crafts at the end of the book includes a kit to build a camera obscura.

About the author

Harriet Russell studied at Glasgow School of Art followed by Central Saint Martins. She is the illustrator of the
popular This Book Thinks series.

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Russell
• Assisted by: Harriet Russell (Illustration), Russell Harriet (Illustration)
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780500651384
• ISBN: 978-0-500-65138-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: This Book Thinks You're…
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Creativity; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / General, Interactive & activity books & packs, Children’s interactive and activity books and kits, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Arts & Crafts