Frank Carlson Library

Explores such art topics as style, composition, color, and subject matter as they relate to twelve works by Van Gogh.

Painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) led a highly nontraditional life, especially for a woman in the nineteenth century. She kept lions as pets, was awarded the Legion of Honor by Empress Eugénie, and befriended 'Buffalo Bill' Cody. She became a painter at a time when women were often only reluctantly educated as artists. Her unconventional artistic work habits, including visiting slaughterhouses to sketch an animal's anatomy and wearing...

In her Bangladesh village, ten-year-old Naimi excels at painting designs called alpanas, but to help her impoverished family financially she would have to be a boy--or disguise herself as one.

When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler's debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity.

Presents twelve color reproductions of landscape paintings by such artists as Vincent Van Gogh, M.C. Escher, and Georgia O'Keeffe, with questions to stimulate discussion and background information on each artist and painting.

Presents twelve color reproductions of paintings of animals by such artists as Albrecht Dürer, Paul Klee, and Robert Rauschenberg, with questions to stimulate discussion and background information on each artist and painting.

Provides techniques and advice on painting with watercolors and suggests several projects to try.

Provides techniques and advice on painting with face paints and suggests several projects to try.

Describes the various effects that can be achieved by creating art with charcoal and pastels and provides instructions for selecting and using the appropriate supplies.

Examines the life of this well-known modern painter and the historical and artistic influences on his work.