Digital Resources
Looking for projects or resources to make and use at home? Welcome to our Digital Resources page!
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
The Dayton Art Institute recognizes and celebrates the contributions of women artists. Click Here to learn about selected artists from our collection!
Families
Collaged House Silhouettes!
Use cutting and gluing skills to create a collaged silhouette of a house.
Silhouette Animal Markings
Draw and paint to create a silhouette artwork inspired by animal markings.
Stamped Flowers
Talk about the seasonal stages of growing a plant and design flower stamps.
Animal Tracks!
Learn about animal tracks, patterns and impressions, then make your own tracks.
Paper Crowns
Turn a bad situation into an opportunity and create your own royal crown.
Artful Armbands
Learn about collaboration and use cutting, tearing, and weaving skills to create artful armbands!
1st – 3rd Grade
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4th – 6th Grade
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7th – 12th Grade
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YA & Adults
Animals in Art
Chinese (Tang Dynasty, 618-907) – Dancing Horse
Le Comte d’Adhémar de Cransac
Lionel Noël Royer (French, 1852-1926)
Art of Architecture
Draw complex buildings and structures using one-point perspective techniques.
Scenes in and around Kyoto
Japanese (Edo period, 1615 1868), early 18th century
Anatomy Fundamentals: The Human Figure
Benjamin West – Adonis with His Dogs
Blissful Hours
Samuel Richards (American, 1853-1893)