Fine Arts Grades K-6

Have fun and be creative as you draw a stickman and then create a scene.

In this animated video, a student takes a tour of a classroom gallery and describes his own and his classmates' drawings. How can we describe the artwork of others?

There are many things you can draw in your Plum Landing sketchpad: animals, your backyard and more. Click on New Mission if you would like to get some ideas.

This easy-to-use website generates prompts to help inspire budding artists. Ideas range from a single word (e.g., gold, electric) to elaborate scenarios (e.g., Create a piece in a Caravaggistic style. Using pale yellow colors, evoke a sense of appreciation and place the subject in Capri).

This online tool (in html 5) is a full suite of painting and drawing tools. Upload an image to use as a base or start freehand. Add layers, stamps and many other cool features to your art.

Great for kids preK-6, this site’s art section includes a variety of simple art creation tools, including Spiral Art, Animation Station, Cube 3D block play, and many others.

It’s opening night for the Dog Art Show at the Artsville Art Gallery! Learn about the different styles of visual art featured in the exhibition.

Explore shapes - namely circles - through the work of artists like Kandinsky. Follow the instructions to learn about shapes in art, and then make your own circles using a colour palette and a tool bar.

Let's play with colour! You can colour a monster, fruit or an autumn scene. Follow the instructions about which colour to use. Hint: Click on the paint a second time to remove that colour.

This video explores the art of Marcelle Ferron, a Quebec-born painter and stained glass maker. Her abstract painting and modern stained glass creations show a passion for light and colour.

In this short film, Grade 6 students are inspired by Maud Lewis, the Nova Scotian folk artist who painted scenes of country life. With the help of artist Kyle Jackson, they create a folk art painting of their own neighbourhood.

I Can Make Art is a series of six short films that take a kids'-eye view on a diverse group of Canadian visual artists.

This activity is an exploration of Vincent van Gogh's landscapes. In Part One, use the arrows to learn about van Gogh's style. In Part Two, try out the techniques for yourself.

Magic Mirror Paint is an online art activity that lets you create a magic mirror picture! Select the grid and start drawing. There are several different colours and fun tools to choose from.

This paint tool lets you choose or create a picture, colour it, use stickers, stamps and more.

Learn about the pointillist technique used by artists such as Andre Derain and Georges Seurat. It's a different way of painting and includes aspects of colour mixing. Read the instructions and then choose each "Part". You'll get a chance to create your own painting.

Watch this slideshow with short videos that explain the history of neo-impressionism and the techniques of the artists.

This online tool (in html 5) is a full suite of painting and drawing tools. Upload an image to use as a base or start freehand. Add layers, stamps and many other cool features to your art.

Learn about artists and their paintings with these online storybooks.

This interactive from the Tate Art Gallery gives you a chance to play around and create some street art.

A short video that explains surrealism to young artists

Use your human creativity to help the robots save the art! This art activity will let you use your digital art skills to fill in the missing pieces of paintings.

Drag different parts to the construction area to create a robot. You can also move the parts around and make them bigger or smaller. The robots can be printed and saved.

Create beautiful photos, logos, social media graphics, and facebook covers with PicMonkey's easy yet powerful photo editing and graphic design software. Free trial access.

This is an online activity that lets you create art with pixels. Choose from a variety of colors and brushes. When you are finished, you can turn off the grid to view your artwork without the guides.

Make treehouses with Arthur's friends. Design one treehouse to be cute, one to be artsy and one to be cool.

This video is about the art of Andrew Qappik, a world-renowned Inuit printmaker from Nunavut. Learn about printmaking as the artist and students create a soapstone relief print.

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.

What can you make with things around the classroom or house? First, choose an activity you are interested in. Next, choose an item and spin the wheel to see what you could make.

This 3-minute video describes the history and culture of totem poles. Learn about the style and design of totem poles and how the crests tell a family's story.

In this short film, sculptor and textile artist Kai Chan shares his artistic philosophy with students who then build complex 3D structures using simple materials and basic techniques.

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.

The Polona Typo project makes it possible to type, share and print your own sentences using thousands of letters from historic books, posters and maps created over more than six centuries.

Find creative ways to express your ideas. Word Clouds For Kids makes it very easy for students to print or save their results. There is a slider to adjust the number of words used and the results can be edited for color, font, layout, etc.