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Handprint: Watercolors (Paints, Techniques, and More)

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource for watercolorists that includes a clickable index of topics ranging from biographies and critiques of recognized masters of the art of watercolor to information on how the eye perceives light, on paper choices,...
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Exhibitions: Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
This long-term exhibition, "Tigers of Wrath" watercolors by Walton Ford was on view in 2006 at the Brooklyn Museum. This page takes you into the exhibition with images of selected works from the exhibit as well as a teachers packet for...
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Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum: Brushed With Light: American Landscape Watercolors

For Students 9th - 10th
The 2007 long-term exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, "Brushed with Light: American Landscape Watercolors from the Collection" is presented here with selected works from the exhibit, a description of the show and sections with audio clips,...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: John Angelo at the Water Color Exhibition by Elizabeth Champney

For Students 1st - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book John Angelo at the Water Color Exhibition by Elizabeth Champney (1883), an illustrated children's book about John Angelo's visit to a watercolor exhibition.
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Watercolor Painting Special Emphasis in Reference Photos

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides tips on how to create emphasis on foreground, middleground and background in a watercolor painting from original reference photographs.
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Virtual Jamestown: Index of White Watercolors and De Bry Engravings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a comparison of watercolors and engravings of Native Americans by John White and Theodor De Bry. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Tour: Winslow Homer Watercolors: Themes and Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of Homer's watercolors in the collection of the National Gallery of Art considers his technique and choice of subject. With links to a biography of the artist and to information about his work in other media.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Water Color Mixing

For Teachers K - 1st
In this classroom lab activity, young scholars will experiment with mixing the primary colors together: red, yellow, and blue, to determine what new colors may be observed.
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Watercolor painting.com: Color Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
A great introduction to color theory with colorful illustrations and examples.
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Watercolor painting.com: Watercolor Paper: Your Substrate of Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the history behind paper and how it came to be used for painting. Specifications for finding the perfect watercolor paper are revealed.
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Watercolor painting.com: Pigments and Paint

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an extremely detailed account of watercolor pigments and paints. It includes a long list of colors and how they are made.
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Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Technical Glossary of Watercolor Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the art of watercolor painting with this technical glossary of watercolor terms from the Art Institute of Chicago.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Exploring Weather Conditions in Paintings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Enrich your science lesson with watercolors! This lesson plan contains assessment criteria, links to more information, and step-by-step ideas to cultivate your students' knowledge about weather conditions.
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Watercolor painting.com: A Very Brief History of Acrylic Paint

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline explains the emergence of acrylic paint into the art arena.
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Watercolor painting.com: Creating Journal Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Journaling with words or pictures can be a great way to empty and open your mind. Here's a no fail art lesson that will have you seeing things out of thoughtless lines and squiggles.
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Design and Colour

For Students 9th - 10th
A site by watercolor artist John Lovett. He describes the Elements of Art and Principles of Design and gives tips and techniques for watercolor painting and for composition.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Adolf Dehn

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Adolf Dehn is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with watercolors (including his three books on the subject).
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Charlotte Cushman

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Charlotte Cushman is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with a variety of mediums, though her primary focus was with...
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Digital History: Water Color Sketchbook by Private Henry Berckhoff

For Students 9th - 10th
What did the Civil War look like to the soldiers who fought in it? The pictures in this exhibition were drawn by a young Union soldier, Henry Berckhoff, during the war. His drawings allow us to see the Civil War through a soldier's eyes.
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El Education: A Book of Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This is a book of poetry written by a 6th grade class. They worked with their English teacher and their visual art teacher to create watercolors on which they superimposed their poems to create this book.
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El Education: Deer Watercolor

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This watercolor painting was done by a 6th grade student from the Shutesbury Elementary School, in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. Watercolor art was a class-wide study in the classroom, and students took on personal watercolor projects...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Lesson: You Too Can Haiku

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Here's a creative lesson for students to examine various haikus, and Japanese culture, then write their own haiku poem, and illustrate it using watercolors! Provides plenty of links to more information, a thorough explanation of the...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Oil and Water Art Project

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will create art by mixing watercolors with vegetable oil. By mixing the liquids, students can experiment the different properties of liquids. Lesson is developed to be a culminating project for a unit on liquids.
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Studio Antiques and Fine Art Incorporated

For Students 9th - 10th
A tremendous display of fine art complete with the artist's bio and studio address, as well as the type of painting it is (oil painting, water color etc.) The font size on this site is small but readable.

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