Matisse for Kids
- Meet Raoudi, artist Henri Matisse's perky schnauzer, in an on-line exploration of the 20th-century master's bold, bright paintings. [Requires Flash]
- http://www.artbma.org/flash/F_conekids.swf

Lifetime of Color: Study Art
- Brief definition and samples of abstract art.
- http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_abstract.html

Worldwide Art Gallery - Pigment
- Learn about pigment, the part of the paint that is the color.
- http://www.theartgallery.com.au/kidsart/learn/pigment/

NGA Kids: Martin Johnson Heade
- Educational look at the "senses" used in the creation of the painting "Cattleya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds".
- http://www.nga.gov/kids/heade/

Roman Portraits from Fayuum
- Brief essay about the early use of encaustic painting in Egypt for mummy portraits.
- http://www.sharecom.ca/fenton/fayuum.html

En Plein Air
- Essay by artist Terry Fenton provides a history and description of the painting technique.
- http://www.sharecom.ca/fenton/pleinair.html

Abstraction
- Overview of the art style provided by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
- http://www.nga.gov/education/american/abstract.shtm

The Painting Guide
- Student guide to painting techniques compiled by Debra Clem, fine arts professor, Indiana University Southeast.
- http://homepages.ius.edu/DCLEM/ptgguide/ptggd.htm

Fresco
- Brief definition and history for the paining technique.
- http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_fresco.html

Pastels
- Brief definition and history for the art medium.
- http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/g_pastel.html

Encaustic painting - Wikipedia
- Brief encyclopedia article describes the painting medium.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encaustic_painting

Paint by Number
- Teaches a popular painting technique of the early 1950s.
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/paint/