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Those doing work on Picasso might be interested in Mr. Picassohead, a site that allows you to create your own masterpiece in the style of the great master.  Using drag and drop onscreen, pupils can quickly and easily create those crazy portraits (with both eyes on one side - you know the ones) and raise discussion points about what makes a great piece of art.  The pictures they create might generate starting-points for a number of activities in creative or descriptive writing, including screendumps^* of their own images alongside those of others to discuss the differences. They might try to replicate some of their onscreen designs on paper, or even using art software such as the Gnu Image Manipulation Program, Photoshop, Paint.net, 2Paint a Picture, Doozla …. the list could go on into Web 2.0 apps like Splashup or Aviary though there might be problems with registering (Splashup requires no registration).

Add a comment to this post with your favourite art software and suggest ways you might use it, or even share your favourite sites for creative stimulus.

^*Use the printscreen key or a screengrabber such as Gadwin Printscreen, or on a Mac use Cmd-shift-4.