Capturing the Magic of Children in Your Paintings
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The irrepressible nature of children makes them charming subjects for paintings, as well as a real challenge to actually paint. In this book, suitable for artists working in all of the most popular mediums, Jessica Zemsky shares the lessons she’s learned in her many years of painting children, including: * Nine step-by-step demonstrations that illustrate her personal techniques * Special guidelines for portraying children being themselves–at play, with siblings or pets–rather than in formal portraits * Advice for everything from finding natural poses to rendering the varied textures of children’s skin and hair * Tips for working in watercolor, acrylic, gouache, oil and pastel * Plus delightful anecdotes and firsthand lessons
Capturing the Magic of Children in Your Paintings
Biography and Children: A Study of Biography for Children and Childhood
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This title examines the perceived value of biographical information and the way in which it is used by librarians and educationalists. There is an historical view of literature, together with a detailed investigation of contemporary material published for children. This book provides a critical and biographical guide to such materials, some of which are international, but with emphasis on British and American publications.
Biography and Children: A Study of Biography for Children and Childhood
A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One
- ISBN13: 9780195328844
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When children lose someone they love, they lose part of their very identity. Life, as they knew it, will never be quite the same. The world that once felt dependable and safe may suddenly seem a frightening, uncertain place, where nobody understands what they’re feeling.
In this deeply sympathetic book, Phyllis R. Silverman and Madelyn Kelly offer wise guidance on virtually every aspect of childhood loss, from living with someone who’s dying to preparing the funeral; from explaining death to a two year old to managing the moods of a grieving teenager; from dealing with people who don’t understand to learning how and where to get help from friends, therapists, and bereavement groups; from developing a new sense of self to continuing a relationship with the person who died. Throughout, the authors advocate an open, honest approach, suggesting that our instinctive desire to “protect” children from the reality of death may be more harmful than helpful. “Children want you to acknowledge what is happening, to help them understand it,” the authors suggest. “In this way, they learn to trust their own ability to make sense out of what they see.” Drawing on groundbreaking research into what bereaved children are really experiencing, and quoting real conversations with parents and children who have walked that road, the book allows readers to see what others have learned from mourning and surviving the death of a loved one. In a culture where grief is so often invisible and misunderstood, the wisdom derived from such first-hand experience is invaluable.
Filled with compassion and common sense, A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Loss of a Loved One offers readers a wealth of solace and sound advice, and even–where one might least expect it–a measure of hope.
A Parent’s Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Death of a Loved One
