The Grown-Up's Guide to Painting with Kids: 20+ Fun Fluid Art and Messy Paint Projects for Adults and Kids to Make Together

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Discover the popular art of paint pouring with projects for the whole family!The Grown-Up's Guide series features how-to projects, creative prompts, and crafting activities to inspire hours of messy fun for you and your little ones. Now you can learn the trendy paint pouring technique—and teach your kids to do it too!Paint pouring, also known as fluid art, uses acrylic paint and a variety of everyday tools to create colorful, abstract art poured on canvases and other surfaces. With this book, prepare to get messy—some techniques require touching or even hitting the paint—but that's half the fun. (Consider doing the projects outside, where it's OK to make a mess!) You'll find:An introduction to the affordable tools required to pour paint, from cups and canvases to stir sticks, paper, reusable straws, and more Techniques to familiarize yourself with the pouring process before you startColor mixing tipsInstructions for finishing paintings with varnish and other materialsStep-by-step projects, easily customizable by color, surface, and skill level—with options for non-canvas surfaces such as coasters, pieces of wood, gift boxes, and moreTips on how older kids—with the help of their parents, of course—might even learn to use a heat torch to create the cell-like structure typical in fluid artKids of all ages will love the tactile experience of pouring paint—and you can participate too, enjoying family togetherness for hours as you learn to create colorful, abstract art together.
Copyright:
2020

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
128 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781633228559
Related ISBNs:
9781633228542
Publisher:
Quarto Publishing Group USA
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Parenting and Family, Education
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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