art websites

Art Websites

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/

	lessons for all grades, includes links to other art sites
	a fun site with a variety of information

http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/

	a good Cartoon Unit site
	updates lesson plans daily
	provides five new cartoons a week (these tend to be political in nature), often with comments from the actual cartoonists
	especially good for intermediate and senior grades

	for your own information on gesture drawing (sketching a model's pose very quickly)
	gesture or action drawing is something students of all ages can do
	students must be encouraged to relax and sketch without judging their final products too severely - the more they practice, the better they will become.

	a great site for information on how to draw faces, proportion and caricature.
	junior, intermediate and senior grades

	lessons on drawing. The artist points out the importance of getting the students to sketch anything and everything for practice!
	junior, intermediate and senior grades

http://www.linktolearning.com/

	lessons on all subjects including the Arts
	go to Visual Arts/A Brush with Wildlife for a very cool video that animates the elements of art
	all grades

http://crayola.com/

	activities, colouring pages, lessons
	primary and junior grades

http://janbrett.com/

	colouring, activities, calendars
	primary, junior grades

http://eduweb.com/pintura/index.html

	on-line game about art history and art composition for junior and intermediate
	has some excellent links for junior, intermediate and even young seniors for fun, on-line activities in visual elements and principles

http://www.isoverse.com/colorbook/

	on-line interactive virtual colouring book (can mix colours)
	primary/junior and intermediate when teaching about creating secondary and tertiary colours
	if you have trouble figuring out the mixing option click here to get an explanation

http://www.geocities.com/theartkids/hslessons.html

a wide variety of lesson plans for intermediate and senior grades