virtual art resources

Landscapes

Landscape Choice-Board

Learn all about landscapes and how to create them using a variety of materials.  Choose your material and style.  Then get creative making landscapes, cityscapes, and seascapes.  You get to choose!

Faith Ringgold

Black History Month Featured Artist

This slide show introduces students to a famous African American artist. Internationally celebrated artist, teacher, author, and activist, Faith Ringgold is best known for her painted story quilts – art that combines painting, quilted fabric and storytelling. Students will listen to stories, watch videos, and make art inspired by Faith Ringgold.  

Black History Month
Chalk & Oil Pastels for Kids

Pastel Techniques

Students can learn a variety of techniques for soft chalk pastels and for oil pastels.  Click and watch a variety of video tutorials to inspire their next projects. 

Van Gogh Choice Board

Creativity is calling and I must GOGH!

This slide show introduces students to a famous artist.  Students will listen to stories, watch videos, and make art inspired by van Gogh.  

Van Gogh Choice Board · SlidesCarnival
Creative Art Choice Board · SlidesCarnival

Creative Art Choice Board

Students can choose between a variety of art activities in lettering, op art, drawing, doodling, and mindful art.  Click the buttons to choose and activity and watch a video tutorial.  

Digital Arts & Games

This slide show contains links to 12 online art programs or games.  You may explore your interests from drawing mandalas to creating street art.  You can challenge yourself and try as many apps as you like.  Please stay on the apps that I provide and save your art as you go.  

Digital Arts & Games
New Clay for Kids · SlidesCarnival

Clay And Cultures

This slide show allows us to take a digital field trip exploring clay, pottery, and sculpture from around the world.  Students will be challenged to use their "Artist Eyes" to look at the lines, shapes, colors, forms, textures, and patterns and make connections or find inspiration for their own work.

Artists and Cultures

This slide show celebrates artists from many different cultures.  Students can find artists that mirror their culture or artists that are windows into others' cultures and experiences.  Many links can be explored to inspire our own art.  

Artists and Cultures for Emerald Elementary

NGAkids Art Zone

Free App in the App Store for Ipads - The interactives on this site offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history. Featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity.

The Museum of Modern Art

Destination Modern Art for the younger crowd.  “Listen” to a painting or create an online collage. Destination Modern Art allows children and adults explore paintings, sculptures, and installations together through online activities and hands-on projects.