Visualize Artstuffs

Virtually travel to the days of cave painting with 2 great links, and learn about the famous Lascaux Caves. Understand how and why the kaleidoscope of animals decorated the walls.

Virtually travel to The Netherlands and allow its colorful landscapes dotted with windmills inspire a Delft tile craft project.

Virtually travel to the Renaissance and learn about the famous art and artists of the time. Understand how portraiture evolved before creating your own using the famous Mona Lisa as a starting point.

Virtually travel to China to discover its unique landscape and inventive history. Become inspired by calligraphy and illuminated texts to create a New Year's Resolution.

Virtually tour Ukraine and make a spring scratchboard craft using crayon resist technique.

Learn about the swirling, spiraling style of Art Nouveau through the artworks of Gustave Klimt and Louis Comfort Tiffany, then allow this style to guide a landscape lesson using both watercolor and sharpie markers.

Virtually travel to beautiful Mexico and learn of its breathtaking landscape and culture - then make a colorful sombrero craft.

Virtually travel to England and discover royal history and traditions, then paint a portrait of your favorite dog!

Virtually explore the art element of Space. Children will see and understand Depth of Space and the Horizon.

Virtually travel to Ancient Greece and explore architecture, sculpture, and pottery. Video links to Greek Gods, Pottery and a song from Hercules the movie are included.

Virtually travel to Japan to discover its unique characteristics, nature-respecting culture and become inspired to create an ink landscape painting on a fan.

Learn about MC Escher's life and works, including a "how to" tessellation. Create a Bug/Bird artwork influenced by the artist.

Virtually travel to Australia to discover its unique landscape and be inspired by Aboriginal dot paintings. Create a colorful boomerang with dot and animal decoration.

Virtually travel to Ancient Greece and explore architecture, sculpture, and pottery. Video links to Greek Gods, Pottery and a song from Hercules the movie are included.

Virtually explore the necessary relationship between texture and the Impressionistic style. Includes a printout Color Wheel worksheet.

Student will make a colorful paper plate turtle using 2 paper plates as the turtle's shell. Both shell halves will have a patterned rim, while the top shell will also have a paper stained glass/mosaic design. Head, legs and arms will be traced from stencils, crayon-rubbed over a textured surface (classroom cinderblock wall) and cut out. Tape and stapler required for assembly. Yarn tails.