Inside: Students use creativity in this art appreciation game for kids with a free art appreciation printable. Students are shown a small piece and draw the rest. Recently, I was looking at the Prado Museum website researching links for my year of art appreciation post. I found a little thumbnail sketch of the painting, and…
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How to Compare and Contrast Art to Teach Art History
Inside: Use these techniques artwork examples to compare and contrast art in your classroom. Art comparison help students see the art in a new way and make the conventions of an art movement more clear and understandable. If I had to pick my favorite teaching method for art history, it probably would be compare and…
Artworks that Show Space
Inside: This is the ultimate list of good space in art examples! The list includes perspective, positive and negative space in art, foreshortening, and much more! It’s Elements and Principles of Art time again! I’ve been working my way through all of the elements and principles of art in order to give you a one-stop…
Artworks that Use Shape
I’m continuing the Elements and Principles of Art series today with a post that includes example artworks that use shape. I will add to this list when I find more, so this is a good one to pin or bookmark! The horizontal images do not contain all of the examples. Download the Free Elements and…
The Best Examples of Emphasis in Art
Here’s another Elements and Principles of Art list to help you in planning your art lessons! Today’s post includes example artworks for emphasis in art. It was hard to break this one down to categories, because chances are if the artwork shows emphasis well, it usually used more than one element or principle to do…
The Best Examples of Balance in Art: Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, and Radial
Continuing on with The Elements and Principles of Art series, this article focuses on good examples of balance in art. These examples and definitions are dividing into the different types of balance in art: symmetrical balance in art, asymmetrical balance in art, and radial balance in art. I will add to this examples of balance in art…
Artworks that Show Line
Inside: This is ultimate list of example artworks that show the different types of line in art for your elements and principles of art lessons. The list of types of line in art includes implied lines, diagonal lines, gesture lines, outlines, contour lines, expressive lines, and more! I don’t know about you, but I often find…
Best Artist Books and Movies for Kids and Adults
Although I don’t think it is necessary to study the lives of individual artist to enjoy and connect with their artwork, hearing stories about artists can make their art come alive in new and exciting ways. Several months ago, I received a message from a reader. This is what she said. My number one struggle…
A Year of Art Appreciation for Kids: 52 Artworks your Child Should Know
I have compiled for you a massive list of artworks for you to look at with your kids this year. I picked one artwork for each week of the year, and I tried to pick the best of the best. If you haven’t been showing art to your kids, this is a great list to…
