Customer Reviews

Let's Rock!: Rock Painting for Kids

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Linda Kranz has created a virtually new art form for families. Of course, rock painting is an ancient art, but how many families have been having fun lately creating stone pizzas, footballs, and messages of love? The color photography and multiple examples are great and very appealing. No one could ask for directions that are more clear and precise. The best part of the volume may well be all the great patterns at the end of the book. This is a terrfic family book. Highly recommended. BOTH kids and parents will love this one!

Let's Rock is a terrific "hands on" introduction to rock painting for kids...but don't let the title keep the "big kids" (adults) from picking this book up for themselves. Author/artist, Linda Kranz, has provided the artist hiding in all of us to look at the rocks that surround us through a different set of eyes and then to transform them into delightful, miniature works of art. I have worked in the arts and crafts field for nearly 30 years and finding "how to" books that truly show each step from materials, patterns, and easy to apply techniques that will give the user the same professional looking finished product are not always available. "Let's Rock," however, provides that and more. Each step is shown in full color and is easy to follow for kids and adults and all of the designs displayed are included among the over 100 patterns that are inside the book. If you ever felt the desire to paint and were afraid that you didn't have the talent, "Let's Rock" will introduce you to the brush in a delightful way that will have you painting with joy and whimsy.

My 7 year old daughter originally borrowed this book from our local library. We loved it so much I decided to buy one for our family. It gave us some great ideas we wouldn't have come up with on our own.

We've had three painting sessions and lots of success. Hamburgers, fish, footballs, and fried eggs...all out of rocks. Even Granda Pa Jim joined us at the painting table. His Lizard rock now graces the patio. This book is fun for all the ages..Grandma Kakhi

The book is in generally good condition, but at least one of the pattern pages in the back is missing, which definitely is a disappointment.

Product has great illustrations, but nothing that helps you understand how the illustrations came to be. A real disappointment.