Sketchbooks
These sketchbooks contain information about art styles, artists and drawing ideas. But first and foremost they are made of very special water-colour paper that allows you to use all the wonderful art materials you have at home: markers, pencils, oil pastels, chalks, paints, collage materials and so on, in order to create amazing works of art.
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Fly Away With Me Sketchbook
In this sketchbook we look at how artists were mesmerised by cloudscapes and the night sky; at how some used birds and feathered friends as their inspiration; at how others were fascinated with man-made flying objects such as planes and kites; and finally at how others still even built abstract awe-inspiring mobile creations!
• 22 pages of creative prompts and ideas
• Introduces children to artists old and new
• 17 x 30cm, water-colour paper
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Horrifying Halloween Sketchbook
Inspired by artists old and new, the spooky art projects in this sketchbook range from creating a spider necklace and making monster silhouettes for your window, to painting a pumpkin head-dress and decorating a Day of the Dead mask!
• 21 pages of prompts and ideas to practice art and create masterpieces!
• Introduces children to artists
• 17 x 30cm, water-colour paper
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Funny Feelings Sketchbook
Artists have a number of tools that they can use to evoke emotions in their viewers - for example, light, perspective and composition. In this sketchbook, we are going to look in depth at how YOU can express your emotions in art, through the use of colour, portraiture, and by studying the work of Expressionist artists.
• 21 pages of prompts and ideas to practice art and create masterpieces!
• Introduces children to artists past and present
• 17 x 30cm, water-colour paper
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Bold Beast Sketchbook
In this sketchbook we look at a few artists’ imaginings of mythical beasts and wild animals. For example, at Minotaurs and bulls, at child-like mixed-up animal creations and at tigers. Finally, we’ll take a look at some legendary dragons from different cultures around the world.
• 21 pages of prompts and ideas to practice art and create masterpieces!
• Introduces children to artists past and present
• 17 x 30cm, water-colour paper
• You will need materials at home (chalks, pens, paints etc) to complete sketchbook
Art Activity Booklets
Small, compact and engrossing, the LoLA activity booklets include fun activities and games that explore elements of the artists’ work. Easy to pop in a bag and take with you on the move.
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Full Set of LoLA Activity Booklets
A fun way to introduce children to how different artists look at the world. This set of four activity booklets (Portrait Party, Shape Shifters, Wonderful Water and Tremendous Trees) will keep children engrossed and creatively busy for days! Easy to take anywhere, pop into your bag with the colourful water-colour pencils provided, and children can enjoy the games, activities and learn about artists, all on the move!
• 4 x small size booklets (A5 / 148 x 210mm) and a set of water-colour pencils
• 3 artists introduced in each booklet
• each booklet has 25 fun games and art activities
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Shape Shifters Activity Booklet
Recognising the shapes that we see helps to improve our art skills. By organising geometric and organic shapes together, we can draw almost anything!
• Small size (A5 / 148 x 210mm), 42 pages
• 3 artists introduced with 25 fun games and art activities
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Wonderful Water Activity Booklet
There is something about water that attracts, it has a mysterious hold on us. This art-activity booklet investigates wild waves, water flows, reflections, smooth ponds – and friendly fish!
• Small size (A5 / 148 x 210mm), 32 pages
• 3 artists introduced with 25 fun games and art activities
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Portrait Party Activity Booklet
Artists have painted portraits for thousands of years, capturing kings and princesses as well as maids and merchants. This activity booklet takes its inspiration from three of the masters of portrait painting.
• Small size (A5 / 148 x 210mm), 32 pages
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Tremendous Trees Activity Booklet
This art activity booklet investigates trees inspired especially by simple lines and shapes, by movement, and by foliage. The booklet also includes prompts for projects at home - creating tree maps, leaf head dresses and nature mandalas!
• Small size (A5 / 148 x 210mm), 36 pages
• 3 artists introduced with 25 fun games and art activities
Books
We believe in our core that art and books go hand in hand, and that’s why in each art box
we include a list of theme-related books to enhance the art projects.
We have narrowed down our ‘favourites’ list to a few below:
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Yayoi Kusama Covered Everything in Dots and Wasn't Sorry.
A clever, quirky book about one of the world's most beloved contemporary artists - aimed at young readers and written from Kusama's point of view!
Yayoi Kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Her dots come off her canvases to cover dresses, tables, walls, and more!
She creates mirrored rooms and fills them with glittering balls and lights, until there is an infinity of dots - just like in her paintings. Fausto Gilberti brings movement, life, and whimsy to the true life story of one of the most important contemporary Japanese artists of our time - an artist who is still dazzling museum- and gallery-goers around the globe today.
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The Ultimate Art Museum
The imaginary art museum: an educational, inspiring experience without the constraints of space and time. Discover beautiful reproductions from pre-history to the present, arranged in easy-to-navigate, colour-coded wings, galleries, and rooms, each with an informative narrative guide. Marvel at its remarkable range of styles and mediums – from classic to contemporary, and from paintings and sculptures to photographs and textiles. With floor plans to follow and interactive cross-referencing activities, this museum-in-a-book is the perfect introduction to the history of human creativity.
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The Art Book for Children
This book features 60 artists through a wide range of large-scale, full-page reproductions of their artworks, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, video, prints, and installations from across time and space. Each page showcases defining artworks by the artists, combined with an interactive and informative conversation, giving relatable and memorable contexts for children, and inspiring a curiosity and appreciation for the Visual Arts that will continue into adulthood.
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Sustainable Play
Filled with 60+ creative, accessible and plastic-free projects and play ideas, Sustainable Play is packed with crafts and games to enjoy with your children on slow, rainy or drawbridge days at home. Sydney Piercey provides you with budget-friendly, easy-to-follow ideas to play and create in this handbook, inspired by her family's love of the simple things, and cardboard.
LoLA is also lucky enough to have collaborated with Sydney on their Home-made House art box!
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Pablo Picasso
Little Pablo grew up in an artistic household and after drawing his first painting at nine years old. His dad was an art teacher and helped grow his son's talent, teaching him to use oil paints. This powerful book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the Pablo Picasso’s life.
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My Art Book of Love
Art, like anything else, is only as meaningful and interesting as it is relatable. For children, connecting their own experiences of love to those they see on the canvas allows them to truly engage with the material. 35 full-page artworks feature love in all its forms, accompanied by a brief and gentle read-aloud text. This stylishly compact art book is this first title in the My Art Book series, which suits lovey and artsy families alike!
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My Art Book of Happiness
My Art Book of Happiness presents vibrant paintings, drawings, and sculptures by a diverse array of artists – from Henri Matisse and Diego Rivera to Yayoi Kusama and Lorna Simpson. Elegant design and heartwarming descriptions, My Art Book of Happiness pairs 35 famous artworks with charming text, creating an artful ode to joy in all forms.
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My Art Book of Friendship
Friendships are among the most important relationships we have. Friends play, laugh, and share - and comfort one another in times of need. Here, for the first time, a collection of expertly-curated diverse works by all-star artists from across the centuries and around the world celebrates the concept of friendship via paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, and more. This appealing board book is guaranteed to educate and inspire and will help children connect their own experiences to those they see on the canvas - adding depth of meaning to what they see.
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My Art Book of Adventure
My Art Book of Adventure pairs 35 famous artworks with joyful read-aloud text, illustrating the many feelings that come with big milestones. From Edward Hopper and Henri Matisse to Amy Sherald and Yinka Shonibare, with its elegant design and heartwarming descriptions, My Art Book of Adventure will be treasured by little ones and grown-ups alike.
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Make This Now
For the young makers in the family, this beautifully designed handbook offers 24 unique and practical objects for kids to make and use. Each project features fully-illustrated step-by-step instructions, a photographic list of materials, the approximate cost, timing, and a photograph of the finished product. The 24 contributors range from lauded graphic designers to successful industrial designers, all of whom considered this young audience in the creation of their projects. This unusual and engaging book of activities grants children access to world-class design in their very own homes, and may even inspire a few to become designers themselves!
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Louise-Bourgeois
When Louise Bourgeois was a little girl, her mother died. She learned to express her feelings through drawing – and when she grew up, she turned these drawings into sculpture, confronting her own fears through art. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the artist's life.
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Louise Bourgeois Made Giant Spiders and Wasn't Sorry
Louise Bourgeois was a world-famous artist who told stories of her life through her art until she was 98 years old.
Her famous giant spiders fascinate – and sometimes terrify – art-lovers to this day, but the truth behind the inspiration for these towering sculptors is not as scary as it may seem. This is an inspiring story about a young girl who became the first female sculptor to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York – a unique picture-book celebration for children of one of the most important modern and contemporary woman artists of our time.
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Let's Make Art
Let’s Make Art champion sustainable, recycled art projects with household based starting points for projects. The projects are cheeky, flamboyant and have their own very particular style, especially the costumes and wearable artwork. Having worked for galleries, libraries and restaurants Let’s Make Art have amassed an array of art projects that avoid messy clearing up for parents and children.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born in Brooklyn, New York, and as a teenager, he gained recognition as part of the graffito duo SAMO that spray-painted cryptic messages and images around the landscape of Manhattan's Lower East Side. He eventually made his way to the New York gallery scene and on to international acclaim. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the brilliant artist's life.
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Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint And Wasn't Sorry.
A clever, charmingly quirky portrayal of painter Jackson Pollock.
Jackson Pollock was unlike any other painter. Instead of sitting in front of an easel with brushes, he poured paint over canvases rolled-out across the floor, moving, splashing, and making the vivid liquid run with energy and rhythm. Pollock’s story is told here with wit and eccentricity, perfectly paired with black-line illustrations – and splatters galore. Fausto Gilberti brings movement, life, and whimsy to the true life story of one of the most important contemporary artists of our time.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Discover the incredible life of Georgia O'Keeffe, one of America's greatest artists, in this true story of a talented painter who broke boundaries. These books make the lives of these role models accessible for children, providing a powerful message to inspire the next generation.
