Drawing
& Painting
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Drawing of me, Ann Zeise, your webmaster, by Jessica C., age
6, of San Francisco. Created February 2, 2004.
Jessica has a friend who is a cartoonist and is encouraging
her to draw. She is also in a drawing class with other homeschoolers.
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Art Lessons
Art
Studio Chalkboard
These pages are a resource for artists and art students that
focus on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading,
color and painting.
Artist's
Toolkit
Learn about and interact with the elements of art. Create your
own artwork.
Destination
Modern Art
Interactive Flash lessons from the Museum of Modern Art in New
York.
The
Draw Squad
This online video series will teach you to draw in 3-D. Note:
read the whole list of "What you need to get started,"
for a good chuckle.
Drawing Lessons
from Toad Hollow
Welcome to my studio. I will be sharing my art, drawing technique
and 20+ year's experience with you on this page. The fantasy
art, bird, wild flower, cat, horse and rose drawing lessons were
created out of the love of drawing. From Carol Rosinski.
Free
Drawing Lessons
These lesson plans teach basic drawing and rendering skills and
include drawing exercises. See also their free
art projects. From Masterpiece Art Instruction.
Incredible
Art Department
Art lessons by age level, from little kids through grown ups.
Kidz Draw
Sections for kids of every age to learn how to draw things that
interest you. Consider entering your art in the Peace
Art Project.
Learn
to Draw with Billy Bear
Want to learn to make your own clickart from this noted online
resource? Here's your chance!
A Lifetime of Color
Do you want to create art? Then this is the place for activities,
techniques and inspiration! Try our hands-on activities and techniques,
or browse our online galleries of student and professional artwork.
Mark Kistler's
Imagination Station
Hi, gang! Click on the pictures below for cool Drawing in 3-D
lessons!
Southwind
Drawing Tutorials
How to create tangible, touchable hair. Understanding the art
of shading. Tools you'll need. Principles to consider. Basic
drawing steps.
Art Starters
@rt
Sparkers
What is an "@rt sparker?" It's an idea that excites
the synaptic nerves in your brain and stirs your imagination.
It's like the ignition in an internal-combustion engine. It's
the thing that gets you going on making art.
Kids
Art Activity Center
Each creative activity includes a simple list of materials and
is easy to set up right in your home. These ideas are a great
source of fun and visual arts education for children of all ages.
Out of the Ordinary
An art exhibition children will enjoy. Paintings of dogs, bugs, guitars, and toys and games, that may inspire a child to turn something ordinary in their lives into a work of art. From the Anchorage Museum, Alaska.
Galleries
CyberKids
Publishes original creative work by kids ages 7 to 12, including
art, stories, poems, games and puzzles, multimedia.
Pencil Art
Exploring
Line Drawing
In this series we will explore composition and line drawing using
your favorite subject traced from a photo. I want you to have
some instant creative success with this exploration.
Portraits
Draw
a Self Portrait
To begin, take a close look at your face in the mirror. Look
for unique structural details such as the shape of your nose,
the shape of your eyes and the shapes made by your hair.
Figure
Drawing Lab
Learn to draw people. This site is devoted to better understanding
of the elements that make up the human figure and how to better
portray them.
Getting
Started in Portrait Art
So, you want to draw and paint portraits, and you want to know
where to begin? Here are some things you need to get and
do to get started.
Mr.
Picassohead
Create a head drawing in the style of Picasso. A very cleverly
designed online drawing tool. Email the results to a friend.
Paint
a Portrait of Your Family
Artists often paint portraits of their wives or husbands, children,
and parents. These are the people that the artist sees most often
and knows best.
Portrait
for Kids
Follow the clues and help solve a make-believe mystery! Using
your noggin and a special spyglass tool, you'll uncover hidden
layers of the painting and learn fascinating facts about the
portrait along the way. Let the sleuthing begin!
Printmaking
Introduction
to Printmaking
Printmaking is an artform that allows the artist to transfer
an image created from an original source - usually a metal plate,
stone or block of wood - to another surface (usually paper).
What
is a Print?
A print is a work of art made up of ink on paper and existing
in multiple examples. Interactive lessons on the art of printmaking
from the Museum of Modern Art.
SketchUp
SketchUp
Mac, Windows. Google software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which is
why so many people are already using it.
Free Stuff for Kids
This page contains some SketchUp activities you can download and do. The models are described in the ModelMetricks or
GeomeTricks books, but you don't need to create the models (or buy the books) to do the activities.
Google SketchUp Teacher Guide
You can be "just the kid" and not need a teacher for these fun projects that will step you through learning how to use SketchUp.
Self-paced Tutorials
Self-paced Tutorials are SKP files, which guides you step by step (using scenes) on concepts of modeling in SketchUp. From Google.
The Sketchup Show
Your complete Google SketchUp video training resource for tips, tricks, interviews and just about everything you ever wanted to learn about SketchUp.
Video Tutorials
If you're new to building 3D models with Google SketchUp, our video tutorials are a great way to get started.
They range from basic to more advanced topics, and are best watched in the order that they are listed.
Software
Tux
Paint
Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris. Open source drawing and painting
program for children 3 and older. It has a simple, easy-to-use
interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot
who helps guide children as they use the program. Free.
MAC
FuturePaint
Mac 7 - X. Make a masterpiece with this free painting tool that
sports many cool features. Free.
Kids Animation
Maker
Mac and iMac. A beginner-level animation tool that allows children
to create their own computer animations quickly and easily. Demo
version available. Shareware.
WINDOWS
Zoner Draw
Windows 95/98/NT/2000. Meet your heavy graphic editing needs
with this quality tool. Free.
You may also like to visit these special "How to Draw"
link pages:
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