In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.

Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.

One Saturday morning while their parents are away, the three Noonan children decide to paint the house.

A thirty-something portrait painter in Tokyo is abandoned by his wife and finds himself holed up in the mountain home of a famous artist, Tomohiko Amada. When he discovers a previously unseen painting in the attic, he unintentionally opens a circle of mysterious circumstances. To close it, he must complete a journey that involves a mysterious ringing bell, a two-foot-high physical manifestation of an Idea, a dapper businessman who lives across the...

"The cursed painting hangs on the wall, and my brain screams that this was such a bad idea. We thought we were smart, recognizing a potential trap, but now we're in this room, cornered with this terrible-- Wait a second... I shine my light at the wall. There's a message scrawled on the faded wallpaper. Congratulations, you just passed you first pop quiz!"--Back cover.

In art class, neatness, conformity, and imitation are encouraged, but when Willow brings imagination and creativity to her projects, even straight-laced Miss Hawthorn is influenced.

Danielle Cafferty and Michael Quinn, occasional partners in solving crime, are quickly drawn into the case of a painting reputed to come to life--and to bring death. They begin to make connections between that summer in Switzerland and this spring in Louisiana. Danni, the owner of an eccentric antiques shop, and Quinn, a private detective, have discovered that they have separate but complementary talents when it comes to investigating unusual situations....

"A dual-timeline psychological thriller about a sinister white patron of Harlem Renaissance artists known as "Godmother" and a contemporary young Black woman who has inherited what may be a cursed painting"-- Provided by publisher. Shanice Pierce knows better than to heed bad omens. But it's hard to ignore the signs when she finds herself newly single and out of a job on the same seemingly cursed day. Then, while cleaning out her grandmother's house,...

"An exuberant and propulsive thriller laced with sex, art, and history. Lisa Barr has created an unforgettable story that forces readers to question where the line should be drawn between the pursuit of justice and the hunt for revenge."--Alyson Richman, bestselling author of The Secret of Clouds From the author of the award-winning Fugitive Colors and The Unbreakables, a gripping tale of a young, ambitious journalist embroiled in an international...

Claudia is helping Rebecca Madden prepare to sell her granmother's house. Grandmother Madden was a famous artist, and finding more of her valuable paintings would help Rebecca's family a lot, but Grandmother Madden destroyed all her paintings before she died. Claudia believes no artist would destroy their life's work, but she'll have to work fast to prove her theory.