Children are able to enhance their Artistic Knowledge and Understanding through a number of fun and educational activities, from learning about landscapes and still life to solving art mysteries.
Many fun projects suitable for Key Stage 2 Art pupils can be found in the Investigating and Making section, including activities to help children make mobiles, create portraits and design patterns.
There is also a section dedicated to Exploring and Developing Ideas aimed at encouraging children to unlock their creative talents. Activities in this section are all suitable for children at Key Stage 2 level and include sand art, making your own paper and balloon twisting.
The Famous Artists section helps children at Key Stage 2 level to develop their knowledge of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Jack Vettriano.
The resources and activities in the KS2 Art section are in an interactive, online, or printable format that brings a differing dynamic to the subject for children studying at Key Stage 2.
1390-1441 - Jan van Eyck - Online activity about Jan van Eyck
1445-1510 - Sandro Botticelli - Online activity about Sandro Botticelli
1452-1519 - Leonardo da Vinci - Online activity about Leonardo da Vinci
1453-1516 - Hieronymus Bosch - Online activity about Hieronymus Bosch
1471-1528 - Albrecht Durer - Online activity looking at Albrecht Durer
1475-1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti - Online activity about Michelangelo Buonarroti
1483-1520 - Raphael - Online activity about Raphael
1487-1576 - Titian - Online activity about Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)
1496-1543 - Hans Holbein - Online activity about Hans Holbein
1525-1569 - Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Online activity about Pieter Bruegel
1564-1638 - Pieter Bruegel the Younger - Online activity about Pieter Bruegel the Younger
1573-1610 - Caravaggio - Online activity about Caravaggio
1580-1666 - Frans Hals - Online activity about Frans Hals
1606-1669 - Rembrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn - Online activity about Rembrandt
1697-1764 - William Hogarth - Online activity about William Hogarth
1746-1828 - Francisco de Goya - Online activity about Francisco de Goya
1775-1851 - Joseph Mallord William Turner - Online activity about Joseph Turner
1776-1837 - John Constable - Online activity about John Constable
1814-1875 - Jean Francois Millet - Jean Francois Millet
1827-1910 - William Holman Hunt - Online activity about William Holman Hunt
1829-1896 - John Everett Millais - Online activity about John Everett Millais
1834-1903 - James Abbott McNeil Whistler - Online activity about James Abbott McNeil Whistler
1840-1926 - Claude Monet - Online activity about Claude Monet
1841-1870 - Frederic Bazille - Online activity about Frederic Bazille
1841-1919 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Online activity about Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1844-1910 - Henri Rousseau - Online activity about Henri Rousseau
1848-1903 - Paul Gauguin - Online activity about Paul Gauguin
1853-1890 - Vincent Van Gogh - Online activity about Vincent Van Gogh
1860-1961 - Grandma Moses - Online information about Grandma Moses
1863-1944 - Eduard Munch - Online activity about Eduard Munch
1864-1901 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Online activity about Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
1869-1954 - Henri Matisse - Online activity about Henri Matisse
1881-1973 - Pablo Picasso - Online activity about Pablo Picasso
1887-1976 - L. S. Lowry - Online activity about Lawrence Stephen Lowry
1887-1985 - Marc Chagall - Online activity about Marc Chagall
1904-1989 - Salvador Dali - Online activity about Salvador Dali
1928-1987 - Andy Warhol - Online activity about Andy Warhol
1951-Present - Jack Vettriano - Online activity about Jack Vettriano
Andy Warhol - Information from the Andy Warhol museum
Anthony Van Dyck - The Life and works of Anthony Van Dyck
Antony Gormley - The work of Antony Gormley
Bodil Manz - Information and images of Manz' work
Botticelli Paintings - A collection of some of Botticelli most popular paintings.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - The Charles Rennie Mackintosh official site.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Information and the works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Claude Monet Paintings - Online questions about Monet and a look at two of his paintings.
Constable Paintings - Take a look at a collection of Constable paintings.
David Hockney - The life and works of David Hockney
Edouard Manet - The life and works of Edouard Manet
Famous Painters - Information about famous painters and their paintings.
Henri Matisse - Information and the works of Henri Matisse
Henry Fuseli - The life and works of Henry Fuseli
Jackson Pollock - Information and the works of Jackson Pollock
Kandinsky - Information about Kandinsky.
L S Lowry - Images of Lowry's work
Leonardo da Vinci - A comprehension activity based on his paintings and life.
Marc Chagall - Links to images of Chagall's work
Mary Cassatt - Links to images of Mary Cassatt's work
Michelangelo Buonarroti - Web site about Michelangelo Buonarroti
Monet Paintings - A collection of Monets paintings.
More Monet Paintings - A small collection of Monet Paintings.
Paul Cezanne - Information and the works of Paul Cezanne
Paul Klee Activity - An interactive activity in which you have to read about Paul Klee and then answer the questions
Phoebe Stone - Online information about the painter and his work
Pre-Raphaelites Paintings - An online collection of Pre-Raphaelites Paintings.
Rene Magritte - Links to images of Magrittes works
Renior - The life and works of Renior
Rubens Paintings - An online collection of Rubens Paintings.
Sir Kyffin Williams - Whiteboard activity about Sir Kyffin Williams
Turner Paintings - An online collection of Turner Paintings.
Van Gogh - A comprehensive Van Gogh resource on the World Wide Web. Includes lots of pictures.
Van Gogh Paintings - An online collection of Van Gogh Paintings.
William Blake - The life and works of William Blake