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Hands On Crafts
An online studio where you can play around with pottery and learn lots of things about clay.
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3-D Twirler
Design a weird and wonderful shape and see what it looks like from all directions when you twirl it around.
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The Art of Crime Detection
Become a police sketch artist and help catch the criminal in this Crime Detective game.
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Gel Sparks
Play Gel Sparks and make your own colourful art online using graffiti, smudges, mosaics and sand!
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Virtual Mudcloth
Create your own virtual mudcloth and learn all about this ancient African tradition and the artists who practise it.
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What is a print?
Find out about prints by making them! Try your hand at a screen print, a lithograph or an etching.
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Image Description: An arrow pointing to the title of this exercise Paint & Colour Image Description: Some tubes of paint
Art Games
www.albrightknox.org/artgames/html/Gris/index.html
Look at how some famous modern artists have used colour in their art.
Noisy Paintings
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/art_action_zone/noisy/interactive_structure/
Mix 25 different sounds with a painting and create a noisy painting that you can send to a friend!
Clouds in Art
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/art_and_music/cloud_art/
Learn more about cloud types by matching the clouds in famous paintings with photos of real clouds.
Pigments in Painting
www.webexhibits.org/pigments/
Learn about the history of pigments, paints and colours.
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Drawing Workshop
www.accessart.org.uk
Begin to learn to draw as an artist does, by learning how to really look.
The Artist's Toolkit
www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/create_types_line.cfm
Make your own art using all the materials in the artist's virtual toolbox.
Art Safari
www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/
Look at how artists portray animals and draw your own imaginary animal using shapes.
Image Description: An arrow pointing to the title of this exercise Fabric & Fibre Image Description: Some thread and needles
Hands on Crafts
www.handsoncrafts.org/002.htm
Fantastic website with games and activities about making baskets, weaving and quilting.
Costume Games
www.kids-space.org/CTC/games.html
Learn about traditional costumes from around the world.
Learn to Weave using a Cardboard Loom
www.allfiberarts.com/library/aa01/aa040201.htm
Instructions and pictures that show you how to make a loom and weave threads on it.
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Joan Miró - Creative Process and Techniques
www.moma.org/exhibitions/1998/miro/creative.html
Explore how this world-famous artist made some of his greatest prints.
KinderArt - Printmaking
www.kinderart.com/printmaking/mono.shtml
Learn how to make a monoprint.
Cork Printmakers
www.corkprintmakers.ie
Take the virtual tour of the printmakers' studio and read about different techniques.
San Diego Museum of Art - Printmaking Using Mixed Media Materials
www.sdmart.org/pix/screenprinting.pdf

 Lesson plan with complete instructions for making a print (PDF file, 1MB) 

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How To ... Clay Sculpture
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/art/howto/clay/
A real chance to explore and experiment with clay - and forget about pots for a while.
Lost Wax, Found Bronze
www.wildlifeart.org/Foundry/index2.html
Follow the steps in the casting process from clay model to completed bronze artwork..
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Leonardo da Vinci - Scientist, Inventor, Artist
www.mos.org/leonardo/
Look at the drawings, plans, models and constructions of this fascinating man.
Explore the Pyramids
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/
Did you know that the pyramids in Egypt were built 5,000 years ago? Explore how it was done here.
The Collage Machine
www.nga.gov/kids/zone/collagemachine.htm
Design a collage here and then print it out and make it for real.
Interactive Mosaic Designer
www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/learn/mosaic.htm
Make a mosaic using this interactive grid.
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ArtisanCam
www.artisancam.org.uk
Super website that aims to raise the profile of contemporary visual artists in schools, and to inspire and encourage arts activity.
Eternal Egypt
www.eternalegypt.org
Examine hundreds of artifacts and art objects from ancient Egyptian cultures.
National Gallery, London
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/collection/
Explore the permanent collection of the UK's National Gallery in London. Browse by time period, sample particular artists or view the most popular paintings.
Smithsonian Institute
www.si.edu/art_and_design/
Fantastic collection of art works from cultures and societies all around the world.
State Heritage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
www.hermitagemuseum.org/
Browse the "Digital Collection" where hundreds of paintings, sculptures, jewellery, textiles, ceramics and much more are available to view. It's possible to zoom in on small details of an object and see it up close.
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