Art & Craft Facts for Kids
Colourful facts about art and creativity
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows β it was fashionable in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.
The three primary colours are red, blue, and yellow β you can mix them to make all other colours.
Cave paintings found in France and Spain are over 17,000 years old β made by our ancient ancestors.
Sculptures can be made from many materials including clay, stone, wood, and metal.
Vincent van Gogh painted 'The Starry Night' in 1889 β it shows a swirling night sky full of stars.
Many paintbrushes are made from animal hair β sable, squirrel, or hog bristle β to hold different amounts of paint.
Mixing blue and yellow paint together makes green β this is called a secondary colour.
The Louvre in Paris is the world's largest art museum, with over 35,000 works of art on display.
Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes like birds, flowers, and animals.
Many artists keep sketchbooks to draw their ideas and practice β even famous artists sketch before painting.