Curated OER
Let's Go Exploring!
Use a Courbet painting of a cave or tunnel opening to reinforce the importance of descriptive writing. Writers of all ages use sensory details to describe what the scene depicts as they pretend to be in the painting. Then they imagine...
Curated OER
Painter Pete
In this language arts worksheet, students identify all ten of the colors listed in the booklet. Then they trace the color word on each can of paint and color the can paint that color.
Curated OER
Painter: Print and Color
For this word recognition worksheet, students trace the word "painter," write the word independently, and color the picture of the turtle painting.
Curated OER
Painters Word Search
In this painters word search worksheet, students study the list of 54 significant painters' names and locate them in the word search in order to solve the puzzle.
Curated OER
Retablo-Style Self-Portraits
Students design tinfoil self-portraits based on the work of Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican painter. They study the style of this Mexican artist before making their own portraits.
Columbia University
Columbia University: "The Migration Series" by Jacob Lawrence
This is a four slide-show examination of the pictorial series that the Harlem Renaissance artist Jacob Lawrence created in paint to tell the story of the "The Great Migration" of African-Americans from the Southern United States to the...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science: Welcome to Exploring Leonardo
At this resource, learn all about Leonardo da Vinci. Visuals of his work, ideas for activities and investigation. Additional links and lesson ideas for teachers.
Cornell University
Cornell University: Art, Design, and Visual Thinking: Color, Value, and Hue
Contains information on value, contrast, gradation, and the values of hues of colors. Has great color charts and links to related sites.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Durer, Albrecht
Brief biographical history with links to images of his works including "The Four Holy Men." Also contains information on his high regard in Germany as an artist and offers interpretation of several of his paintings and his style.
South Carolina Educational Television
South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia: Painting
Enter a world of painting in Artopia. Here, you can become an art critic, meet some professional painters, and learn some tricks to creating your own painting masterpiece.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Complete discussion of Michelangelo, Italian Renaissance artist. Discusses his life, his impact on the art world, his political views of the times, and his influence on society. Explanation of works, additional links to other great artists.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Henri De Toulouse Lautrec
This website from discoverfrance.net features Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the famous postimpressionist painter.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Vincent Van Gogh
This biography of van Gogh expresses his life as one who was important in the formation of Fauvism and expressionism.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Trabajos
These interactive pictures focus on the vocabulary for common jobs. Pop-ups of the correct spelling appear, along with the audio of the correct Spanish pronunciation when the mouse is moved over each illustration.
Other
Musee D'orsay: Berthe Morisot, the Cradle
From the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, this is an image, description and explanation with an accompanying link to other facts about the French Impressionist painting "The Cradle" by Berthe Morisot.
Other
June Kelly Gallery: Norman Lewis
This resource offers a timeline format of the education and career of Norman Lewis.
Other
Spanish Arts: Arellano, Juan De
Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
Other
Spanish Arts: Morales, Luis De
Paintings of this famous Spanish artist in the Parado Museum, Madrid, plus a short biography.
Web Gallery of Art
Web Gallery of Art: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Lengthy biography detailing Michelangelo's life, his works, his achievements, and his influence on other artists. Links to his works including the Sistine Chapel.
Museum Network (UK)
Museum Network: "The Ferry at Deauville" by Eugene Boudin
From the British, Museum Network, which brings together information from and the expertise of various professionals at numerous museums, this is an object description of "The Ferry at Deauville" by the French realist painter, Eugene...
Museum Network (UK)
Museum Network: "Landscape With a Watermill" by Francois Boucher
From the British, Museum Network, which brings together information from and the expertise of various professionals at numerous museums, this is an object description of "Landscape with a Watermill" by the French Rococo painter, Francois...
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: John James Audubon
From the PBS, American Masters series, this is "John James Audubon"; see a clip from a documentary on tha artist, visit an on-line gallery of his work, and read a short biography of the artist.
National Audubon Society
John James Audubon 1785 1851
This site contains a concise biography of the famous wildlife artist John James Audubon.