Art

Original lessons and ideas designed to incorporate computer technology into the visual arts are shared.

This is a good starting point for the arts. You will find lessons, links to museums, and ways to participant in community cultural events.

Developed by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, this Website focuses on helping arts educators, general classroom teachers using the arts in their curriculum, museum educators, and university faculty involved in the arts. Discussions and articles encourage the exchange of ideas.

Australian National University’s gallery of art history presents over 70,000 images of classical, medieval, and renaissance architecture and sculpture.

Grab your glue guns, scissors, and craft materials. Watch butterflies pop up from cards, geometric designs take shape, and animated stick puppets come to life. Complete illustrated step-by-step instructions, patterns, tie-in books, and links are provided. This is an exceptional Website for elementary artists.

A celebration of the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Brownie camera.

Choose between simple and expert modes. Pick from birthday, Christmas, crown, flower, house, or snowman pictures. Color them interactively and save them. This web is brought to you by Carlos A. Pero.

Binny and Smith have produced an excellent resource for art teachers. There are directions for creating with many different types of art media. In addition, there is a history of crayons and contests that students can enter.

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The Imagination Factory integrates art with science and social studies to teach solid waste management concepts in a fun and entertaining way. Visitors learn how to make art using easy to obtain solid waste as a source of free materials. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, papier-mâché, marbling and crafts.

William Johnson (1901-1970), a major figure in 20th-century American Art, studied at the National Academy of Design in New York. Prior to World War II he spent time learning from European artists in southern France. You are invited to journey through a chronological timeline of Johnson’s works. In this series of colorful paintings, you can observe how his style evolved. The “Fighters for Freedom” collection depicts famous men and women who were leaders in the quest for racial equality. In “Scenes from City Life and Country Life,” universal themes are portrayed that touch the human spirit. Activities for elementary students, such as creating a self-portrait, planning a make-believe trip, or writing a story about one of the paintings, accompany each page.

Tour collections online such as Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam or the Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory.

Find lots of ideas about making scrapbooks along with where to find supplies.