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- Aboriginal Art
Lots of paintings, plus information about artists, painting styles and Australian Aboriginal culture.
http://www.aboriginal-art.com
- Art Attack
Lots of things to make and do from the Art Attack team.
http://www.hitentertainment.com/artattack/menu_downloads.html
- Art Encyclopedia
Art and artists from 5th century to present day.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com
- Art Zone
Fabulous fun to be had making online interactive art. The site includes amongst others: making collages, 3D rotating objects and even a Dutch Dolls house to furnish and decorate.
http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
- Art and Architecture
Search the collections of the Courtauld Institute. There are more than 40,000 images and a network of over half a million links. Information about artists, architecture, paintings and architects.
http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/index.html
- Artchive
An enormous collection of paintings, sculpture and other works of art. Includes a virtual exhibition and collections arranged by theme.
http://www.artchive.com
- Artisancam
Get inspired! Watch artists from various disciplines in their studios or looking for inspiration for their own work.
http://www.artisancam.org.uk
- Brushster
Make your own abstract art work with this inter-active art site. It's great fun!
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/brushster.htm
- Colour Wheel
Primary colours are red, yellow and blue. Here is a simple explanation of what primary colours are and how they combine to make orange green and violet.
http://www.kidzone.ws/science/colorwheel.htm
- David Hockney
Life and works of this modern artist. Click on titles of individual paintings to view his works.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/H/hockney.html
- Draw and Colour with Uncle Fred
Learn how to draw your own cartoons - lots to choose from including a surfer, a chimpanzee, a chef and a penguin!
http://www.unclefred.com/
- Haringkids
A fantastic website full of games, puzzles, colourings and fun.
http://www.haringkids.com
- Jacksonpollock.org
Could you paint a modern work of art? Just click and drag to create your own masterpiece.
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
- Louvre Museum Collections
History, collections, virtual tour.
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
- Making Art
Beautiful step-by-step guides to the making of a bronze sculpture, a C15th panel painting, a Japanese print and a medieval manuscript.
http://www.fitzmuseum[making_art]/index.html
- Origami
Learn origami,the art of paper folding. This fabulous site also has some amazing projects for expert origami-artists.
http://www.oriland.com/oriversity/main.asp
- Rangoli patterns
A lovely site from Snaith Primary School. Follow the links to see lovely designs for Rangoli patterns - there's an animated version too!
http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/rang.htm
- Roy Lichtenstein
Take a virtual tour of the Roy Lichtenstein gallery and see some of his famous art works.
http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/
- Scribbler
Pass the time of day with The Scribbler. Start your drawing off and The Scribbler will do the rest.
http://zefrank.com/scribbler/
- The Hermitage St Petersburg
Save on air miles and take a virtual tour of one of the most exciting museum and art galleries in the world. To slow the panoramas, left click, then right click on the images. (High speed internet connection needed.)
http://tinyurl.com/3ytu61
- The Tate Gallery
Search the Tate collections of 25,000 works of art. Tate Britain, Modern, Liverpool and St. Ives
http://www.tate.org.uk
- Van Gogh Gallery
Complete works of Van Gogh with great pictures. Click on thumbnail versions to enlarge.
http://www.vggallery.com
- Webmuseum
Really good site on artists and art styles from 1280 - 20th Century. Great pictures - useful for art projects.
http://ibiblio.org/wm/paint/
Page last updated: 26 January 2012
