Digital Resources
Looking for projects or resources to make and use at home? Welcome to our new Digital Resources page!Â
​The Dayton Art Institute’s growing Learning Library Online offers art-making lessons, projects and educational materials for learners of all ages. Connect with your museum through art experiences you can do at home … or anywhere! Click a project to learn more and to download lessons. Check here often for updates and new lessons.
Special Resource: Women Artists in the DAI Collection
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Dayton Art Institute recognizes and celebrates the contributions of women artists. Click Here to learn about selected artists from our collection!
Families
Torn-Paper Landscape
Create a landscape using torn paper!
3-D Found Object Collage
Make an upcycled artwork with found objects!
Found Object Robot
Make a robot from found objects!
Torn Paper Seascape
Make a torn paper seascape!
Clay Turtle Play
Create a clay turtle!
Sand Painting
Paint a beachy scene by the sea!
1st – 3rd Grade
Ancient Greek Relief Print
Create a print utilizing ancient Greek designs!
Relief with Design of Dragons
Artist unidentified (China, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644)
Henry, 8th Lord Arundell of Wardour
Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1726-1792)
Cardboard Tube Sculpture
Create an abstract sculpture!
Watercolor Pop Art Portrait
Create colorful portraits!
Pathway
John Safer (American, 1922-2018)
4th – 6th Grade
Ancient Greek Relief Print
Create a print utilizing ancient Greek designs!
Cardboard Tube Sculpture
Create an abstract sculpture!
Watercolor Pop Art Portrait
Create colorful portraits!
Assemblage Sculptures
Create a work of 3D art!
African-inspired Masks
Create an African-inspired mask!
Ink Wash Painting: Abstract Landscape
Paint an abstract landscape!
7th – 12th Grade
Leaf Texture Collage
Create a monochrome leaf texture collage using tree leaves and collagraph printmaking techniques.
Shaping Peace Together: Collaborative Chalk Mural
Create a collaborative chalk mural.
Charcoal Portrait Drawing
Learn traditional techniques to make a charcoal portrait drawing.
Wearable Art: Cosplay Armor
Build 3-D arm bracers while learning the foundations of armor design.
Plein Air Landscape Painting
Experience the outdoors in creative ways and create your own personalized landscape.
Lyrical Poster Illustration
Create a personalized illustration inspired by song lyrics.
YA & Adults
Mwana Pwo Mask
Chokwe people, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hands
Learn to draw hands
Arrival of the Three Kings
Sadao Watanabe (Japanese, 1913-1996)
Sculpture and Pattern
Draw repeating patterns
Embroidery from Uzbekistan
Janet Fish (American, born 1938)
Geometric Abstraction Still Life
Create a colorful abstract drawing