A canvas dog collage by Robin Cooper makes use of unique art materials.

A canvas dog collage past Robin Cooper makes use of unique fine art materials.

Kids dearest animals, and then information technology but stands to reason that they also appreciate viewing and creating their ain animals in art. Throughout history, artists have always created drawings, paintings and sculptures of animals. Cave art reveals ancient paintings that date dorsum tens of thousands of years in which animals are portrayed. Ancient Egyptian artists oftentimes depicted gods with the heads of animals. Tribal fine art more often than not features a combination of animal and human being characteristics that seem to symbolize human being's bond with his natural environment. Mythical beasts of the Eye Ages decorated medieval manuscripts with creatures that sometimes took on clandestine symbolic associations. Art of the 17th Century featured hunting scenes with dramatic life and expiry struggles, while 18th Century artists celebrated the natural beauty and majesty of animals in their natural habitats. Victorian artists of the 19th Century painted sentimental pieces of their domestic pets and livestock, while artists in the 20th Century explored a broad range of animal genres and invented some, as well. As we get underway with the 21st Century, we encounter wonderfully diverse animal artisans.

Abrakadoodle features a number of talented contemporary and classic artists who inspire students with their animal creations. Mort Solberg is a wildlife painter and an Abrakadoodle Creative person of Distinction. Children love to create art in his style that  incorporates the use of a large paint castor to create art that combines realism with abstract images. Mort brings his love of nature and the outdoors into his honor-winning fine art, and he wants to foster that appreciation in children.

Contemporary creative person Sophie Harding enchants kids everywhere with her adorable animate being creations fashioned in a Naïve Fine art way that characteristic simple shapes and brilliant colors. Built-in in England, Sophie received a diploma in Full general Art and Design, followed by a bachelor'southward caste in Fashion and Textiles at Central St. Martins. Her training has motivated her to use many different types of creative media in her piece of work. In add-on to Naïve Art and fine fine art prints, Sophie is a successful illustrator of children's books and magazines, greeting cards, gift wrap, calendars, tableware and textile designs.

Upon discovering the unique works of Robin Anne Cooper of South Carolina just a couple of years ago, Abrakadoodle commissioned her piece of work for holiday gifts. Robin created 52 unique canvas collages featuring Abrakadoodle'southward arty dog mascot Splat. Robin uses a unique fashion of canvas collage in which she paints, cuts upward then produces a new piece featuring such whimsical subjects as cats and dogs. Robin Anne Cooper believes in creating original, affordable fine art. "Kids so often associate fine art with well known artists of the by similar Picasso and Rembrandt," commented Abrakadoodle's co-founder and CEO Mary Rogers, adding, "Abrakadoodle features these classic artists, as well as some of today'due south working artists like Robin Anne Cooper, who create amazing artwork that inspires kids to be creative and to see how existent people incorporate art into their lives and their work."