How the West Was Drawn: Cowboy Charlie's Art
Category: Books,Children's Books,Arts, Music & Photography
How the West Was Drawn: Cowboy Charlie's Art Details
From the Inside Flap From the time he was a small a child, Charles Marion Russell loved cowboys and Indians. He grew up to become the first Western artist to actually live what he painted, and it shows in his art. Even historians turn to his work when they want a visualization of the Old West.This artistic journey is filled with the rather unusual stories of the cowboy artist who carried paints and pencils in his saddlebag and sculpted animals out of beeswax and mud.Russell's incredibly realistic representations of Montana in the 1800s are accompanied by questions and prompts, allowing children to crawl into his paintings through imagination and their senses. The history also includes a timeline of Russell's life and encourages parents and teachers to use Cowboy Charlie's work to help teach writing, history, and art.Linda L. Osmundson has written more than eighty articles for regional and national publications. A former presenter at the National Docent Symposium, she has studied the art of Charlie Russell for more than three decades. Read more About the Author Linda L. Osmundson is a former teacher who has served as a docent in four major art museums and two galleries. As a docent trainer, she taught Art in the Classroom workshops for volunteers. She has studied and collected the art of Charles Russell for almost three decades. Osmundson has been published in more than thirty publications, including Arts & Activities, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Family Circle. A mature print model, she resides in Fort Collins, Colorado. Read more
Reviews
I bought this book for my nine-year-old grandson and he loved it! He was so proud to study the picture and find the answers to the questions posed by the author. He said, "I didn't know cowboy art was so fun and cool!" Then he showed it to his five-year-old sister who found it fascinating too. Now I know what to give the kids in my life for their birthdays!LeAnn Thieman
