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Online Tools Lessons Art Museums & Galleries Artists National Arts Education Standards Software To Download and Install

Online Tools

• Mr. Picassohead - helps with mouse movement skills and is just plain fun!
• National Gallery of Art - "interactive art that you can create online" - Lots of online activities that are fun to do along with artists
• List of Online Drawing Tools - NOTE: Saving pictures often requires "signing up" with an email address.  Please ask parents for help!  Site may be blocked by the school filters.
• Keith Haring's Interactive Coloring Book
• PaintGo - to share requires email address and registration.
• Spelunkcomputing - Tools to explore color, patterns and mathematics.
• Color In Motion - an interactive tool of color communication and color symbolism
• Online Kaleidoscope
• SFMoma ArtThink

Lessons

• Princeton Incredible Art Department - art lessons and interactive lessons
• A, Pintura: Art Detective - an art history detective website - very fun!
• A Lifetime of Color - set of technique demos, artists and projects.
• KinderArt Lessons - Lessons and links to lots of art projects, websites, etc. Site is blocked by the school filter, but many of the links on this site are not blocked
• K-6 Art Lessons by Grade and Theme - well-organized. Site is blocked by the school filter, but many of the links on this site are not blocked.
• Online Etch-A-Sketch -  from the ELF Movie.
• General Lesson & Museums Collection for K12
• How To Draw A ....
• Gary Harbo - How to Draw a Cartoon Character
• Drawing Lessons for Kids
• Elementary Art Links & Lessons
• Joseph Wu's Origami Page - Illustrations and instructions

Art Museums & Galleries

• Museums Around the World - list of different museums by country
• Art in the White House

Artists

• Reading Is Fundamental's Article on Book Illustrators
• ArtImmersion - Artists and glossary of terms and illustrations.
• Olga's Gallery - Artists by Name, Country, Movement

National Arts Education Standards

• ArtsEdge National Arts Education Standards - Plus lesson plans, links to other websites and more.

Software To Download and Install

Most of this software is free to use for personal use and many of them are open source for use in commercial use as well.  If a product is not free, it is indicated, but the cost may be worth the value.  Microsoft Windows includes "Paint" which is useful for small projects and Mac's have similar and more sophisticated tools for the younger group. 

• TuxPaint - good for Kindergarten though adults
• CreaToon 3.0 - Simply cut-out for you!   - best for older students.  Takes time to learn the tool.
• Pencil - A 2D "Sketching" Tools - best for older students.  Takes time to learn the tool.
• ArtRAGE - $25 DOWNLOAD - the best paint tool for grades 5+.