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Arts & Crafts Art and craft is a subject in which all children can take part. Even the smallest child enjoys using bright colors, and sticking things together. This book is a collection of ideas for teaching art and craft to any child. It was written for children with learning difficulties in mind, but it would be equally applicable for children aged 3 - 9 years old. Most of these activities can be completed within ten minutes, so they are ideal for children with limited ability and short attention spans. It is very helpful to both child and teacher if the teacher demonstrates what she/he wants the child to do (as well as telling them) before starting the activity. This makes it much easier for the child to understand.

The Alphabet of Art (a notation system for visual design) This site explains, in simple terms, the elements of visual design. Once you understand the Alphabet, you'll be able to "read" pictures and other works of visual art and understand why they work the way they do.

Art Lessons With Talent Teacher (tutorials for all ages & many styles)

Cozy's Making Shibori Fabric Tutorial This is not hard, just labor intensive. Do it when you are feeling centered; there is no instant gratification here.

Framing, Matting & Mounting Art Works On Paper - Ask Mrs. Biddington Framing a work of art is a significant expense--sometimes nearly as costly as the art work itself. So, it is important that you know the proper materials and procedures for framing, whether you will be doing the job yourself, or taking it to a professional.

Free Art Lessons - Home School Arts a free visual arts lesson site dedicated to teaching the visual arts to all who would be interested. To help the parents of the home schooled, distance learned, and to teach the arts with our support to adults that want to begin a new hobby or expression in the visual arts.

Hand-drawn Holograms - Science Hobbyist a technique for drawing holograms directly upon a plastic plate by hand. It sounds impossible, but you can make holographic images of floating polyhedra, words, 3D star fields, opaque objects, etc. No laser, no isolation table, no darkroom, no expensive film plates. This takes nothing more than a compass and some scraps of Plexiglas. Too cool!

Please Do Touch: How To Create A Texture Art Wall - DigsMagazine.com We came up with this silly idea that it would be neat to find cool textures, to keep them on our walls where we could run our fingers over them whenever we happened to be passing by. We made it because we thought it would be funny, and fun. And because it was a cheap way to do something kind of interesting with some empty wall space. The texture wall has been a hit with friends as well, who seem to know what they’re supposed to do with our oddball wall art without having to be prompted.

How To Make A Large Harmonograph A harmonograph is a pendulum-based drawing board that produces beautiful curvaceous drawings. After you give the large hanging platform a gentle push, gravity works its magic while a pen records the results. Each swing is almost identical to its predecessor: the minute discrepancies are responsible for the remarkably sinuous curves.

Making An Art Car - Art Cars In Cyberspace Learn about paint, adhesives, and general construction techniques as well as how to prep your car (and your head) for transformation.

Recycle Your Crayons The Chevron Cars Here's a cool way to recycle all of your broken crayons.

Snow.art (create a snowman, snow lantern or do snow sculpture)  Cute site.

Recipes for Old Writing and Drawing Inks - Evan Lindquist Beware! These inks may be corrosive and harmful to expensive writing and drawing equipment. There may also be toxic environmental effects in mixing them. Before experimenting with these recipes, you must consider the risks and accept responsibility for whatever happens.

Animation

Polykarbon: Tutorials! Located here are several tutorials that should help you either get started in Anime/Manga styled art or maybe help refine some skills. Manual drawing lessons to the left, Photoshop is to the right.

Animation Tutorial  In these modern days, Web animators may not have to spend 17 hours hand painting cells to make Dopey wink, but bandwidth, platform, and browser issues make animation for the Web its own special hell. Anna and Emily have navigated many circles of this hell, and they make animation ... well, if not easy, then easier. The dynamic duo start off by giving profiles of the main animation technologies out there, before moving on to explain, in detail, how to use them.

Animation Toolworks Library of Articles Teaching Animation, from Primary to Graduate. Articles in the teachers' section are contributed by teachers, students and artists in residence. They contribute articles to help other colleagues. They contribute articles, sometimes as little as a one sentence explanation that works well with students. They are paying back the other contributors who have helped them.

GIF Animation on the WWW GIF Animation is the poor man's format. Simple, but efficient enough for many animations. Just enough to give a little pizzazz to a personal page without the shock of Director's price tag , bulk of Java programming, trouble and limited view-ability of plug-ins, or the inaccessible CGI server-push. Poorly written, but extensive information.

Animato This fabulous site was created by a Finnish animator and explains the art of animation, stop motion, and 3-D movie making effects. 

Animation 101 - ThinkQuest "The starting point for learning about the animation industry and the many forms of animation, mainly Claymation, Computer Animation, and Hand Drawn Animation. We will teach people some tips and tricks of how to create their own animations and we will also teach by showing how the pros do it. Each section has information on current events in the industry and tutorials on the subject. We will also provide amateur animators a place to display their work and help out other animators create works. We also wanted to create an Animation teaching site because it is one of the more lacking topics on the web."

The Bouncing Ball The first thing taught to an animation student is the bouncing ball. This tutorial breaks it down into a simple series of steps, and shows the basics of flipping and rolling animation paper.

The Walk Cycle Most people can't wait to make a character walk. It's an advanced topic, but I've tried to simplify it here. This lesson shows the four main poses of a walk cycle, and how to build the walk around them.

The Clay Animation & Stop Motion Page the only web page devoted to people interested in the somewhat mysterious technique of clay animation. There really are no secrets, there are just not many people who do clay animation for a living, and can tell how it is done. Here you will learn what tools, clays, and techniques you need to know to create some wacky characters for animating, or just to have fun with. After all, that's the most important part!

Draw & Color With Uncle Fred (cartooning for kids) Easy ways, step-by-step, to draw silly cartoons

Gilchrist Studios Online (For kids. See 'Guy's Genius Club' at left & archives.) Each Week The Author Teaches You How To Draw New Characters!  In The Archives, You Can Learn To Draw Mudpie, Punkin, Angels, Enchanted Trees, Monsters, The North Wind, Fairytale Characters, Santa, Elves, People & Animals!

How To Draw - Slylock Fox & Comics For Kids It's time to learn how to draw with Slylock Fox and Bob Weber, Jr. Click on the links to learn how to draw all kinds of fun characters.

Improvisation Games for Comics Writers and Illustrators - Creating Comics The goal of these exercises is to create for writers and illustrators a structured environment in which they may develop their craft. These games are creative and may even be competitive. The structure allows artists to experiment with a variety of methods of collaboration. I am most interested in very short subjects that rely on commonplace situations and stock characters -- the standard bag-of-tricks used by improvisation theater.

So You Wanna Be A Comic Book Artist? (career advice) - So You Wanna.com? You don't have to be Picasso, but if you have the drive (and the ability to draw circles and squares), we can guide you along the path to comic book celebrity status. It won't be easy. Breaking into the comic book biz is just like breaking into show biz - you're up against a whole field of aspiring wannabes who think they're the next Tom Cruise (or, in the case of comics, the next Jim Lee). You've got the talent, but how do you ensure that your work gets seen? Read and learn, baby.

Art Appreciation

Appreciation of The Art of Chinese Calligraphy Calligraphy is an art dating back to the earliest day of history, and widely practiced throughout China to this day. Although it uses Chinese words as its vehicle of expression, one does not have to know Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Because in essence, Calligraphy is an abstract art. While viewing a Western abstract painting, one does not ask, "What is it?" When viewing Chinese calligraphy, one need not ask, "What is the Chinese word?"

So You Wanna Fake An Appreciation for Art? Some say that art is man's loftiest endeavor -- a mortal attempt to be like God, to create something where there was nothing, to move the spirit and touch the soul. Others say that art is a load of sheep dip. Most of us fall somewhere in between, able to appreciate a pretty picture, but in constant amazement that "patrons" will pay $700,000 for a painting of a red square on a white background. The first thing you should know is that some art really is crap. The catch, though, is that nobody can agree on which art is crap. This means that if you learn the tricks, then you can fake an expertise in art analysis that would make Andy Warhol proud.

Art History

Prehistoric: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

Ancient Near East  Mesopotamian, Sumerian, Akkadian, Neo-Sumerian, Babylonian, Hittite, Elamite, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Achaemid, Persian, Sassanian

Ancient Egypt Egyptian, Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom

Ancient Greece Aegean, Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Greek, Hellenistic

Ancient Rome Etruscan, Roman

Art in Early Europe Scythian, Celtic, Iron-Age Europe, Viking

Middle Ages Early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, Early Medieval, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, Gothic, Late Gothic in Italy

15th Century Early Renaissance, Northern Renaissance

16th Century High Renaissance, Mannerism, Northern Renaissance

17th Century Baroque

18th Century Late Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classicism, Romanticism

19th Century Romanticism, Neo-Classicism, Realism, Pre-Raphaelites, Arts and Crafts, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, Pointillism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau

20th Century Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism, Performance Art, Environmental Art, Neo-Expressionism, Post-modernism

21st Century Contemporary Art, Museums, Centers, Institutes, Journals, Reviews

Asian Art: Africa; Americas & Oceania: Research Resources: Museums & Galleries; Various & Miscellaneous

Art History Network, your one stop resource for Art History, Archaeology and Architecture resources on the web.

Inside Art: An Art History Game by Educational Web Adventures

Indexes & Large Collections of Art History Resources

A-Z Sites devoted to Artists, Schools, Periods, Themes etc.

Art History Discussion Lists

Online Teaching Resources

Research Tools & Directories

Ceramics & Pottery

Campfire Pottery - US Scouting Service Project

Making Hand-Built Coiled Pottery - NativeTech

Pottery Tutorial - John Hester Pottery

Computer Graphics

Paint Shop Pro 6.0 Tutorial  & Photoshop 5.0 Tutorial

How to color line art in Photoshop via Channels & How to Color Line art in Paint Shop Pro

Polykarbon: Tutorials! Located here are several tutorials that should help you either get started in Anime/Manga styled art or maybe help refine some skills. Manual drawing lessons to the left, Photoshop is to the right.

Graphics - ZDNet Developer

Graphics Tips (choosing file formats) - GifArt.com

How To Make Fonts - Divide By Zero

Seamless Pattern Tiles - Creating Great Web Graphics

Starting a Career in Computer Graphics - 3DRender.com

Tutorials (Web, new media, animation...) - Computer Arts

3DRender.com

Creating A Client-Side Image Map - Kasparius.com

Drawing

Drawing Lessons on About.com. Stupid darned pop-ups at every turn, but pretty good articles. Learn to draw what you see with these drawing lessons, beginning with first steps in drawing through to developing technique.

Learn to Draw with Billy Bear - A Project 4 Kids
BASIC SHAPES	Drawing Eyes	Draw Hands	Drawing 3D	Animation
Bird Lesson Drawing Sheet	Cat Lesson Drawing Sheet	Lion Lesson Drawing Sheet	Lizard Lesson Drawing Sheet	Penguin Lesson Drawing Sheet
Bear Lesson Drawing Sheet	Frog Lesson Drawing Sheet	Sand Art	There is TONS more on this wonderful site -  click on the top link to go to the site!!

Learn how to draw - graphite pencil and charcoal This  tutorial contains techniques to create realistic looking artwork.  I will try to update these pages occasionally  to provide fellow charcoal and graphite pencil artists insight into my methods. This first tutorial will show you what pencils and blending tools  I use to render both rough and smooth textures. Once you know how to create realistic looking textures, you're on you way to creating much more realistic looking artwork.

Draw! - a resource created by AccessArt for students studying "A" Level Art, or on Foundation and Undergraduate courses, and for Lifelong Learners of all ages. The resource has been split into two main sections: "Thinking, Looking and Drawing" which introduces the ideas behind the skills which make up drawing, and "Making a Drawing" which helps students question what a drawing is, and how they can push drawing further. Illustrations and animations accompany each page, and drawing exercises designed to widen your experience of drawing. Most importantly of all, we hope this resource will enable you to think about drawing as an inspirational activity, which is as much about thinking and experimenting as creating artistic masterpieces. The exercises outlined should be accessible to all students, regardless of their artistic experience.

Drawing from KinderArt.com. Huge resource of (somewhat sparse) lesson outlines, each graded for the appropriate K-12 ability level. Great lesson ideas with text walkthroughs, but will require an instructor with a bit of imagination to flesh out the lessons.

Learn to Draw dot Com Do you want to learn how to draw? Now you can online! Learn how to draw like an artist, from a professional artist. Begin by learning the fundamentals of drawing with easy to follow interactive instruction. Learn how to draw a person and make it actually look like the person! Take drawing people further and learn how to draw a caricature of a person! These drawing lessons are presented by a professional artist with over ten years of experience drawing portraits and caricatures.

Drawing in One-Point Perspective by Harold Olejarz. Step-by-step instructions for basic one-point are presented on this site. The first section presents key concepts in one-point perspective.

Portrait art tutorial - How to Draw Hair. There are three things to pay attention to when you are drawing hair: the hair strands, the tones of hair, and the structure of the head that the hair is on.

Portrait art tutorials—lessons on how to draw faces, drawing tips, tutorials on color, anatomy, sketching people.

This is a sales site for the "Learn How To Draw" book series, but they provide a few samples, below:
tips on "figure sketching"	how to draw a man jumping	how to draw man swinging	how to draw a cat
how to draw a dog (German shepherd)	how to draw a hamster	how to draw a chipmunk	how to draw a woman stretching

Sketching Wild Birds: Tips & Tricks - Bevere Vivis Gallery This sales site promoting a book presents several lessons online (for free)

Learn To Draw A Bear - janbrett.com Quick and cute method - kind of like those old matchbook ads - "Can you draw Blinky?"

Draw An Armadillo - janbrett.com Quick and cute method - kind of like those old matchbook ads - "Can you draw Blinky?"

How To Draw A Cat - Chunky Monkey Fan Club drawing a cat can be pretty easy if you break it down into some simple steps. If you have a cat of your own, watch it when it's sleeping or sitting and try to think of the body position in shapes such as circles or ovals. Once you can take a hard-to-draw shape and think of it more simply, you're on your way to being a better artist.

How To Draw A Hedgehog - janbrett.com Quick and cute method - kind of like those old matchbook ads - "Can you draw Blinky?"

Painting

Painting from KinderArt.com. Huge resource of (somewhat sparse) lesson outlines, each graded for the appropriate K-12 ability level. Great lesson ideas with (largely) text walkthroughs, but will require an instructor with a bit of imagination to flesh out the lessons.

Painting (tempera, smooth & impasto blending, gesso...) - The Art Window a whole slew of techniques...

Techniques For Cleaning Paintings - Ask Mrs. Biddington

WetCanvas (choose from 'Content Channels' at left: genres, colored pencil, pastels...) WetCanvas! (or as some people affectionately call it, WC), was founded in 1999 in an effort to better leverage technology to assist visual artists in sharing information and making new contacts and friends. From its humble grass-roots beginnings, the site has grown into a valuable resource - a veritable gold mine of information, serving painters, sculptors, illustrators, and other artists.

Acrylic Layering - Susan Egbert The term "acrylic layering" refers to the use of many washes of acrylic one over the other to produce vibrant, glowing colors. This is a very versatile technique that can be used in any style from realistic to abstract.

Introduction To Acrylics - Elfwood To cover all the techniques available to an acrylic painter in a short article would be next to impossible, but I can cover how to get yourself started, what tools you need, and talk a bit about various methods, styles, and techniques. Of course, the best teacher for any kind of art and any medium of art is practice. Only by actually working with a medium will you learn the little quirks of that medium, and learn to use those quirks as part of your art. That is what makes any medium special, and why an artist would choose pastels over colored pencils for one piece, and acrylics over oils in some other.

A Diminutive Survival Guide To Oil Painting - Elfwood Many artists consider oil painting annoying, frustrating or just plain "so hard it's not worth getting into". Others think it's good only for landscapes a-la Bob Ross, and that it's just impossible to achieve that smooth, clear blending. I've met some people who'd stare at my paintings and go, "You did this with oils? No way!" Way. And you can, too. What you'll need first of all (and in my opinion, most importantly) is lots of patience and faith that you can and will conquer this *evil* medium.

All About Painting Materials & Techniques (making canvas, Dammar Varnish, emulsion support...) This web site provides basic information, A small encyclopedia and Message boards for traditional art materials for all kind of western and eastern painting.

How To Paint An Apple In The Classical Masters' Technique - artpapa.com

How To Paint Your Own Vermeer (the techniques of Dutch master Jan Vermeer)

Oil Painting Tutorial (tips by example) - Martin Ridley Free oil painting demos - lessons with numerous artist tips and information on oil painting techniques. Check out the links: oil painting resources on the web.

Watercolor Online This series of professional articles and tutorials gives you a taste of what may be had if you register and become a member.

John Lovett, Artist (painting instructions, watercolor lessons, notes on design & more) This website started as an aid for ex students, but has grown into an online resource of watercolor techniques, painting materials and information on design and color. It is aimed at helping you get more out of this fascinating and addictive pursuit. I hope you enjoy it.

Watercolor Technique - Elfwood watercolor is a medium that scares and discourages many people, because it is unpredictable, difficult or impossible to correct or change, it leaks, it streaks, and makes the paper buckle. All of these concerns are true, yet when we look at a masterfully done watercolor such as those of Winslow Homer or Andrew Wyeth we all wish we could do the same. That is because watercolor is a free transparent medium which always convey spontaneity even though the approach is most deliberate.

Watercolors - Handprint You'll find here information on all aspects of watercolor painting: papers, brushes, paints, color theory, painting techniques, instructional books, and more.

Egg Tempura or You Wanna Paint With What? - Elfwood Egg tempera is a method of painting which was largely popular in the early Renaissance. Botticelli's Birth of Venus (Otherwise known as the Venus on the half-shell) and other, much less famous-paintings were done in the medium. Egg tempera, not to be confused with the tempera or poster paints you get at the store, consists of egg yolk, water, and pigment. The downside to this composition is that you have to make your own paint fresh every time you want to paint. The up side is that you get complete control over your paint. Paint being argumentative? Too pale? Well, just add some more pigment, and there you go.

Oil Pastels - Elfwood For some obscure reason, most aspiring artists tend to avoid oil pastels...and it is true that they are messy and inaccurate, but once you become familiar with them, the advantages will soon outweigh the disadvantages. The advantages? Oilpastels come in a number of colours, they are lightfast, forgiving, easy to use and slow drying, you can work on a piece for several months.

The Society Of Tempera Painters (make egg tempera paint, make gesso, technique tips...) This site is dedicated to the art of tempera painting in all its forms. It contains information for the novice and professional tempera painter and for those who are interested in the historical to the contemporary tempera painting art scene. For the novice there are technical aspects of the medium which cover methods such as making paint, gesso panels, pigments and much more with contributions from the inter-active forum. If you cannot find what you are looking for on this site then take part in The Inter-Active Forum where any queries will be answered by regular contributors or members of the Admin Team.

Artist's Easel (build your own) - Amateur Woodworker This easel is built out of cherry, which is a fairly strong wood that darkens with age to a beautiful reddish tone (not that anyone will notice once it has been splattered by dabs of paint).

How To Stretch Artists' Canvas - Rex Art It is relatively easier to stretch raw canvas than primed, but considerable skill is required to prime the canvas with a quality ground. It is also easier to stretch primed cotton and Polyflax canvas than primed linen canvas, as the linen fibers do not have much stretch. Oil primed (and in particular; double primed) canvas requires the most care in stretching, as there is practically no stretch, and it is not at all unusual to have to remove some tacks at wrinkled areas, Restretch and re-tack, before getting the canvas perfect.

Paint Rack Instructions - The Painter's Workshop This is an idea I came up with, in desperation, while trying to keep my paints in a small area and in alphabetical order. I keep it right by my painting desk and just reach out and get the color I want.

Recipes (See left menu: make your own oils, pastels, inks...) - Sinopia.com Feel free to browse the different Pigment and Traditional Materials topics. You are welcome to download any of the pages for your own personal use. For questions related to these topics or any general art material related questions, please check into our art materials forum.

Photography

A Guide to Photography - Photographic Surprisingly extensive site covering many topic areas. 

BetterPhoto.com Jim's (web author) mission is to provide honest answers to budding photographers everywhere. He got his first serious camera - a Pentax ME Super - in 1984 and started shooting professionally in 1994. He now primarily shoots stock, travel, wedding, and portrait photography. See his Member Gallery to learn more.

Concert, Stage & Low Light Photography A four part tutorial on getting that classic concert shot.

How to Take Travel Pictures Like a Pro - Fodor's Focus on Photography With the assistance of author and photographer Jeff Wignall, Fodor's has put together an invaluable guide to shooting great travel pictures: Nearly 100 easy-to-follow tips, with accompanying photos, covering every aspect of travel photography.

InFocus (composition, color casts, snow photography...) - School Of Photography.com The tips and suggestions on our website are for your enjoyment and education and cover an increasing range of photographic topics. If you have any topic we have not covered that you would like to see on these pages please email or write to us.

New York Institute Of Photography (Many tips & tutorials) Founded in 1910, with a current home-study enrollment of over 20,000 in 128 countries, NYI is the world's oldest and largest photography school. This site has one major objective - to help you take better pictures. Every month, we put up dozens of new tips, topics and contests.

Night Photography (equipment, exposure, using flash...) - School Of Photography.com This FREE lesson assumes the student has some knowledge in practical photography (equivalent to a pass level in our Basic Photography course). If you like what you see in this lesson, but cannot understand all the information given, enroll in our Basic Photography course and get all the help and encouragement you need! All our courses enjoy tutor assisted learning so you are never left alone wondering what it all means.

Photo Tips - Photo Secrets A TON of Ideas to Improve Your Photography

Photography (nature photography & documenting your trip) - Desert USA a list of links to DesertUSA Magazine photography articles. For more information on photo opportunities at a specific park or location, visit Places To Go.

The Simple Making of Stereoscopic Photography You need not buy an expensive equipment to take a stereo-photo. You'll make it by a very simple method. It's very easy. In this page, I show you how to make a stereo-pair photography, and present some sample photos taken during my short trip in Japan. Let's try it, and enjoy the fascinating stereo-photo world. (Not the best grammar, but let's see you try and do the same thing in Japanese!)

The Sub Club (how-tos & resources for subminiature cameras) Take a few minutes and explore the little-known world of the littlest cameras. But be forewarned: YOU may get hooked, too!

Take Better Photos a great site with lots to look at, learn from, and share.

Taking Great Pictures - Kodak Whether you want a little information or a lot, it's all here! Look-up a quick photo tip, follow the steps for e-mailing a picture, or explore black-and-white photography. We have lots of information, tips, and fun ideas for you.

Tips & Techniques (includes multiple exposures) - Garry Black Photography

Darkroom Source

Teaching Basic Darkroom Techniques - Kodak

Short Courses in Digital Photography

Top Tutors (aperture, batteries, color concepts...) - Dcviews

Oatmeal Box Cameras & Alternative Photography

Keeping An Outdoor Adventure Photo Journal - LovetheOutdoors.com

Photography Tech Tips - Steve Hoffmann's Nature and Scenic Photography

Wildlife Photography Tips (scroll down) - @rchives

Sculpture

Sculpture from KinderArt.com. Huge resource of (somewhat sparse) lesson outlines, each graded for the appropriate K-12 ability level. Great lesson ideas with (largely) text walkthroughs, but will require an instructor with a bit of imagination to flesh out the lessons.

How to carve marble, limestone, soapstone and alabaster stone sculptures

Introductory Primer to Carving (woodcarving)

Tools of the Trade - Stonecarver.com

Visual Effects

Visual Effects Headquarters Archive. Five years of coverage of the feature film visual effects industry. For up-to-date news on the world of visual effects, visit VFXPro.com and Cinefex.com.

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