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This book is full of art to look. at, and arty things
to mak.e and do. Start out by drawing, and then
explore painting, printing, mak.ing paper
cut-outs and making models.

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Drawing & doodling
Drawing animals
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Smudgy scenes
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People at Night, Guidecl hy Phosphorescellt Trn.cks of Shail.s by Joan Miro

This artist used doodling to create funny

faces and strange, imaginary creatures
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Start by doodling a long, wiggly

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Make a face out of just a few lines and shapes.
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An artist called Rembrandt drew this picture of

---.... an elephant. If you look carefully, you can see
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body Add a circle for curly trunk. elephant. Add
the nead and four Draw an ear a face and draw
oblongs for legs. and a tail. toenails on tne feet.

Tiger
Draw a big oval for the body,
and a smaller oval for the head.
Add triangles for ears, oblongs
for legs and a wavy tail.
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•• Start by drawing an oval for
the body and a smaller oval for
the head. Add arms, legs
Start with a large oval for
the body and a small oval for
the head, joined by a neck.
• and a curly tail. Add stick legs.

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and a tail.

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rainbow. If you colour in your drawings with real/}
bright colours, it'll make them look more exciting

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of colourihg
Make a loopy doodle. Fill each
loop with a different colour.

T draw a tortoise,
start with half a circle
-'or the shell, like this.

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Add a head,
four feet and a tail

Draw an outline of a fish, and odd a few Make a dog by

criss-cross fines over the top. Shade scribbling with
the sections in different colours. your pencil.

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dog's body, and then add
a head, feet and a toil.

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This artist used soft, blurry colours. You can use

coloured chalks to make your own smudgy picture.

Draw a small circle

with chalk. Rub
the chalk with You can
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to smudge
it, like this.
blend two colours
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Smudgy tree
Draw a tree in green and brown
chalk, and smudge the green to
look like leaves from a distance.
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Draw a rabbit in chalk. Draw some chicks in chalk.
Smudge the fur to Smudge the feathers to
make it look soft. make them look fluffy.
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This painting uses lot s of dots

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There are lots of ways to apply paint. The dotty
picture on the left was painted with brushes, but
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finger. print eight large
tentacles. Paint a face with

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Paint a body and a neck.
Add a head. ears. four legs
and add a dab for a tail.

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stripes and a mane
in a different colour

Lion
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four legs. In a darker

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top Let the paint dry
and then crayon on

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Add some spiky green tops.

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splashy rain drops, cover
your paper in water.
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Paint the sk.y with big. broad
brushstrok.es, and then make a few
splodgy clouds by going round
and round with your brush.

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diamond shapes with a t hinner brush.
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a felt -tip pen to add ribbons.

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to add two long legs
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This artist painted a bright picture of monkeys
in a tropical jungle. You can create your
own j ungle scene, using pr inting.

Leaf prihts
For a flower.
make severol
To make a leaf print. overlapping prints.
brusn tnick paint
over a leaf. Press
it firmly onto paper.

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Carefully peel to odd dots
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and sizes of leaves to fill
your jungle scene.

flowers
Mak.e lots of leaf
print flowers, long.
green stems and
curly vines.

Butterfly
Use a long, thin leaf to
print a body. Use a different
colour to print four wings.
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with a fingertip.

Bud
For a flower bud,
print three or four
overlapping petals
Add a stem and a
leaf or two at the
bottom of the stem.

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to print wings.

Beetles
To make a beetle,
point on oval.
Point a line down
the middle, and dot

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Paint a wiggly line.
on eyes and spots.

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then add lots of legs.

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Night owl
For an owl, use the end of a carrot
and a bottle ±op to print two eyes.
Use a piece of card to add a beak.

Use a small piece of cdrd

to print a zigzag pattern
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Bend pieces of card into curves

for the body, wings and ears.

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se strips of card to print a sailing boat. Add stripes
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This print is called a 'ghost print', because the rabbits
and leaves have been left blank.. You can only see them
because the back.ground has been coloured in.

Rctb,bit by William Morris

Follow these steps to make your own ghost print s.

Arrange some flat Dip a sponge in Carefully lift the

objects on paper. paint and dab it objects to see
5ticK them down over them, t hen their 'ghosts"
with poster putty. leave them to dry.
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paint. and flick it Then, cut out and legs. Stick them
over some paper. a body and wings. onto the body

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An ar t ist named Bridget Riley used the same shapes
again and again t o cr eate the bold, bright painting above.
You could make something like it, using pieces of paper.

Pcitchwork shapes
Cut out lots of bright
Buildihg blocks
triangles. using Cut out blocks of
coloured paper or old different colours
magazines. See how and st ick them down
many different ways next t o each other.
you can a r range them.

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patteth shapes
Cut some long Cut a mixture
coloured strips. of circles and
Weave them over rectangles. Mix
and under each them together to
other. like this. make a pattern.
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a simple shape from some old gift wrap. 'c
Rip the shape up into a few pieces.

Put the pieces back; together, leaving a space

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using cut- outs and ripped paper. ''
Snowflakes
Fold a square piece
of paper diagonally in
half three times. Cut
little holes into the
edges. Then unfold it.

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squares, rectangles. and triangles
Fold a small piece of
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paper in half and cut t
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Caterpillar
Tear lots of circle shapes and
arrange them in a wiggly row to
make a caterpillar shape.

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paper, and then draw
on legs and feelers.

Ice cream
Tear three
circles for ice
cream scoops.

Cut out a tall Cupcakes

triangle for
a cone. Cut some little cake cases, and tear
some rough triangle shapes for icing.
Scrunch up small balls of tissue paper
I and stick them on top to make cherries.
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This monkey sculpture was put together using

bits and pieces the artist found, including
a toy car and a ball, and then cast in bronze
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of all kinds of objects.
Wash and save old lids,
pots, buttons, boxes...
and anything else that -
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Glue different bits and pieces
together to build up a figure. I
Stick on colourful lids and pots to
give your robot a face. You could
make it smile or frown.
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wrapping paper
and stick them
on to make
feathers.

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sculptures. You con make
one too, by folding a paper
plate in half. Paint the plate
any colour you like, and add
an eye and a beak Give it
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wool. Tie a rubber band around the toe of card Wrap it around
around the end and cut the sock to make a the sock and stick it ·n
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this huge, brightly
coloured sculpture.

You can make your

own curvy sculptures
using salt dough.

Charlotte by Niki de Saint-Phalle

Poughy shapes
To make a salt dough sculpture,
follow the recipe on page "18.

Take a handful of salt dough

Roll or squeeze it into a shape.

Push your fingers into it to make holes.

Leave to harden. Paint when dry.

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