Art Lessons are a great way to inspire children and young adults of all ages. Everyone has a creative side and making the experience a fun one can introduce students to the world of art. Listed below are some popular art lessons to educate students and utilize their creative side:

Early Childhood Lessons

Enchanted Learning Many projects for preschool and kindergartners

Funschool has many printouts for coloring while learning

Teach-nology offers more than thirty lessons and print-ables

Incredible Art Dept has lessons and some are based on popular movies

Elementary Lessons

Kinderart has many categories from art appreciation to multicultural art to recycling art projects

Pacificnet has projects for first through third grade

KidsArt many resources including “What do I do when…” help

Aunt Annie offers one dozen puppet patterns

EdSiteMent uses a quilt to teach about family and friendship

Ask Eric origami for a unit on Japan

Jr High/Middle School Lessons

Kidzart site was created to “encourage the art in education”

Education World offers lessons with music and writing

Arts Alive has many lessons for learning about the art of music

High School Lessons

NAEA the National Art Education Association has lessons for all age groups

Aloha.net a lesson plan named “20 kids, 20 kites, 20 minutes”

Hot Chalk this plan is for learning about impressionism

Undergraduate Lessons

Wet Canvas offers in depth articles for art study

Access Art has lessons for older students

Worqx  has a color theory tutorial

Additional Resources

Artlex is a large lexicon of art terms and articles about art

Art Junction is a “collaborative art space for teachers and students”

Lessons for all types of art and some lessons

Educational Resources for art, crafts, dance, drama and music