Learn how to print, draw, paint and create textiles with imaginative projects that will inspire and delight young artists. Clear, concise step-by-step instructions, with illustrations, demonstrate how each project can be achieved. Art Smart presents a fresh, imaginative approach to art, covering four main artistic skills - painting, drawing, printing and textiles. This bind-up contains 48 original projects to make, using readily available materials. The projects have been carefully chosen to appeal to both boys and girls. Each project is graded with a difficulty rating of 1 to 5. A special ' techniques and materials' section encourages young artists to try out their own creative ideas while learning valuable practical skills.

Author Biography

Traci Bunkers is a passionate and quirky self-employed mixed-media and journal artist living in Lawrence, Kansas. "I love rusty things, glitter glue, old books to cut up and cheap cameras. I'm smiling when my hands are dirty with paint or when I've altered a camera or something to use as a printing tool. It means I'm doing what I love--making art and doing things with my hands. Lucky for me, I do what I love for a living." Even though the DIY and repurposing life styles are now in vogue, for this self-proclaimed love child of MacGyver, reusing and repurposing have always been her way of life as a creative way to problem solve and make ends meet. Through her one-woman business Bonkers Handmade Originals, she sells her nifty creations such as hand-dyed spinning fibers and yarns, original rubber stamps, handmade books, knits and original artwork. She also creates an artzine called Tub Legs, designs knitwear, and is a knitting, spinning, and crochet technical editor. She has been teaching workshops across the US since the early 90s and her visual journal pages, artwork, and knit designs have been published in numerous books and magazines. To learn more about her work, visit her web site at www.TraciBunkers.com.