I added a new link to our Art Activity Websites list to the right! Periodically, I will add links that will lead you to websites with fun art related activities. I encourage you to explore these websites and test them out for yourself.
One of the great things that technology has done is to create new ways for artists to express themselves, and as technology changes, art changes as well. Technology has changed how architects draw out their plans and the materials they can use in their structures, how photographers take their pictures and work with their images, and how cartoonists and animators create their characters.
This website lets you splatter paint like Jackson Pollock but without all the mess of actual paint. I know, kids, you’re saying “what’s the fun in that?!”, but believe me its still lots of fun, and your parents will love not having to yell at you to clean it up.
Jackson Pollock was an artist that created huge paintings on huge pieces of canvas that he would then splatter paint all over. He wasn’t trying to make his picture look like anything recognizable. It was more important to him to express himself just through his use of color and form, two of our elements of art. This approach to art made him an important artist in a style of art called abstract expressionism. Through this style and the popularity of his work, he helped to make America a leader in the modern art world.
On this website, you will also have the challenge of creating a piece of artwork with "paint" that is dripping and sloshing everywhere. Just move your mouse around the canvas and paint will start to splatter. You can change the color by clicking your mouse.
Check it out and have fun!!
