Marion Abrams - Art Sparks: Draw, Paint, Make, and Get Creative with 53 Amazing Projects!

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Text 2019 by Marion Abrams and Hilary Emerson Lay

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Ebook version 1.0

September 17, 2019

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Abrams, Marion, author. | Lay, Hilary Emerson, author.

Title: Art sparks : draw, paint, make, and get creative with 53 amazing projects! / by Marion Abrams & Hilary Emerson Lay.

Description: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2019. | Audience: Ages 6+. Identifiers: LCCN 2019012767 (print) | LCCN 2019012803 (ebook) | ISBN 9781635861198 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781635861181 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781635862119 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Handicraft--Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC TT880 (ebook) | LCC TT880 .A27 2019 (print) | DDC 745.5dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019012767

Dedicated to the creative spirit within every child (and grown-up).

Hello! We love making art and we are very excited to share some of our favorite projects with you.

All of the projects in this book come from our Summer Art Barn camp. We spend all day going from project to project and letting our campers try out lots of different kinds of art. Theres drawing and painting, of course, but also sculpture and working with fabric, paper, and nature to create beautiful and unique projects. At our camp we nurture creativity and encourage experiencing the joy of making art.

This book includes our very favorite projects so that you can join the fun. We give you easy-to-follow directions that show you how to use a variety of materials most of which you may already know about and some you may not. We hope that these projects spark your imagination!

Each project will take between 30 and 90 minutes to complete. Our handy 1-, 2-, and 3-scissor icons quickly show you how difficult each activity is. On even the simplest projects, theres a lot of room for you to add your own touches and make it your own. We hope you try something new with every creation.

Marion started Summer Art Barn in 1989 so she could spend time creating art with her daughter, Olivia, and Olivias friends. The program has become a popular creativity camp that enrolls 25 kids a week for the whole summer.

Hilary joined Summer Art Barn in 2013. Shes a working artist who, among other things, paints pictures of animals wearing hats and makes tiny whimsical houses. She also makes funny monsters out of socks. (And you can, too! See to learn how.)

Good luck, and happy art-making!

There are a few basic supplies you will need to complete many of the projects in this book. The good news is that none of them are very expensive and some of them are even free. You can easily find all of the following items at your local arts and crafts store, or you can order them online.

• Low-temperature hot glue gun

  Make sure you have adult supervision when working with a hot glue gun.

  
• Paper

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• White glue
  
• Tacky glue
  
• Toothpicks

  are great for applying small bits of glue.