About the Book
A HANDS-ON ART ADVENTURE WHERE CHILDREN MIX COLOURS, EXPERIMENT WITH SHAPES AND TEXTURES, EXPLORE DIFFERENT ART STYLES AND TURN THE WORLD AROUND THEM INTO INSPIRATION FOR THEIR OWN CREATIVE WORK.
Art Adventure 2 takes young artists on a brand-new creative journey from mixing colours and exploring the colour wheel to designing geometric robots, creating cubist portraits and drawing portraits of their families. Along the way, they ll discover how artists use light and shadow, experiment with composition and explore the wonderful world of nature through cacti, tropical birds, forests, mountains, rivers and oceans.
Through guided artworks, playful activities and fascinating stories about artists from India and around the world, young readers will discover new ways to look at art and the world around them. They can mix their own colours, make patterns with natural dyes, play with positive and negative space, experiment with blending and even create their own mural. Packed with things to see, create and imagine, Art Adventure 2 encourages children to look closely and experiment freely.
About the Author
Sara Vetteth is the founder of the RainbowFish Visual Arts programme that delivers in-school art lessons to thousands of children in schools across India. She has served as a subject matter expert for NCERT in Delhi and organises conferences and workshops for art educators. Sara has also authored several books to introduce children to Indian artists. She completed her graduate studies at Parsons School of Design in New York, where she went on to teach.