Online painting software, some times called open source software, will provide you with a variety of Internet sites that allow you to draw and paint directly on a web browser on a Chromebook or desktop computer. Explore the following sites in the order they...
Eric Carle was an artist and children’s book writer who is most famous for his book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? He created his work by collaging colored paper that he created from painting large pieces of paper with different patterns and textures....
Few stories in art history are more heart wrenching than Frida Kahlo’s, as a child she was disabled with polio for some time, later in 1925 when Frida was only eighteen years old she was seriously injured in a bus crash which left her in severe pain for most...
Georgia O’Keeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1887. She longed to be an artist from an early age. When she was 18 she attended the Art Institute of Chicago and a year later went to study at the Art Students League of New York. MountainsTreeDetailPatternColorPaint I can...
Georgia O’Keeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1887. She longed to be an artist from an early age. When she was 18 she attended the Art Institute of Chicago and a year later went to study at the Art Students League of New York. She worked briefly as a commercial artist in...
Faith Ringgold is an artist, author, and activist. She was born and raised in Harlem, New York in the 1930s. Her artistic career began in the turbulent times of the late 1960s and early 70s. Today, she is best known for her painted story quilts, art that combines...
William Henry Johnson was an African American expressionist painter. He was born on March 18, 1901 in Florence, South Carolina to mother Alice Smoot Johnson (known as “Mom Alice” or “Aunt Alice”) and father Henry Johnson. William H....
Artists develop sketching and drawing skills often using universal objects from nature, Leonardo da Vinci infamously exhumed corpses for examination and study. A variety of sketching, drawing, and shading techniques can be honed using the quintessential human subject...
Andy Warhol was born to a working class family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1928. His father was a construction worker and a coal miner. At the early age of 6 he was stricken with a neurological disorder which often left him confined to his bed. During...
Hollywood movies offer a glimpse into the fashions and styles of the times. In the early days of Hollywood, movies were silent and featured actresses and actors who would mime and gesture their parts in order to create dialogue in the story, also,...
Romare Bearden was born in Charlotte, NC in 1912 and moved to Harlem, NY when he was 3 years old. His family moved up to the North East from South Carolina in what is known as, The American Migration Experience of African Americans or The Great Migration. He studied...
Lois was encouraged to draw by her family and teachers who admired the drawings and storybooks she created at a very early age. She was born in Boston in 1905 and attended a special Art High School where she received some important awards. While in high...
Born in 1917 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Lawrence moved with his family to Harlem in 1930, where he came into contact with some of the greatest artistic and intellectual minds of his generation. In the previous decade, Harlem had experienced the remarkably creative...
Few stories in art history are more heart wrenching than Frida Kahlo’s, as a child she was disabled with polio for some time, later in 1925 when Frida was only eighteen years old she was seriously injured in a bus crash which left her in severe pain for most of...
The game of chess has been around for over 1500 years. The game originated in India where it spread to Persia, and later through Southern Europe. The European chess game evolved to what we know today. The image pictured below shows the Knights Templar playing chess in...
