"Are smiley faces art?
If they make you happy, yes!
But art can also be sad,
right?
right?
Right.
How about scary?
Yes, if making
scary art makes you happy."
scary art makes you happy."
Is there a definitive way to describe art and the making of it? The little girl who poses all of the questions in this thoughtful and intriguing book wants to know if her art has to be perfect. What do you think? Will her perfect be the same as yours? Is there a perfect? Or is perfect making art the way you want to make it?
There are no rules is what she learns very quickly in this question-and-answer response text. It's up to the artist to determine the subject for her art, the colors to use (and what colors are). the emotions to show, and what to use for making her art. Her questions are endless.
"Can art be something that I use?
Like a fancy vase?
Can something less fancy be art?
Like an old shovel?"
As she asks her many questions of different artists, she learns they each have their own opinions and thoughts on what art is to them. The answers are as exceptional as the artists themselves, and as wide-ranging as their lives and experiences. I love the page that shows Eric Carle, who takes an hour to create his art, alongside Keith Haring, who takes a minute, and Christine Harvey, who takes a hundred hours. Do you know each of these artists? If not, you will when you carefully read the final three spreads which tells readers about all the artists featured in the book, and the art they make. Thank you, Jeff Mack!
Those kids whose curiiosity is aroused when they learn something new will enjoy long hours of research finding out more about the artists introduced to them in this exceptional book.
"Good art will be fun and mysterious…no matter how many times you see it."
What a celebration this is!
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