JumpStart Artist
 | Platform: Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95 Vivendi Universal, 2000, CD-ROM Customer Rating: 10 reviews Recommend |
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JumpStart Artist introduces children to the magical world of drawing, painting, puppets, collage, and more. With countless ways for children to express themselves artistically, they'll have all the fun they can imagine!
Really good children's software is fun to play with, encourages exploration of the program, is forgiving, and teaches something. JumpStart Artist is all of those things, and more. As one might expect from JumpStart (a quality series if ever there was one), JumpStart Artist helps children become comfortable with their own creative skills, while at the same time teaching a little bit about art history and artistic styles.
The CD-ROM revolves around a handful of activities, ranging from freeform painting to virtual puppet making to a matchmaking game that introduces historical pieces of classic art. At any point in the game, the animation is lively and helpful, and accompanied by a friendly soundtrack. Don't think that this isn't enough to do — there is plenty of material here for any little artist to explore.
Our favorite feature of the program is the variety of artwork presented in the matchmaking game. Broken down into five categories, there are examples ranging from Seurat's Sunday in the Park to Tanner's The Banjo Lesson, and even Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can. The purpose here is teach kids that art comes in a variety of styles, and that not all art looks like Mona Lisa. Not only is each piece pictured, but there is a series of buttons on the side that describes the style of painting, how it was done, and other interesting details. Also, the name of each painting and the artist is pronounced audibly by the narrator, teaching children the proper pronunciation of such names as Matisse and Seurat.
This is a fun and educational CD-ROM, with plenty of depth to keep the blossoming artist involved and interested. — Mike Caputo
JumpStart Artist is designed to promote the awareness and practice of art among children. Its painting and drawing tools include watercolors, oils, tempera, spray paints, colored pencils, chalk, charcoal, and more. Its arts and crafts tools allow kids to make stamps, stickers, buttons, puppets, collages, quilting, and stitching. The animated movies feature brings to life the pictures children make. Four games teach art fundamentals in an interactive carnival setting.
Title: JumpStart Artist
Sales Rank: 1168 in Software
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Platform: Macintosh, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95, CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: 0.31 pounds
Package Dimensions: 3.74 x 3.15 x 0.69 inches, 0.28 pounds
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