Snag Your Copy How Artists See Feelings: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Love Written By Colleen Carroll Issued As Manuscript

Artists See Feelings' covers a series of artworks separated under the headings of: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Love, Under each heading, Carroll presents a simple spread of the artwork on one side and a little piece of text on the other, which tells us about the piece and asks us a few questions about it.


It's a lovely little book, part of a bigger series called 'How Artists See, . . ' and covers a range of work

ranging from 'The Scream' by Edvard Munch through to 'The Kiss' by Constantin Brâncuși and 'Lemon and his wife's ghost' by Shunbaisai Hokuei.
I welcome Carroll's choice of artworks and welcome her selections,

My main issue and sadness with this book is that it feels very dated now, The front cover is not the best and just throughout, it feels very much of its time, I'd really welcome a new edition along the same principles as Carroll's text is genuinely engaging, vibrant and friendly, She has a great skill of creating a dialogue with the reader, asking them to engage in the artwork asking them to "Try to imagine yourself in this situation.
What sounds do you hear" and to think about "How does the heaviness of the metal help show her feelings" I really love her stylistics here and it's probably because of this, that I think this book still has a place in todays dialogue around art.
Don't look past it! It's worth picking up, Each volume of the How Artists See series presents sixteen diverse works of art, all devoted to a subject that every child already knows from personal experience.
Author Colleen Carroll's engaging, conversational text is filled with thoughtprovoking questions and imaginative activities that spark children's natural curiosity both about the subject of the artwork they are looking at and about the way it was created.



This direct, interactive approach to artand to the worldpromotes selfexploration, selfdiscovery, and selfexpression, As it introduces basic artistic concepts, styles, and techniques, it also provides loads of fun, For children who want to know more about the artists whose works appear in the book, biographies are provided at the end, along with suggestions for further reading and an international list of museums where each artists works can be seen.
As they begin to understand the multitude of ways that artists see, children will deepen their appreciation of art, the world around them, and, most importantly, their own unique visions.

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