Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, OH

	The Arts


Crafts • Drawing • Coloring • Cartooning • Art Museums • Music

Crafts
DLTK's Printable Crafts For Kids http://www.dltk-kids.com/ DLTK's Crafts for Kids features a variety of fun children's crafts, coloring pages and more including projects for holidays, educational themes and some of our children's favorite cartoon characters.

Drawing
Draw and Color With Uncle Fred http://www.unclefred.com/index.html Pick the cartoon you want to draw and color, then follow the step-by-step instructions on how to draw it. Drawing in One-Point Perspective http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/ Step-by-step instructions for basic one-point are presented on this site. The first section presents key concepts in one-point perspective. Mark Kister's Imagination Station http://www.draw3d.com/ Mark Kistler can help you blast off to amazing 3D drawing adventures! Radicalman Hot Drawing Tips http://www.radicalman.com/tips/main.htm Radicalman's hot, how-to drawing tips for kids and teachers alike.

Coloring
About.com Guide to Art for Kids http://artforkids.miningco.com/kids/artforkids/ Internet links, original articles on art and music, coloring pages, a drawing contest, electronic postcards, picture gallery, and more from Tracy Pearson, who also edits the Art for Kids newsletter. Between the Lions http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/index.html Web site for the PBS children's series Between the Lions, named for a family of lions -- Theo, Cleo, Lionel and Leona -- who run a library like no other on earth. Lots of cool coloring pages to print out! Crayola Kids http://www.crayola.com/kids/index.cfm Lots of fun stuff like coloring pages, games, jigsaw puzzles and more!

Cartooning
Caricature Zone http://www.magixl.com/heads/intro.html Take a look at (300+) caricatures of international stars and explore aneasy-to-use method of sketching faces with a few clicks of the (PC) mouse. How to Draw a Cartoon Character http://www.garyharbo.com/activity.html Gary will show you how to draw different cartoon characters - in ten easy steps! You can also use Step #9 as a coloring book page.

Art Museums
Butler Institute of American Art http://www.butlerart.com Information on the museum and it�s collection of American art and current exhibits. Carnegie Museum of Art http://www.cmoa.org Information on the Pittsburgh art museum and Carnegie International, a contemporary art museum. Cleveland Museum of Art� http://www.clemusart.com Museum information on a collection of art covering Ancient Egypt to the present. Hermitage Museum� http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/ The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia contains over three million objects dating back to the 18th century. The collection is both retrospective and contemporary. Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/ Tour collections and view works found at the NYC museum with over 2 million art works.

Music
Billboard http://www.Billboard.com News and information on music and musicians from BILLBOARD magazine. KIDiddles Musical Mouseum http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/ "This site has the lyrics to hundreds of children's songs that are not subject to copyright. It also has the music to some songs. The site has an alphabetical and subject index." Popular Music Index http://www.lib.washington.edu/asp/databases/ music/popsongbrowse.asp The University of Washington Libraries Music Library popular song database can be searched for music lyrics. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame http://www.rockhall.com Museum and Hall of Fame permanent exhibit information.

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