How to Make Art ─ A Book of Ideas, Inspiration, Theory and Practice

Unleash your inner creativity with this amazing book, which helps you color in, cut out, print up, and sew together a huge selection of today's pop culture icons—from the author ofColour Me Good: Ryan Gosling and Colour Me Good: Benedict Cumberbatch

This isn't your usual art manual. It's for big kids everywhere everyone who loved getting covered in paint and glue at school and would secretly love to do it more often. It's also for people who love pop culture: comedy, trashy TV, great TV, pop videos, pop stars, and pop music. And not only does it help you harness your inner creativity, it's also a lot of fun! Mel Elliott, doyenne of the cool coloring book and the crazy paper doll, imparts the secrets of her expertise, giving you in-depth tutorials on how to create funky collages, make cool wonky lettering, paint the skin tones of the stars, and much, much more. With more pop culture references than you can throw a Justin Bieber CD at, this book will have you drawing, painting, cutting, and coloring before you can say "Welcome to Pawnee," using your newly learned skills and indulging your own personal tastes to create works of art to be proud of. After all, how better to learn to paint than by painting Kate Moss?

Mel Elliott and her husband Andy run www.ilovemel.me—a unique and successful brand that designs and sells its own range of products. Recently, Mel's projects have been showcased in theGuardian and Paris Vogue as well as in shops such as Topshop. She is the author ofColor Me Swooooon, Colour Me Good Benedict Cumberbatch, and Colour Me Good Ryan Gosling.