Exploring Asian Landscapes

Learners study the ancient art of Chinese scroll painting. They create an original landscape painting mounted on printed framing paper. Students discuss information about Chinese scroll paintings, an art form used for a least 2,000...

Students visit an on-line art museum in Paris, analyze several landscapes, and explore the painting techniques. They become familiar with distinctive aspects of classical Impressionist landscape paintings.

Students explore expressionist artists and the strategies they used in their artwork. They produce an original piece of expressionistic artwork, and develop a slideshow presentation about a specific artist.

An awesome imbedded video kicks off a activity on Japanese woodblock masters Hokusai and Hiroshige. After learning about the art style, they analyze several woodblocks for color, composition, and mood. Kids can then make woodblock prints...