This Book Thinks You're an Artist - Harriet Russell

This Book Thinks You're an Artist
is one of the rare books on the market to combine
art history with practical activities on the page. It asks the reader to imagine their
eccentric-artist alter-ego before working through six key topics: painting, sculpture,
illustration, decorative art, photography and contemporary art. Each spread centres
on a different technique for producing a piece of art, and relates the activity back to
a famous artist or movement in a light-hearted and playful tone. Activities include
making a Bruegel circus, playing a Surrealist game, selling a scribble for a million
pounds and painting your face like a Russian Futurist. A section of paper-based crafts
at the end of the book includes a kit to build a camera obscura.