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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7 Exciting Art History for Kids Projects that Made Me Say “WOW!”
Inside: This collection of exciting art history for kids projects will excite your students with creative process art at the same time as connecting with an artist from art history. These art history for kids projects are so clever! While I was developing the Art History for Kids pinboard, I came across approximately 400 projects based…
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…
Starry Night Lesson and Melted Crayon Art Project
You may have noticed that I don’t post a lot about “famous art” here on The Art Curator for Kids. While I love many famous works, there is so much to study. And the internet has paintings like The Starry Night covered (including recent recognition of Van Gogh’s apparent grasp of movement and light – astonishingly scientifically ahead of his time!)….
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…
25 Views of Fathers in Art
In honor of Father’s Day coming up, I’ve selected 25 artworks that show fathers in art. Enjoy! Click on the image to view it larger. I came upon some great links while finding art for this post. Check these links out as well for more fathers in art history. Dorothea Lange’s Migrant Fathers Fatherhood Connection,…
The Ultimate Collection of Color in Art: Examples and Definitions
It’s time again for an Elements and Principles of Art post! This post includes good examples of color in art, divided into categories. This list of examples of color in art contains the following elements of color: warm and cool colors in art, primary color art, complementary colors in art, analogous colors examples, neutral colors in…
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…
Impasto Painting with Kids
Today, I welcome Varya from Creative World of Varya for a post about teaching the impasto technique to kids. This is such a fun process art activity. I know I am planning on doing this with my girls very soon. I think they will love it! Thanks to Varya, and I hope you hop over…
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…
