Directory of Techniques and Styles Resources

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Sites listed in the Techniques and Styles category offer information on various styles of painting such landscape or still life, and about the various techniques and mediums used in the creation of a painting (i.e. watercolor, oil, egg tempera, etc.)

Sites listed here will be appropriate for, and of interest to, children under the age of 18. All sites are either educational, reference oriented, or informational in nature.

Subcategories

• Landscape
• Portrait

Resources in This Category

• Art Puzzles

  http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/art/g1u5.html
  Try to put four piece puzzles together that reveal a famous still life painting.

• Demonstration of a Watercolor Painting

  http://newboldart.com/Demo%20Page%201.htm
  Artist Jacqueline Newbold provides a step by step demonstration of painting a landscape with watercolors.

• En Plein Air

  http://www.sharecom.ca/fenton/pleinair.html
  Essay by artist Terry Fenton provides a history and description of the painting technique.

• Matisse for Kids

  http://www.artbma.org/flash/F_conekids.swf
  Meet Raoudi, artist Henri Matisse's perky schnauzer, in an on-line exploration of the 20th-century master's bold, bright paintings. [Requires Flash]

• My Art - Art for Kids

  http://www.biddingtons.com/content/myartwattson.html
  Contemporary artist Kate Wattson provides a description of creating a still life painting and a project idea.

• NGA Kids: Martin Johnson Heade

  http://www.nga.gov/kids/heade/
  Educational look at the "senses" used in the creation of the painting "Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds".

• Paint by Number

  http://americanhistory.si.edu/paint/
  Teaches a popular painting technique of the early 1950s.

• Surrealism.org

  http://www.surrealism.org/
  Brief article and biographies of well known surrealists.

• Watercolors

  http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/water.html
  Guide to watercolor painting. Includes information on watercolor papers, brushes, paints, and artists.

• Wikipedia - Acrylic Paint

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic_paint
  Encyclopedia article provides a description of the painting material and some of its uses.

• Wikipedia - Encaustic

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encaustic_painting
  Brief encyclopedia article describes the painting medium.

• Wikipedia - Oil painting

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_painting
  Encyclopedia article discusses the process of oil painting and brief history of the medium.

• Wikipedia - Tempera (Egg Tempera)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_tempera
  Encyclopedia article provides instructions for making tempera and a brief history of its uses.

• Wikipedia - Watercolor Painting

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolor
  Encyclopedia article offers a brief discussion of the techniques and history of the painting medium.

 

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