Edvard Munch, "The Scream"

A visual analysis lesson from the Art Curator For Kids:

click here

Raw art puppets of Paul Klee

A blog post with pictures of puppets from the exhibit at the Tate Modern, and photos and information about the artist, Paul Klee.



Read post here.

Doing stop-motion animation with students

Here is a post on making stop-motion animation with students, using an app and ipads. There are many examples of student work, as well.

Little movements

Here is the tutorial video created by the teacher:

Making a video of student artwork

It is not difficult to make a video presentation of our students' artwork (or of any other images we want to use.)  

Here is an example of a video created with the Art of our first-grade students.





How can we do it?  You will need an application called Windows Movie Maker.

There are many tutorials available online, but here is one that covers the basics:





The same author has made a series of videos that cover different aspects, such as adding sound.

Professions in the Art World

In the Curriculum for Educación Plástica  en LOMCE, en el Bloque de Expresión Artística, hay un criterio de evaluación que versa sobre el conocimiento de distintas facetas del mundo del arte:

6.3. Conoce alguna de las profesiones de los ámbitos artísticos, interesándose por las características del trabajo de los artistas y artesanos y disfrutando como público en la observación de sus producciones.


En  La Corrala, blog de equipo educativo del Espacio Fundación Telefónica, han publicado unas entrevistas con personas que trabajan en este mundo. No están escritas en inglés, pero pueden ser interesantes.

Como se coordina una exposición

Como trabaja un conservador del patrimonio


Y una experiencia muy interesante: convertir a los niños en comisarios de una exposición de arte.


Si no podemos invitar a un artista o artesano (alfarero, artista que trabaja en textiles o vidrio...) a clase o visitar un estudio, podríamos por lo menos encontrar vídeos para mostrar a los alumnos.


Y Proyecto Levadura en Madrid es un programa para llevar a los colegios a un artista-en-residencia, para vivir una experiencia conjunta entre artista y la comunidad escolar.

MoMA digital collection

Here you can access the entire digital collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The collection



Also, resources for educators.

Artist-in-Residence.... at school!

Read this article from Art of Education:

How an Artist-in-Residence Can Send Student Confidence Through The Roof

If your school is in Madrid (city, not Autonomous Community), you can participate in the Proyecto Levadura (patrocinado por el Banco Santander) para llevar a un artista al colegio.

For more information, click here.

Stop-Motion Animation in the classroom

Here is an example of student-created stop-motion animation:




Here you can find resources about how to do it:

A complete guide to stop-motion animation in the art room

Vocabulary for Art

Here is a list of art-related vocabulary for students to learn and use.  If you go to the page (click here) you can download a copy in pdf.

The website also has free lesson plans and other resources for teaching art.

Elementos de análisis formal

dimensión, escala, dirección, proporción, luminosidad, contraste, volumen,

Análisis formal de una obra de arte comp from Edgardo vegega

Video: Elements of Art

Public domain images/ Imágenes libres de derechos

The New York Public Library recently announced that it is sharing 180,000 of its high-resolution digital archives,  including photographs, etchings, watercolors, sheet music, maps, stereoscopic views, and other images dating back as far as the 11th century. From their press release:

Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections are in the public domain? That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways. The Library now makes it possible to download such items in the highest resolution available directly from the Digital Collections website. No permission required. No restrictions on use.

Imágenes de alta resolución, libres de derechos, incluyendo a: fotografías, partituras, mapas, etc. desde el siglo 11.

 Click here to see  them.

Links to resources for teaching Animation

Teaching Ideas

Film Education

Six free sites for creating your own animations

Digital art project

Making emojis move (3rd grade project)

Engage elementary students with stop animation!

Animation chefs

How to get and use free images in class

This post explains how students can find images to use in their projects and work. It explains that Google Images results often have a copyright (derechos de autor) and gives alternatives that can be used without being in violation of the copyright.