"Girl With a Pearl Earring" is a movie based on Tracy Chevalier's book which tries to decipher the mystery behind this beautiful Vermeer's painting, and to portray the life and the time of the painter. You can use this material both after watching the movie, or after reading the book (nine activities in a 17-page bundle) I have created these activities to make my students acquainted with the painting, to arouse their interest in art and to develop their critical thinking skills. Table of contents: 1. Activity 1: Reading “Who was Vermeer?” 2. Activity 2: Reading Comprehension - True or False 3. Activity 3: Webquest on Jan Vermeer 4. Activity 4: Word search on Jan Vermeer 5. Activity 5: Matching Columns 6. Activity 6: Reading “What else do you know?” 7. Activity 7: Creative Writing 8. Activity 8: Coloring Vermeer’s Palette 9. Activity 9: Coloring The Girl Hope you enjoy it and find it useful !!

Banksy is one of the most famous graffity painters in the world, but his identity is a mystery. In this printable you can find an introduction to him, and three activities: a high order thinking activity, a matching activity and a true/false activity. This seven-page pack of activities is addressed to students interested in learning about this artist and the society he portrays.

Spark your students’ imagination with this set of 35 coloring pages, also perfect to engage them in appreciating some of the most worldwide known art masterpieces. Students can color the full page by looking at the real masterpiece or they can color just half the page in a more creative way, using their imagination with the colors and style they prefer. There are also four printables where students color four paintings by number. Completed pages can be used to decorate the classroom or students can take and place in their binders, agendas or lockers. Included in this project: PART 1: COLOR THE MASTERPIECE (blank and half blank) American Gothic by Grant Wood Guernica by Pablo Picasso Girl With a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer The Flower Carrier by Diego Rivera The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali The Son of Man by René Magritte Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler The Kiss by Gustav Klimt Campbell’s Soup Can by Andy Warhol 10.The Dance by Henry Matisse PART 2: COLOR BY NUMBER American Gothic by Grant Wood The Scream by Edvard Munch Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci The Great Wave by Hokusai Thank you for your support and for visiting my store!!

Learn some basic information about these three outstanding Spanish painters, answer some reading/listening comprehension questions, and carry out a project on a high-order thinking activity (museum guide). This is a printable I have tried many times in the classroom and it students love it!

This is a fill-in-the-gap activity I have designed to learn the top 50 most famous paintings in the world after watching the video in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwzGbxGpTZc