What's the difference between watercolour & gouache or between a collage & an assemblage? How are frescoes & mosaics made? Why do prints look so different from each other? These questions & others are explored through major works of art in dazzling colour reproductions Children will learn about drawing through cave paintings & Leonardo's sketches they will understand how Holbein & van Gogh used oil paints to vastly different effect or what Henri Matisse accomplished with coloured paper & a pair of sharp scissors Along the way they will be encouraged to make their own masterpieces using similar techniques to the masters