Art Treasury »

This delightful treasury combines dazzling art from around the world with exciting projects to do that will inspire every young artist. It includes famous European paintings, delicate Japanese prints and traditional African masks, and each work of art is followed by a project influenced by the artist's methods or ideas.

Introduction     6
The Starry Night   van Gogh     8
Project: Swirly landscape     10
The Great Wave   Hokusai     12
Project: Sea print     14
A Winter Scene   Avercamp     16
Project: Winter trees     18
Punchinello   Picasso     20
Project: Clown collage     22
African masks$dUnknown artists     24
Project: Cardboard mask     26
The Golden Fish   Klee     28
Project: Magical creatures     30
Monkeys in an Orange Grove   Rousseau     32
Project: Jungle scene     34
Eleven Polychrome   Calder     36
Project: Hanging mobile     38
The Sorrows of the King   Matisse     40
Project: Colorful collage     42
Nocturne in Black and Gold   Whistler     44
Project: Spattery fireworks     46
Water Lilies   Monet     48
Project: Layered lilies     50
Squares with Circles   Kandinsky     52
Project: Color contrasts     54
Cat   ShenQuan     56
Project: Cat painting     58
Dancers in Blue   Degas     60
Project: Pastel dancers     62
The Square   Giacometti     64
Project: Foil figures     66
Spin painting   Hirst     68
Project: Spin-painted plate     70
Bark painting   Bulunbulun     72
Project: Scratched animals     74
Jimson Weed   O'Keeffe     76
Project: Petal collage     78
Lavender Mist   Pollock     80
Project: Splatter painting     82
Glittering tiles$dUnknown artists     84
Project: Sparkly tiles     86
"The Fighting Temeraire"   Turner     88
Project: Stormy seas     90
Mud Hand Circles   Long     92
Project: Handprint circles     94