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Art is one of those things kids should just be encouraged to do. You can teach them theory till you're blue in the face, but if you don't let them hold a colored pencil, wield a brush, or imitate Van Gogh (except the ear-removing part), it'll fall on uncomprehending ears. Just as science is kind of dead without experimentation and observation, so art isn't a mere textbook pursuit to be read about and never practiced.

Edith Schaeffer wrote a superb little book titled The Hidden Art of Homemaking about the need for every Christian to imitate the Creator God by expressing their own creativity. She stresses that not everyone needs to be famous or make money from what they produce (not most, in fact), but that being creative and making art is an important element of our humanity.

We couldn't agree more. Kids need to understand that creative expression is a good thing when used to glorify God and encourage those around them, and that they shouldn't be embarrassed to explore and hone their talents. To that end, we're doing our best to offer plenty of tools and resources to help them do just that.

There's the tools themselves of course: markers, pencils, brushes, paints, etc., even an artist's smock for messy projects. Then there's the coloring books (a great place to start!), drawing and painting instruction guides, craft books, richly illustrated art history texts and artist biographies, pictorial explorations of great architecture, etc.

Some texts are aimed specifically at parents and teachers. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is a guide to moving beyond childish scrawls to advanced drawing techniques. Drawing With Children helps parents guide kids through the five elements of drawing, offering tips, advice, and exercises to help developing artists improve without getting frustrated.

The products from How Great Thou Art are instructional while helping kids relate art to a Christian worldview. This is essential: art is not created for its own sake, but for the glory of God and for the delight and instruction of others. We don't draw or paint or design just to entertain people, and if we do we need to reconsider what exactly it is we're up to. Teaching kids to keep things in perspective from the beginning is crucial.

Just letting your kiddos get their fingers smudged with markers and crayon shavings in their hair is probably the first step. Guidance is important in any pursuit, but so is the ability to try things, to fail, and to learn and do better next time. Supplies will help with the practice part; books, guides, and manuals will help with the getting better part.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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1000 Artists' Books
by Sandra Salamony with Peter & Donna Thomas
from Quarry Books
for 9th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
by Matthew Frederick
from MIT Press
for 9th-Adult
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
All About Maps
from Gingko Press
for 6th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
American Barns and Covered Bridges
by Eric Sloane
1st edition from Wilfred Funk, Inc.
for 5th-Adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
An Introduction to Medieval Ivory Carvings
by Paul Williamson
from Her Majesty's Stationery Office
for 6th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Annotated Mona Lisa (old)
by Carol Strickland
2nd edition from Andrews McMeel
for 5th-12th grade
in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART)
$16.00 $10.00 (1 in stock)
Art of Art for Children's Books
by Diana Klemin
1st edition from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Art of the Graphic Memoir
by Tom Hart
from St. Martin's Griffin
for 9th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Art of the Renaissance
by Peter and Linda Murray
1999 reprint from Thames and Hudson
for 9th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
ARTistic Pursuits Sculpture Technique: Construct
by Brenda Ellis
from Artistic Pursuits
for 4th-12th grade
in ARTistic Pursuits (Location: ELE-ARTPUR)
$35.00 (1 in stock)
ARTistic Pursuits Sculpture Technique: Model
by Brenda Ellis
from Artistic Pursuits
for 4th-12th grade
in ARTistic Pursuits (Location: ELE-ARTPUR)
$35.00 (1 in stock)
Baby Blessing
by Welleran Poltarnees
from Laughing Elephant
for Kindergarten-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Beginning Painting DVD - Mini Course
for 1st-Adult
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$28.00 (1 in stock)
Blank Graphic Novel
by Jeff Zeiss and Danny Morgan
from Pitchblank Comics
for 3rd-12th grade
in Cartooning (Location: ELE-ARTCART)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Brunelleschi's Dome
from Penguin Books
for 11th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation (Location: HISW-REN)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Built to Last
by George Sullivan
from Scholastic Inc.
for 8th-Adult
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Calligraphy
First Steps Series
by Don Marsh
from North Light Books
for 6th-Adult
in Calligraphy (Location: HAN-CALLIG)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Carl Larsson's A Home
by Carl Larsson and Lennart Rudstrom
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for 3rd-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Castles of the Western World
by Armin Tuulse
from Dover Publications
for 8th-Adult
in Middle Ages (Location: HISW-MID)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
Chapels and Meeting Houses
by Kenneth Lindley
from John Baker
for 8th-Adult
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Complete Decorated Journal
by Gwen Diehn
from Lark Crafts
for 6th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Complete-A-Sketch 123
by Mel Peterman
from Insight Technical Education
for 6th-12th grade
in Complete-A-Sketch Technical Art (Location: ELE-ARTCAS)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Complete-A-Sketch Advanced CD-ROM
from Insight Technical Education
in Complete-A-Sketch Technical Art (Location: ELE-ARTCAS)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Create Your Own Artist's Journal
from North Light Books
for 6th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$12.50 (1 in stock)
Draw Horses
by Lee Hammond
from North Light Books
for 5th grade-adult
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
$9.50 (1 in stock)
Draw the Titanic
by Andrew Staiano, illustrated by Jason Pederson
from Scholastic Inc.
for All ages
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Drawing Made Easy: Flowers & Botanicals
by Diane Cardaci
from Walter Foster
for 9th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (really old)
by Betty Edwards
2nd edition from Jeremy P. Tarcher
for 6th-Adult
in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Drawing with Pen and Ink
by Arthur L. Guptill, edited and revised by Henry C. Pitz
1968 Printing, Revised Edition from Reinhold Book Corp.
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Drawing: Buildings
Learn to Draw Step by Step
by Gene Franks
from Walter Foster
for 6th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Exploring Papier-Mache
from Davis Publications
for 3rd-12th grade
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Floral Borders on Layout Grids
by Stefen Bernath, designer
from Dover Publications
for 6th-Adult
in Crafts & Hobbies (Location: SS-CRA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Francis W. Edmonds
by H. Nichols B. Clark
from Smithsonian Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Clearance: Art & Music (Location: ZCLE-ART)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
God & the History of Art - Package
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 4th-12th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$40.00 (1 in stock)
God & the History of Art - Postcards
by Barry Stebbing
from How Great Thou Art
for 4th-12th grade
in How Great Thou Art (Location: ELE-ARTHGTA)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Gospel Figures in Art
by Stefano Zuffi, translated by Thomas Michael Hartmann
from Getty Publications
for 6th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Great Composers - Great Artists: Portraits
by Stewart Buettner and Reinhard Pauly
from Amadeus Press
for 6th-Adult
in Biography Anthologies (Location: BIO-ANTH)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Historic Houses of Early America
by Elise Lathrop
1937 printing from Tudor Publishing Company
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
How to be an Explorer of the World
by Keri Smith
from Perigee Books
for 6th-12th grade
in Nature Study & Journaling (Location: NAT-GEN)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
How to Draw Cartoon Cats, Kittens, Lions & Tigers
by Christopher Hart
from Watson-Guptill Publications
for 3rd-12th grade
in Cartooning (Location: ELE-ARTCART)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Illuminated Page
by Janet Backhouse
from University of Toronto Press
for 7th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Illustrated Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes
by William Wordsworth, Edited by Peter Bicknell
from Congdon & Weed Inc.
for 9th-Adult
in Great Britain / England (Location: HISMC-BRIT)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
In August Company
from Morgan Library
for 9th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
In Search of Norman Rockwell's America
by Photography by Kevin Rivoli, Artwork by Norman Rockwell
from Howard Books
for 3rd-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Kate Greenaway
by Rodney K. Engen
from Harmony
for 6th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$4.80 (1 in stock)
Kindergarten Art Posters
from Memoria Press
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
Leonardo da Vinci
by Richard McLanathan
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
for 8th-Adult
in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Let's Get Creative with Markers
by Angelea Van Dam
from Design Originals
for 3rd-12th grade
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Lettering and Modern Calligraphy
from Paper Peony Press
for 3rd-12th grade
in Calligraphy (Location: HAN-CALLIG)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Life In Hand
by Hannah Hinchman
from Peregrine Smith, Inc.
for 9th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Life of Picasso Volume II
Book 2 of 4
by John Richardson with Marilyn McCully
First Edition 2nd Printing from Random House
for 10th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Line Upon Line
by Janice Arduini
from Christian Liberty Press
for 6th-12th grade
in Drawing for Beginners (Location: ELE-ARTDRAW)
$10.60 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Linocut
by Sam Marshall
from Herbert Press
for 10th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$13.00 (1 in stock)
M.C. Escher Kaleidocycles
Box from Purple Pomegranate Productions
for 6th-Adult
in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
$20.00 (1 in stock)
Mathew Brady
by James D. Horan
from Bonanza Books
for 8th-Adult
in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
Mix Your Own Oil Colors
by Jeremy Galton
from Walter Foster
for 5th-Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Modern Watercolor Botanicals
by Sarah Simon
from Paige Tate & Co.
for 9th-Adult
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$15.00 (1 in stock)
Moon and Sixpence
Modern Library
by W. Somerset Maugham
from Heritage Press
for 10th-Adult
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
Natural Way to Draw
by Kimon Nicolaides
from Houghton Mifflin
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Norman Rockwell's America
by Christopher Finch, Illustrated by Norman Rockwell
from Reader's Digest
for 3rd-Adult
in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
North American Churches
by Marilyn Chiat
First edition. from The Pilgrim Press
for 8th-12th grade
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Old Testament Figures in Art
by Chiara de Capoa, edited by Stefano Zuffi, translated by Thomas Michael Hartmann
from Getty Publications
for 6th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Outdoor Sketching
by Ernest W. Watson
First Ediition from Watson-Guptill Publications
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Painting (The Flying Artist's Guide to Watercolor)
by Philip Berrill
from SpiceBox
for 9th-12th grade
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Pen, Ink and Watercolor Sketching
by Shirish Deshpande
from HuesAndTones
for 10th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Persian Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftsmen
Dover Pictorial Archive Series
by Ali Dowlatshahi
from Dover Publications
for 10th-Adult
in Art & Drawing Reference (Location: ELE-ARTREF)
$8.00 (2 in stock)
Practical Graphic Design
by Paul Bunch & Melvin Peterman
from Insight Technical Education
for 9th-12th grade
in Career Planning (Location: HSR-CAR)
$24.00 (1 in stock)
Practical Guide to Calligraphy
2005th edition from Mud Puddle Books
for 6th-Adult
in Calligraphy (Location: HAN-CALLIG)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Puffin Book of Lettering
by Tom Gourdie
for 6th-Adult
in Calligraphy (Location: HAN-CALLIG)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Rent Collection Courtyard
by Chinese Communist Party
from Foreign Languages Press, Peking
for 9th-Adult
in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Robert Bateman: An Artist in Nature
by Robert Bateman, text by Rick Archbold
from Random House
for 9th-Adult
in Artists & Illustrators (Location: ELE-ARTISTS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Seven Wonders of the World
by Ron Tagliapietra
from Bob Jones University Press
for 8th-Adult
in International Landmarks & Symbols (Location: HISV-LANINT)
$12.95 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Sketching as a Hobby
by Arthur L. Guptill
2018 Reprint from Dover Publications
for 9th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China
by Robert L. Thorpe
First Edition from Son of Heaven Press
for 6th-12th grade
in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Story of Art
by E. H. Gombrich
from Phaidon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$19.00 (2 in stock)
Story of Art
by E. H. Gombrich
from Phaidon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$19.00 (1 in stock)
Sun the Moon and the Stars
by Richard Whelan, designed by Arnold Skolnik
from First Glance Books
for 10th-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Understanding Comics
by Scott McCloud
from HarperCollins
for 10th-Adult
in Advanced Drawing Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTDRAD)
$24.99 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Visual Dictionary of Buildings
DK Visual Dictionaries
from DK Publishing
for 8th-Adult
in Architecture and Sculpture (Location: ELE-ARC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Wit and Whimsy of Mary Engelbreit
by Mary Engelbreit
from Andrews McMeel
for 3rd-Adult
in Art History & Appreciation (Location: ELE-ARTHIS)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Working with Acrylics
Leisure Arts #25
by Gordon Davies
from Search Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Painting Instruction (Location: ELE-ARTPAI)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
World of Bernini
1973 printing from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Bruegel
Revised, 1975 printing from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Cezanne
Revised, 1974 printing from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Delacroix
by Tom Prideaux
Revised, 1975 printing from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Gainsborough
from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Manet
from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Titian
from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Vermeer
from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
World of Whistler
from Time-Life Books
for 9th-Adult
in Time-Life Library of Art (Location: VIN-ARTBIO)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
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