Fine Arts Grades 10-12

A collection of 7 films from the National Film Board focused on Canadian Artists. Length varies from 10 to 30 minutes

This virtual collection explores visual arts in Canada through articles, photo galleries, Heritage Minutes (videos) and more.

In this 20 minute video, you can learn about the life of Emily Carr and "her beloved landscape of British Colombia from childhood talent through struggles for acceptance in a male-dominated art world." (site)

This Google project presents a history of street art from 1978 - 2014, detailing the beginnings of early stylized graffiti. Use your mouse's scroll ball or your keyboard left/right arrow buttons to navigate through the presentation.

"Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces." (site description)

This is an amazing exploration of street art around the world. Click on the map to narrow your selections to different spots or explore one of the featured topics.

This virtual exhibit from MoMA examines Van Gogh's nocturnal interiors and landscapes. Explore paintings, drawings and letters from across his career.

Explore Monet's work with this virtual exhibit. Explore the European locations that inspired him and discover the hidden details in his art.

This video explains the evolution of art in the public eye and explains how we can see the history of art as an ongoing global conversation. Hundreds of years ago, art mostly told religious stories. Are these theological paintings, sculptures, textiles and illuminations from centuries ago still relevant...

In Islamic culture, geometric design is everywhere: you can find it in mosques, madrasas, palaces, and private homes. And despite the remarkable complexity of these designs, they can be created with just a compass to draw circles and a ruler to make lines within them.

This video illustrates how Van Gogh's painting "Starry Night" captured turbulence, or the state of movement, fluid and light. Learn about how this relates to concepts in physics and mathematics.

Discover the symbolism of Kazimir Malevich’s “Black Square,” and how it pushed the boundaries of what art is and what it can be.

Is she turning towards you or away from you? No one can agree. She’s the subject of Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer’s "Girl with the Pearl Earring," a painting often referred to as the ‘Mona Lisa of the North.’ But what makes this painting so captivating?

This page links to several virtual tours of the Louvre art museum in Paris. As you move through each work of art, you can learn more about that item.

This video gives you an overview of how to draw bodies, hands, and feet.

Easy guidelines to draw semi realistic hands for manga characters. 5 different angles that you can use for standing poses with arms at the sides.

This short film introduces students to Canadian sculptor Ron Noganosh, who transforms items like rusted hubcaps and computer parts into art. In the video, students discover how to turn "junk" into art.

Listen to explanations from the curator in charge of 16th-century Italian painting, and use new digital tools to observe, understand and compare this famous painting. (Use menu box on the right side)

Visit the official website of Pablo Picasso to find out about his life, his painting and his politics. This beautiful, interactive web site provides a wonderful insight into the life of one of the world's most revered artists.

Photoshop CC tutorial showing how to quickly and easily make an Andy Warhol, pop art portrait from a photo.

This virtual exhibit details the creation of the Respect to Bill Reid pole, a totem pole designed and carved by West Coast aboriginal artists. The site provides background, timeline, and resources, including a guide to the different figures that appear on the pole.

site description for Sculpture with Richard Serra
American sculptor Richard Serra's works are very big; they have a connection to the (often) outdoor space they are in. Learn about his processes and his tools.

This video explores the chaotic and prolific art of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat remixed his materials by pulling in splintered anatomy, reimagined historical scenes and skulls. This video explores the influences and development of Basquiat's distinctive style.

Have you ever come across an oddly stretched image on the sidewalk, only to find that it looks remarkably realistic if you stand in exactly the right spot? These sidewalk illusions employ a technique called anamorphosis — a special case of perspective art where artists represent 3D views on 2D surfaces. So how is it done?

A photograph is a much better representation of a scene than a sketch, right? The School of Life explains why this might not be the case and find out why drawing something just might lead to better observation skills and understanding.

A site that guides students through developing their skills at drawing Zentangles, a popular art form, known for also being a meditative relaxation technique.

This exhibit, with images, looks at an ancient artifact fashioned by unknown hands, the work of the first generation of Inuit artists, and two contemporary Inuit artists whose work has become part of the international art world.

This virtual collection explores visual arts in Canada through articles, photo galleries, Heritage Minutes (videos) and more.

This Historica Heritage Minute, created in 2016, tells the story of Inuk artist Kenojuak Ashevak. It tells how she started creating her art which now hangs in galleries around the world.

Where do we, as a society, get our notions of art vs. craft? This video describes the history of how we assign value to the visual arts. The video describes the Renaissance and particular artists such as da Vinci. The video also explores some of the differences between eastern and western cultures.

This is an amazing site, virtually exploring the Lascaux Cave in France with its prehistoric cave drawings. Click on the words "a visit to the cave" and begin your exploration. Don't miss the triangular tab on the left hand side of the screen that opens up all the documentation about the history, the...

This mural, which is physically located in the foyer of the Military Museums in Calgary, comprises 240 separate images in a 20-foot by 12-foot mosaic. From here, you can virtually explore the mural and the 240 tiles "that represent Canada’s military history from the Battle of 1812 to present day op...

Author and wilderness photographer Joanie and In this 70 minute documentary, Gary McGuffin and art historian Michael Burtch set out to find the actual locations in northern Ontario that inspired the legendary Group Of Seven and some of their most iconic works of art.

This video explains the evolution of art in the public eye and explains how we can see the history of art as an ongoing global conversation. Hundreds of years ago, art mostly told religious stories. Are these theological paintings, sculptures, textiles and illuminations from centuries ago still relevant...

What do the images in cave paintings tell us about the ancient human mind and the lives of their creators? In this special 360° TED-Ed animation, explore an ancient cave and its surroundings and learn about the brief history of cave paintings. Drag your mouse around the video to explore.

Learn about an interesting art form in 19th century Japan. Fishermen wanted to record their catches so fishing boats were equipped with rice paper, sumi-e ink, and brushes in order to create gyotaku: elaborate rubbings of freshly caught fish.

Art created by survivors of the Holocaust (specifically the Auschwitz camp) provides a frightening glimpse into the lives of those living in the camp. Click on each piece of artwork to get a contemporary photo showing that exact space.

Take a virtual tour of the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter. Click on any of the menu items on the left side to go directly to that area. You can also tour the Square. Use your mouse to move right and left to explore each area.