Product Description: This book uses a child?s local environment and community to create artwork that reflects a sense of place. It shows the approaches of different artists and encourages children to try the same techniques. Includes full-color photography and illustrations, glossary, for parents and teachers section, and index...read more

Discusses the way landscapes and the environment have been portrayed in painting, statuary, photography, film, music, and poetry.

Brings art alive by looking at the many different ways artists depict the outdoor space around us, showing where earth meets sky and people meet nature.

Presents a variety of works of art that depict landscapes and buildings in different media, explains how they express the artist's ideas, and suggests related projects.

Examines, and gives instruction in, the different styles and techniques that can be used in drawing and painting landscapes and seascapes.

This illustrated book introduces young readers to the art of drawing landscapes and seascapes through an indepth examination of the various techniques used.

Provides inspiration for landscape painting by presenting the work of six different artists; then offers instructions for creating one's own work.

Provides drawings of landscapes, plants, animals, and other aspects of nature, accompanied by comments from the artist on how and why he drew them

Presents Chinese poems and paintings that portray the beauty of mountains and rivers