Art games and websites for you to check out.
Students
Inside Art
Website: http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
Take an unusually unique view from inside works of art. While visiting an art museum, you are suddenly sucked into a painting. Try to get yourself back home and use the artist's palette to figure out - Who, What, How, and Where?
Dutch House
Website: http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm#dollhouse
Create your own Dutch house. Arrange and explore the kitchen, living quarters, artist's studio, and court yard. Paint the walls, rearrange the furniture, add people or animals, and much more. The site is based upon the paintings of several 17th century Dutch artists. When the website opens, click on a room to start experimenting.
Collage Art
Website: http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm (Collage Machine 1)
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine2.htm (Collage Machine 2)
Using the "Collage Machine" arrange, stack, layer, rotate, and resize various objects to create a digital collage. Click on the image that you wish to insert into your picture. Remember to add more than one image. Just use the green arrows and it will give you more images to choose. Don't forget to make the images smaller and/or flip and rotate them. When you are finished you can print your design out on paper or share your saved picture with a friend.
A. Pintura: Art Detective
Website: http://www.eduweb.com/pintura/index.html
The Case of Grandpa's Painting. Detective A Pintura takes on the challenge of helping Miss Fiona Featherdust. To find out what happens, match the mystery painting with the correct artist. If you answer correctly, the ending will certainly surprise you!
Art Safari
Website: http://www.moma.org/interactives/artsafari/
Adventure into an Art Safari. Explore various examples of animals in famous art work. If you like, you can even write and submit a story to be viewed online! Just click "find your submission" after completing the adventure.
Parents
Do you want to understand and learn more about your child's artwork or advance your child's artistic creativity? These helpful websites shown below provide useful background information, as well as illustrative examples, to help explain how and why children draw.
Drawing Development Chart
Website: http://www.learningdesign.com/Portfolio/DrawDev/kiddrawing.html
Developmental Stages of Scribbling by Kathleen Bailer
Website: http://k-play.com/pdf/The%20Developmental%20Sta.pdf
