"An activity-based volume that introduces the visual arts. Features include a glossary, an additional resource list, and an index"--Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

What are the visual arts? -- Let's paint -- Make your own paint -- Make your own palette -- String designs -- Breath and finger painting -- The color of shadows -- Tints and shades -- Out of the blue -- A lasting impression -- Light and dark -- Putting it in perspective -- Pictures good enough to eat -- You're the artist -- The tale of Beatrix Potter -- Working with water colors -- Make your own animal art -- What is sculpture? -- The master of marble ; Auguste Rodin's lifelike sculpture -- Make play clay -- Molding clay -- Make clay animal sculptures -- Alexander Calder : the man who made mobiles -- Make a mobile -- Collage -- Create a collage -- A trip to the art museum -- Become an art detective.