DRAWING TOOLS:

• NEW! AutoDraw! - neat Google tool that recognizes what you are drawing!
  
• NEW! QuickDraw! - game, can you draw something in 20 seconds that can be recognized?
  
• Sketchpad - draw online
  
• Sumo Paint - online drawing tool with many features (click TRY ONLINE)
  
• Texter - draw with words and sentences! Very cool!
• Kidmons Paint - for younger kids
• Nick Jr Free Draw - for younger kids
• ABCya Color, Draw, Paint - for younger kids
  
  

COOL ART TOOLS:

• NEW - PBS Scribbles and Ink - add your own drawings in this animated interactive story!
  
• Drawerings - create a colorful mandala design
  
• Make a Snowflake - cut and unfold a snowflake
• Tessellation Town - make tessellations online
• Litebrite - build a picture using a online Litebrite set
• Myoats - another interesting drawing tool
• Color Mixing - see how colors are made in this interactive color wheel
• Silk - cool tool using symmetry to make designs
• Concentric Circles - make designs with circles
• Quilt - color in patterns to make a quilt design
• Build - design with shapes in 3D!
  
• Bezier Curves - play and experiement
• 3-D Twirler - design 3-D objects online (might need plugin installed)
• Pixel Face - modify portraits by playing with pixels (might need plugin installed)

CREATE CREATURES/AVATARS:

• MakeBadges - design creative avatars
• Avatar Maker - detailed features to design your face
• MiniMizer - design a Lego style person
• Avataars Generator - use drop down menu to create
  
• Build a Portrait - From Coloring with Leo
  
• Switch Zoo - create mixed up animals
• DoppelMe - click on features to customize
  
• Cuteki - tiny creatures, add your face
• Androidify - make a robot creature
• Star Wars - design your own Star Wars Character
• Funko - add many details to your avatar
• Superherotar - double click on a feature to add it to your avatar
  
• Super Hero Me - show your super powers! (This doesn't have a save button, have an adult help you take a screenshot to save.)
• Style-a-Hero - use character traits to build your hero
  
• Disney Yourself - make yourself look like a Disney Character
• Peanuts - make a Peanuts character that looks like you
• Picaface - customize a face, click English to begin

ARTISTS:

• Mr. Picasso Head - create and print a masterpiece
• Matisse for Kids - from the Baltimore Museum of Art
• Keith Haring Coloring Book - create paintings like the artist
• Jackson Pollack - paint with drips and splots
• Mondrimat - make modern art like Mondrian
• Starfall Art Gallery - learn about van Gogh, Chagall, and more
• Dutch Dollhouse - very cool interactive to explore 17th century Dutch Paintings
• Jungle - awesome tool to create a painting like Rousseau
• Matisse's Pieces - create a cut out colllage
  
• Food Face - make a face out of food like artist Arcimboldo
• Web MD Food Face Game - another fun way to make a food face!
  

PRINCIPLES OF ART:

• Artist's Toolkit - explore many principles of art online
• Color Factory - mix together colors for the color wheel, click on Color Factory
• Color in Motion - cool videos about color
• Multimedia Art Glossary - click on a term for a definition and illustration

VARIOUS ART MEDIA:

• Mask Puppets - design and color masks
• Mobile - experiment with making a mobile online
• Collage Machine - tools to make an online collage
• Collage Machine 2 - another collage tool
• African Mudcloth - create a fabric design

HISTORY OF ART:

• Inside Art - an art history game
• Hieroglyph Maker - print your name in Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• Mesopotamia - interactive exhibit from the British Museum
• Turning the Pages - beautiful old manuscripts from the British Library
• Cloth and Clay - historical exploration of both mediums
• Destination Modern Art - explore art from the MOMA in this interactive museum
• Historic Tale Construction Kit - create your own Bayeux Tapestry
• People in the Bayeux Tapestry - another interactive maker
• Make your own Coat of Arms - great activity
  
• Coat of Arms Generator - another generator
  

SCULPTURE

• Cubits - build 3D sculptures with cubes
• Cubescape - build with colorful cubes

ARCHITECTURE:

• City Creator - design a modern, medieval, or Christmas city
• My Imaginary City - invent a fantasy city online

OTHER (sites that have a variety of activities):

• Crayola.com - ideas for art projects and more
• Exploratorium - cool activities with optical illusions
• Art Safari - listen to questions to examine paintings with animals, from the MOMA

WEB PAGES ABOUT ART:

• Getty Collection Open Collection - digital images of art from the collection, all available for open use!
• National Gallery of Art - collection of Open Access images of artwork, free to download and use!
  
• Art History Resource Page - links to web pages for many time periods and places
• National Gallery of Art for Kids - interactive art explorations
• Artchive - extensive art link collection
• Artcyclopedia - another great collection of art information
• Art Access - Chicago Art Institute education lessons and activities
• Impressionism - lessons and paintings to view
• Escher Home Page - learn about the artist and his paintings
• Web Gallery of Art - large collection of 12th - 19th century art to browse
• Garden of Praise - collection of lessons on paintings geared for elementary students

PAPER CRAFTS TO PRINT:

• Papercraft - awesome animals and more to print and construct
• The Toymaker - objects you can print and fold to make
• Jan Brett - beautiful printables designed by the author/illustrator
• Canon Creative Park - huge variety of neat online printing projects