Books in Meet the Artist series

Meet the Artist: Peter Blake is packed with inspiring activities for budding artists. Children can create their own bold pop art imagery using collage and different paintbrush techniques inspired by Peter Blake—an English pop artist best known for co-creating the album-cover design for the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The book includes a brief introduction to the artist’s life, followed by a series of activities that explore prominent themes and ideas in Blake’s work. Featuring beautiful reproductions of key artwork and illustrated by a leading contemporary illustrator—the artist’s daughter, Rose Blake—this book, like all titles in the Meet the Artist series, encourages children to use art as an avenue for exploring ideas and expressing their own experiences.

Art history has never been this delightful. In A Moment with Monet, you get to go on a wild journey with Justine, Paris, and Manet, all students in Ms. Simone’s art class. With the help of a magical and very silly word—wackadoey—the three kids zip away on the wings of imagination to France where they get to ask Claude Monet all about his paintings. Discover why Monet painted outside, chose to paint series of the same scenes over and over again, and what important lesson one of his teachers taught him. Learn about the Impressionist style of painting and how it got its name. But most of all—have fun and be inspired to find out what you want to create! Part of Sima Levy’s Meet the Artist series, this book introduces kids to art history in a way that is as enjoyable as it is educational. Written in rhyme and illustrated throughout, this is a charming addition to any elementary school classroom or kid’s bookshelf at home.

Meet the Artist: The Pre-Raphaelites is packed with inspiring activities for budding young artists. Paint portraits inspired by medieval legends, design your own wallpaper using potato printing, and create photocollages influenced by the beauty of nature. The Pre-Raphaelites were a secret society of artists founded in London in 1848, during the Victorian age. Rebelling against the accepted art produced at the time, they sought out a new way to make art, and a new way to perceive the world around them. Journey through this beautiful book to create your own inspiring art, guided by the Pre-Raphaelites.