Art Resources

The following are resources that you may use in art class and some that are just plain ol' interesting.

Students explore a variety of methods, materials, and artists. These students are deciding which artist to report on using textbooks and magazines.

Adinkra PowerPoint-
www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/lessonplans/2000/baker/baker_symbols.ppt#268,1,AKAN ADINKRA CLOTH

Adinkra Symbols-
www.adinkra.org/htmls/adinkra_index.htm
africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aaAdinkra.htm

Introduction to Art and Art History-
www.arthistory.sbc.edu/artartists/artartists.html

A virtual tour of the Lascaux cave- www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/en/00.xml

ArtLex- Art Dictionary
www.artlex.com/

Sketches for Color Schemes-

Interactive Color Wheel-thevirtualinstructor.com/interactivecolorwheel.html

Color in Motion (communication and symbolism)-www.mariaclaudiacortes.com/#

Illuminated Letters- commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Illuminated_Letters

Make Beliefs Comix-Make your own comic strip.

www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

Artlex Masks- www.artlex.com/ArtLex/m/mask.html

How to make a paper crane- www.wikihow.com/Fold-a-Paper-Crane

Paper Cranes and the Children's Peace Monument- www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/heiwa/crane.html

Louise Nevelson Works-
www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/nevelson_louise.html

Student sculptures based on Louise Nevelson's work-
www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=170613

Sculpture-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture

An Introduction to Color-
www.makart.com/resources/artclass/cschemes.html

The Color Schemer Online-
www.colorschemer.com/online.html

101 Black History Facts-
www.biography.com/blackhistory/history/101-facts-inventions.jsp

Graffiti Creators-
graffiti-alphabet.net/
www.graffiticreator.net/
cooltext.com/

Interactive Art Sites-
www.rcs.k12.va.us/art/links2.htm

Sculptors of the 20th Century-
www.daculahighschool.org/users/1235MyDocs/20thcenturysculptors_vers1.2.ppt#310,39,Slide 39

Masks- gallery.sjsu.edu/masks/Masksfram.html

Design-
www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/Files/elements.htm

Matisse-