Art & Crafts Websites
Step-by-step illustrated guides to making origami, designed especially for kids and organized
by easy, medium and difficult levels, with origami instruction for making a balloon, box, butterfly, camera, cup, dog, frog,
goldfish, hakama, jumping, piano, robed servant, sailboat, windmill and more.
Age Range: 11 and up (approximately) The site was designed for grades 8-12, although younger
students may enjoy looking at the artwork.
This website offers an electronic field trip to explore some of the early paintings
of Pablo Picasso whose artwork had a profound impact on 20th-century art. Discover Picasso's early influences as an
artist (circa 1862-1906) through an interactive painting and an online exhibit.
Parts of this website reference a
20-minute video that was produced by Verizon as a result of a museum exhibit devoted to the artist's life between the
ages of 11 and 25. I couldn't find any information on where you can view the video or purchase it. However, most of the activities
can be done without the video - simply by using this website and the links to other Picasso websites referenced here.
When
you get to the site you will see a menu that includes:
*For Educators -- You'll find suggestions for classroom activities that include math, social
studies, language arts, and art.
*An Interactive Look At "Lady With A Fan" - click on different parts of this portrait
to learn the story behind the painting and gain insight to Picasso's techniques.
*Picasso's Paintings -- Explore 5 of Picasso's
paintings complete with curator commentary.
*Picasso Timeline -- Learn about the events in world history that took place
during Picasso's life as a boy and young man.
On this page you will find links and brief descriptions of our drawing tutorials on How to
Draw Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy; in Profile, Full Face, and Full Body Construction. We hope you find
these drawing tutorials both helpful and enjoyable! We offer them in two formats: Online Viewing and White Paper Downloads.
We will continue to add tutorials as they are developed, so check back with us often!
Hello and welcome to HomeSchoolArts.com a free visual arts lesson site dedicated to teaching
the visual arts to all who would be interested. To help the parents of the home schooled, distance learned, and to teach the
arts with our support to adults that want to begin a new hobby or expression in the visual arts.
Art History disguised as a fun detective adventure - with teacher resources
Explore a painting by solving a mystery - with teacher resources
The most popular of all of Sanford's websites, alifetimeofcolor.com provides educators with
a comprehensive resource of lesson plans, projects and techniques for teachers and educators!
ARTSEDGE — the National Arts and Education Network — supports the placement of
the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience.
ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach in, through, and about the arts by providing the tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula
that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects.
ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom,
as well as professional development resources, student materials, and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.
Sistine Chapel
Have you ever wanted to see the paintings within the Sistine Chapel that was painted by Michelangelo?
If so, check this website out! This site contains a large collection of JPEG images that allows you to see Michelangelo’s
master work. The downside is that there isn’t a lot of description about the images, but a diagram of the building is
included for easy reference. Remember, depending on your internet connection, it may take awhile to load the entire page.
Art Junction Website
This website is meant to provide a place where teachers and students collaborate to pursue
artistic and educational goals through the free activities, projects, and resources offered. One of the goals of Art Junction
is to foster artistic expression in young people and broaden their perspectives by encouraging shared learning experiences
through online cultural exchanges and joint creative work.
Whether or not you decide to participate in the community aspects of the site, there are
some terrific articles and activities that are sure to spark imagination and creativity at home. When you get to the site
you'll see some featured items. For immediate fun click on the menu items under "For
Kids" that includes:
*Make an Artrageous Hat - What fun! Every kid (and kid at heart) will want
to try their hand at making and wearing their own art masterpiece.
*Visual Push-Ups - Flex your creativity with these fun exercises.
*What if... - Play this game in which you ask questions that stretch your imagination. What
if oceans were made of chocolate pudding? What if people were magnetic?
*That's Artrageous - Learn to think like an artist with this exercise that makes the familiar
strange, and the ordinary extraordinary.
*Seeing Shadows - Play with shadows and learn how to notice things that artists see but other
people often miss.
While the kids are busy with their artistic endeavors, parents will enjoy reading the articles
in the "For Teachers" section with all kinds of ideas
and recommendations for teaching children art.
Watercolor painting tutorial website
April 15, 1452 was Leonard da Vinci Birth date. Leonard da Vinci
is best known for painting the Mona Lisa. However, he was not just a painter. He was also an inventor, military engineer,
sculptor, illustrator, architect, and scientist. This website was designed by Martin Kausal. The biographical website traces
Leonardo's life from his 1452 birth in Anchiano farmhouse, just outside the town of Vinci, to his death at age sixty-seven.
Make sure you mouse over the photographs to see additional details about the photos will pop up when you do. Other highlights
include an article exploring Mona Lisa's mysterious smile, and the possibility that Leonardo invented the bicycle plus two
streaming videos.
Pablo Picasso quotes (Spanish artist and painter. 1881-1973)