Free+Online+Art+Programs

=Free Online Art Programs=

There are many sites online that allow the user to create art, without downloading anything, and will often host the finished product on their own server. This will be a list of all the different programs that I have currently found.

Sketch Cast - This site allows the user to record a drawing and their voice. Students can go through how they created a certain drawing and explain it while doing so as well. You do need to sign up for an account, but the site hosts the finished project on its own server as well. While sketching, you have three options; the eraser, the colour (Line thickness is in here) and text. When you hit 'start recording' you can begin sketching. There is also an option to add voice to it.

Sumo Paint - This site is a much more advanced paint program with a wonderful array of possibilities. It would work best for older students who can figure out the program themselves. Free to use, and there is an option to save onto the computer.

Kuler - This site has different colour swatches. It will give five colours that users have decided that look pleasing to look at. Free to use and does not need an account to look at the different options.

Colour Lovers - This site is similar to Kuler, except it also has different seamless patterns and colours to look at. All user generated and free to look at.

Scribbler - Probably one of themore fun online programs. You can draw lines, that will connect with other lines. It makes a circle more exciting than a circle normaly is. Great for having students learn how to make conscious choices on where to put lines.

[|Paint.Net] - Often described as MSpaint on crack. It takes the old mspaint many people are used to and updates it to be very similar to other costly digital programs. Does require the program to be downloaded, but it is completly free and finished products can be saved to the computer.

Draw.To - Very simple drawing program. Nothing extremely fancy, it is like drawing on a napkin, but you can share it on multiple social networking sites. Very useful for sending quick ideas in drawing form out to people instead of trying to explain it in words.

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Flickr Toys - Allows you to upload picture and do various things to them like create puzzles, create a colour pallette, make a cd cover out of the picture and many other options as well.

PhotoBucket - Great site for just uploading images. No real social network involved with this. Just a site to upload what ever you want.

DeviantArt - A site to upload art work. Social network involved with this. You can get comments from other people, follow artists you like and there is a forumn as well. Everyday there are daily deviations that are given recognition.

Flickr - Great place to upload pictures as well, has a social network involved with it and communities who post pictures relating certain topics.