Art isn’t just about paper and paints, in this day and age we mustn’t neglect that newest of art forms – digital art. Encouraging children to try out and experiment with this newest of art forms can expand their creative horizons, and help develop their computer skills. The internet is a vast place, continuously growing at a rapid pace, and there is lots out there to help children develop their digital creativity. So I have put together a select list of some of the best that I’ve come across so far:
Jackson Pollack
You can follow this American artist's abstract example by doing your own splattering and spattering on the computer screen with a mouse.
Repper Patterns
Enjoy exploring the infinite variety of patterns! An easy, fun. pattern creator that turns your images into eye-catching designs.
Aminahs Art
Combining traditional art materials with found objects and everyday materials such as buttons, cloth, leather, twigs, shells to create magical two- and three-dimensional works of art.
Bomono
You can have lots of fun creating semi-random compositions with a variety of digital tools. You can also save the finished result onto your computer.
Harmony
Simple drawing tool with a set of special brushes that easily creates great sketches.
Klowdz
This drawing tool that lets you create drawings with a backdrop of clouds. Select a cloud image, draw with your mouse using different types of brushes that include Sketchy, Curvy, and Fur. The absence of any other tools puts your creativity to the test and produces remarkable results.
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Guilloche Patterns
Create a guilloche rosette (a precise, decorative, and intricate repetitive pattern with spirograph-like curves)
Canvastic
Another simple online drawing tool. It features easy to understand tools and options with a clear, clean interface.
Neonflames
Have fun drawing intricate neon flames. There are a lot of options allowing you to fine-tune your flame to perfection.
Scribbler 2
Turn scribbles into art! Draw out a rough draft of your picture and hit scribble to create a work of fantastic art.
Art Pad
very simple, and allows you to splash paint around with a bucket as well as using a brush. At the end you can ‘frame’ it and post it to the online gallery to share with the world.
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Piq
-a fun, easy-to-use online pixel art program with a number of cool unique features. It's designed to let you create and share great pixel art.
PicassoHead
Using this uncomplicated drawing app, you can create figures using elements of Pablo Picasso’s painting style. Simply use the mouse to drag, drop, and arrange the elements to create heads.
Weavesilk
Allows anyone to create complex design of color and line with simply the swipe of a computer mouse.
Flame Painter
-a unique paint application that lets you easily create original artworks, light effects, unconventional design or beautiful backgrounds with flame brushes.
Pencil Madness
This drawing game offers some original pencil strokes that can allow you to make a masterpiece beyond your imagination.
Sandart
-changes pixels on the screen to digital sand. Provides options of saving the original pieces of sand art in the gallery or printing them out.
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Other Tools and Activities:
The picture puzzles in the "Pixel This" game contain little information. Each one starts out with just a few large squares in different shades of gray. Each square is called a "picture element," or "pixel." The more pixels there are, the more details we see. This is how digital cameras work.
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With this site kids can learn the basics of animation using a 40 frame easy to use interface. Animations can be as short as 2 frames or as long as 40 frames. Kids can save too!
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a free and easy tool to make animation online. • 60 frames to create funny cartoons, make flipbook animation, animated e-cards for your friends or simple marketing animated videos for your products absolutely free and without registration
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Avatar Maker
Create free portrait avatars online.
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