Experience and art
Subtitle: teaching children to paint
By: Nancy R. Smith ; with Carolee Fucigna, Margaret Kennedy, Lois Lord ; foreword by Elliot W. Eisner.
Contributors: Fucigna, Carolee.; Kennedy, Margaret; Lord, Lois.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Painting -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Children's art.
Other titles: Experience & art.
Description: The authors skillfully combine a philosophical and pragmatic approach, exploring the cognitive processes behind children’s painting. To deepen children’s understanding, the book suggests meaningful tasks for each phase of imagery and offers methods for encouraging children to discuss the concepts involved in their work. Focusing on children from 1-1/2 to 11, the authors include in this second edition: a more detailed discussion about painting in the preschool; an expanded description of techniques effective in motivating five- and six-year-olds; and a stronger emphasis on painting as a more central, rather than occasional, activity in all classrooms.

“Experience and Art is a lean, wise, and useful book . . . that speaks to those who teach children.”
―From the Foreword by Elliot W. Eisner
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123) and index.
Cover title: Experience & art.