Make Art

Ages 7 to 12, Grades 2 to 7

Make Art combines art history and crafting in a box kit, offering a global overview of art throughout history, plus step-by-step activities using enclosed materials.

Learn about 21 key art movements across history, and create over 21 unique art projects inspired by them with a bumper pack of materials. 

The box kit is packed with sheets of art supplies, giving you everything you need for all the projects in the book. Enclosed are:

 3 sheets of card stencils9 sheets of press-out paper pieces3 sheets of coloured tissue paper4 sticker sheets14 sheets of patterned printed paper7 press-out model sheets 

Inspired by the art movements highlighted in the book, the step-by-step projects enable you to craft unique sculptures, model monuments, collages, paintings, and installations.

Explore art from around the world, from prehistory to the present day, including:

 Prehistoric art: Cave paintings, Venus of WillendorfAncient art from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Indus ValleyIslamic Art: Calligraphy, Ottoman tiles, Persian Kilim, Mamluk metalworkAztec and Incan art: jewellery and relief carvingsItalian Renaissance: perspective, Leonardo da Vinci and MichelangeloOptical Illusions: trompe l'oeil, impossible objects, Hogarth and Maria Helena Vieira da SilvaThe art of Benin: Edo bronze workMughal Art: Architecture (Taj Mahal), Miniature Paintings, Sahifa BanuEdo Period Japan: Woodblock Art and Hosukai, Nanga and Ema Saikō, formal gardensKorean Joseon Art: art and poetry with Heo Nanseolheon, Jeong Seon, potteryIndonesian traditional art: Batik textiles, shadow puppetryImperial Chinese art: calligraphy, porcelain, Yun BingFirst Nations of Western Canada: wooden carvings, chilkat weaving, formlinesModernism: Fauvism and Henri Matisse, Frida KahloImpressionism: Mary Cassat, MonetPost-Impressionism: Vincent van Gogh, pointillism and Georges SeuratAboriginal Art of Australia: dot painting and the DreamtimeAmerican Modernism: Georgia O'Keeffe, Morgan RussellAbstract Art: Hilma af Klint, Wassily KandinskyPop Art: screenprinting and Andy Warhol, Roy LichtensteinStreet Art: Keith Haring, Basquiat, Banksy, Falko 1 

Written by Susie Hodge, a British art historian, author, artist, and journalist with more than one hundred books to her name for both adults and children. She has an MA in the history of art from Birkbeck, University of London, and is a fellow of the Royal Society for Arts. She has twice been named the No. 1 art writer by the Independent. She often appears in documentaries, arts programmes and news channels, and is valued for her ability to simplify complex ideas quickly for viewers.

Illustrated by Jenny Bowers, a member of an award-winning design studio and a

graduate of the Royal College of Art, London. Her illustrations can be seen on the packaging of Le Chocolat des Français often found in museums such as the MOMA. Her work has also been featured in large magazines such as Vogue Japon and newspapers such as the Guardian.

Make Art promotes artistic freedom to inspire young minds aged 7 and up.

About the Author

Susie Hodge is a UK author who has written widely on art, art history and art techniques. She has published over 100 books, including The Short Story of Art, Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained and Modern Art Explained.JENNY BOWERS is one tenth of the UK based illustration collective Peepshow. She studied Illustration and Animation at Manchester Metropolitan University and then did an MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art graduating in 1999. She joined Peepshow in 2003 has worked collaboratively with Peepshow members and individually on commercial and self initiated projects ever since. Her work all starts with a pencil, a paint brush and a tube of black paint. Her clients are many and varied, encompassing editorial work, packaging illustration, and textile design. Clients include AOL, Clinique, Kate Spade, Roxy, Elle Decoration, The Guardian, howies, Samsung, Waitrose, and The Victoria and Albert Museum.