Background Color indicates grade level - 
RED is Kindergarten, ORANGE is 1st Grade, YELLOW is 2nd Grade, GREEN is 3rd Grade, BLUE is 4th Grade, PURPLE is 5th Grade
The Disney short film John Henry uses visual story-telling inspired by quilting and song to document the tale of John Henry's life. You can find the film in several places, including Disney Pixar's collection of short films, currently on Netflix. Here's a clip:
Using Quilts to Send Messages - visit this link to design your own! (Flash required - use a desktop computer)

Cave Paintings from Lascaux, France

These paintings were discovered in 1940, and are estimated to be more than 20,000 years old!
Video from The Bradshaw Foundation's Website

We use many different styles in art.

Realistic, abstract, non-objective... as artists we have a variety of methods we can use to experiment how we communicate our ideas. In this clip from Disney's Inside Out, the variety of abstract styles is shown in a very creative way! We can represent one idea (or in this case, each character) in MANY different ways. Some simple, some more complex.

Media Spotlight: Photography

Interested in Photography? Check out Natio​http://kids-myshot.nationalgeographic.com

Artist Spotlight: Georgia O'Keeffe

Artist Inspiration:
​Henri Matisse

Visit the Museum of Modern Art's website about Mr. Matisse's paper cutouts.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
​Brown Bear has been translated into 31 languages!
Visit the website for more information. http://brownbear.carlemuseum.org

Artist Inspiration: Louise Nevelson

Art with Mrs. Flynn -
​How to create tints and shades 

Explore the Color Wheel!

Visit the Color Supply website to view different color combinations. Select the color scheme, and move around the color wheel to see how the colors appear in various images.

Artist Inspiration: Pablo Picasso