Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum: Brushed With Light: American Landscape Watercolors
The 2007 long-term exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, "Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection" is presented here with selected works from the exhibit, a description of the show and sections with audio clips,...
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford
This long-term exhibition, "Tigers of Wrath" watercolors by Walton Ford was on view in 2006 at the Brooklyn Museum. This page takes you into the exhibition with images of selected works from the exhibit as well as a teachers packet for...
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Captain Watercolor
Simple and helpful video tutorials on watercolor painting. You can find beginning, intermediate, and advanced lessons to view and try yourself. You will be amazed at the number of topics covered.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Technical Glossary of Watercolor Terms
Learn about the art of watercolor painting with this technical glossary of watercolor terms from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Drawing (Lesson Plans)
Forty creative lesson plans on drawing for students of all ages! Each one gives an example, a list of materials, and step-by-step directions. Many of the activities also provide a list of books, vocabulary, extensions, and more!
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Paintings
Dozens of useful photos of various paintings from around the world! A useful reference in an art or history class. Browse through the examples, then click to enlarge.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Watercolor Butterflies Craft
This website shows learners how to make their own watercolors to decorate their butterfly.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Wrap It Up for Chanukah
Creative ideas for making unique and personalized packages for Hanukkah presents.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Painting Without a Brush
At this site imitate Jackson Pollock and create an abstract painting without the use of a paintbrush. Included are ideas and suggestions for creative painting tools, instructions for making a your creation, and helpful "Tips and Tricks."
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Paint a Wet Into Wet Watercolor
"Wet-into-wet" painting is an interesting painting technique described in this website. Included are example images and "Tips and Tricks" for creating your masterpiece.
The Wharton Group
Discover France: Paul Cezanne
This website is an interesting biography on Paul Cezanne, the French painter whose works evolved from one style into another. Links to related sites included.
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Cyber Spain
Discover the fascinating works of one of the world's greatest painters. Picasso's works have been admired and displayed throughout the world.
Other
Watercolor painting.com: Pigments and Paint
This resource provides an extremely detailed account of watercolor pigments and paints. It includes a long list of colors and how they are made.
Other
Watercolor Painting Special Emphasis in Reference Photos
This resource provides tips on how to create emphasis on foreground, middleground and background in a watercolor painting from original reference photographs.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Poetry Lesson: Color Personification Poems
In this instructional activity, students will choose a color and write a poem. Students will use personification and speak from the point of view of the color. Then students will use watercolor paints to exemplify their poem about a color.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Henri Rousseau Fantasy Jungle (Lesson Plan)
KinderArt provides a site with information on how to teach students art techniques. Students learn to recognize and identify foreground, midground and background. They also create a stylized drawing using simple shapes as well as...
Olga, Helen, Yuri and Sergey Mataev
Olga's Gallery: Raphael
In-depth biography of Raphael from Olga's Gallery including his style and links to his works one being "Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de Medici and Luigi de Rossi."
Read Works
Read Works: Forms of Art Watercolor
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains the process of watercolor painting. It includes comprehension questions and a teacher guide and can be used as both a read-aloud exercise and an individual practice tool.
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement
Web Exhibits: Pigments Through the Ages: Watercolor
Overview of watercolor paints and techniques.
Kinder Art
Kinder Art: Flowers Galore: Georgia O'keeffe's Flowers
KinderArt provides a great art project in which students will be directed to observe the shapes and lines that make up a flower and then create one of their own.
Van Gogh Gallery
Vincent Van Gogh Gallery: Drawings
This site offers tremendous drawings by Vincent van Gogh that are listed in alphabetical order. Peruse through the listings and gaze upon some of the most creative works of art in history.
EL Education
El Education: Deer Watercolor
This watercolor painting was done by a 6th grade student from the Shutesbury Elementary School, in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. Watercolor art was a class-wide study in the classroom, and students took on personal watercolor projects...
EL Education
El Education: Life in a Vernal Pool Field Guide
After researching and observing life in a local vernal pool, students write and illustrate a field guide including digital photographs and original water colors.
EL Education
El Education: The Pond Alphabet Book
Students make observations and collect specimens in a local pond and then create an alphabet field guide to demonstrate what they have learned. Alphabet pages are illustrated with original watercolor paintings.