Fantastic Websites for Exploring the Arts!
Pintura: Art Detective
Become a detective and identify the artist of a mystery painting. Teaches the concepts of composition, style and subject needed to solve the puzzle.
Art Express
Contains a nice variety of fun and educational artistic activities for
grades 1 through 5.
Cartoon Critters
Offers dozens of cartoons to print and color, and coloring books with pictures that you can color online. Also includes graphic step-by-step instructions on how to draw cartoons, online games you can play, and crafts.
Color Matters
Budding artists and anyone interested in color will want to see how color affects our mind and body, its use in design and art, plus lots more. Explains additive and subtractive color systems, how the eye sees colors, and how other cultures view and use colors.
Drawing With Shapes
Easy-to-follow lessons teach young artists how to draw animals, cartoons, monsters and more, using circles, squares, and other simple shapes. Also included are coloring pages, an online drawing app, and games.
Keith Haring for Kids
Artist Keith Haring was devoted to kids. At this site, he shares his vision of art with them and inspires them to discover their own creative side. Activities include games, puzzles, pictures to color, stories and more. Lesson plans for each section are available to teachers.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Includes art games like “What is it?”, activities, interviews, stories, art in the classroom, a FAQ about the museum, and more.
Learn About Color at the Met
How many colors can you make by mixing red, yellow, and blue? Color William, the hippopotamus, to find out.
Great Art Exploration & Activity Books for Kids!
Grades Pre K -1
The Drawing Book of Animals, by Ed Emberly
My Very First Art Book, by Usborne
My Puppet Art Class, by Nellie Shepherd
The Big Drawing Book, by Usborne
Kid’s Stuff, by Mary Jo Collier
Grades 2-3
Drawing Cartoons, by Usborne
My First Sewing Book, by Winky Cherry
Art Projects, by Usborne
Art for Kids Comic Strips, by Art Roche
The Complete Book of Drawing, by Usborne
Splat Art, by Andrew Pinder
Art Creativity Book, by Ruth Thomson
Grades 4-5
Big Book of Paper Craft, by Usborne
We Love to Sew, by Annabel Wrigley
Beaded Critters, by Sonal Bhatt
Embroidery by Judy Ann Sadler
The Complete Book of Drawing, by Usborne
Kids Knitting, by Melanie Falick
The Usborne Book of Art Skills, by Usborne
Art Starts, by Trula Margruder
Great Books About Art to Read With Kids!
Grades Pre K -1
Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
Mouse Paint ,by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Little Blue and Little Yellow, by Leo Lionni
Linnea in Monet’s Garden
Wonder Bear, by Tao Nyeu
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant, by Jack Prelutsky
A Day with No Crayons, by Elizabeth Rusch
Do You Know Colors?, by Katherine Howard
Why is Blue Dog Blue?; A Tale of Colors, by George Rodrigue
Augustine, by Melanie Watt
The Shape Game, by Anthony Browne
Colors, by Ken Nordine
The Pencil, by Allan Ahlberg
The Magic Paintbrush, by Julia Donaldson
Grades 2-3
Ish, by Peter Reynolds
The Dot, by Peter Reynolds
White Rabbit’s Color Book, by Alan Baker
Seen Art?, by Jon Scieszka
When Pigasso Met Mootisse, by Nina Laden
Bridget’s Beret, by Tom Lichtenheld
The Imaginary Garden, by Andrew Larsen
Hugo Miles in I’ve Painted Everything, by Scott Magoon
Vincent’s Colors, by Victoria Charles
Willy’s Pictures, by Anthony Browne
Sky Color, by Peter Reynolds
Uncle Andy’s: A Faabbulous Visit With Andy Warhol, by James Warhola
The Red Chalk, by Iris van der Heide
A Strange Day, by Iris van der Heide
Grades 4-5
Art & Max, by David Wiesner
I Aint Gonna Paint No More!, by Karen Beaumont
Willow, by Denise Brennan-Nelson
Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, by Michelle Markel
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
How to Paint the Portrait of a Bird, by Jacques Prevert
Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflowers and Swirly Stars, by Joan Holub
Stained Glass Summer, by Mindy Hardwick
Dreamer from the Village; The Story of Marc Chagall, by Michelle Markel
Magritte’s Marvelous Hat, by D.B. Johnson
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Dreaming Pictures: Paul Klee
The Painter, by Peter Catalanotto
Any Grade Level
The Big Orange Splot, by Daniel Pinkwater
A Color of His Own, by Leo Lionni
Usborne the Children’s Book of Art, by Rosie Dickens
Beautiful Oops, by Barney Saltzberg
The Art Lesson, by Tomie dePaola
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