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Technique
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Anatomy of an Exhibition: Art Nouveau, 1890-1914 
 "A glimpse behind the scenes during the planning and construction of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art." The site highlights the "1900 World's Fair in Paris, where Art Nouveau was established as the first new decorative style of the twentieth century," the influence of nature on the style, and its development in Europe and North America, providing a timeline, audio presentations of works of art, and interviews with museum staff. http://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/nouveau.htm Topics: Arts and Humanities, Schools of Art Last updated Aug 13, 2003 Art Studio Chalkboard: Information for Artists and Students
An illustrated "resource for artists and art students that focus[es] on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting." Includes information on composition, painting tools, and how to stretch a canvas. From an assistant professor of art and design at the University of Evansville, Indiana. http://studiochalkboard.evansville.edu/ Topics: Art Last updated Feb 13, 2006 The Artist's Toolkit: Visual Elements and Principles
Learn composition by doing. Explore the uses of line, color, space, shape, balance, movement and rhythm by playing with this interactive toolkit with its illustrated "encyclopedia" (glossary) from Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Museum of Art. Includes videos of artists at work using the elements and principles described. http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html Topics: Arts and Humanities Last updated Sep 4, 2009 Detoxify Your Studio
Tips from an artist for less-toxic painting, including ideas for effectively using acrylic paint (in place of oil paints) and for creating a healthy workspace. Discusses cleaning, ventilation, and artist materials. Part of a collection of how-to articles for artists and musicians, from a nonprofit arts organization. http://artsandmedia.net/2001/08/detoxify_your_studio.html Topics: Art, Pollutants & Toxic Substances, Public Health & Safety Last updated Jan 4, 2009 The Guild of Silk Painters
The website for this organization for silk painting artists features a large gallery with examples of paintings created on silk fabric, tips and techniques (in the "Workshop" section), and an archive of selected articles from the group's publication. Also includes a list of silk painting books (some with reviews) and highlights from past exhibitions and events. http://www.silkpainters-guild.co.uk Topics: Art, Artists Last updated Jan 3, 2006 James McNeill Whistler
Online exhibit about expatriate American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), "best known for being a master of many mediums, including paintings, etchings, and lithographs." The site features biographical information, a timeline, examples of his art, a bibliography, and related links. From the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online/whistler/whistlerdefault.htm Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Arts and Humanities, Schools of Art Last updated Jan 6, 2005 Melencolia I: Albrecht Dürer
Devoted to the life and work of artist Albrecht Dürer. Includes images of Dürer's woodcuts and engravings; a profile of Nüremberg, Germany, during the Renaissance; a guide to symbols featured in Renaissance art; and technical information on printmaking. Also explores themes of melancholy in Dürer's work and Renaissance music, and past and present perceptions of clinical depression. From the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, University of California, Los Angeles. http://www2.hammer.ucla.edu/etc/durer/ Topics: Artists, Arts and Humanities, Mental Conditions, Schools of Art Last updated Feb 7, 2004 Online Copying of Paintings
This commercial site shows how "a team of top artists/restorers working at the Conservation Department of the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg" makes copies of paintings from the collection. The site features images from the stages in the copying process for dozens of paintings. Also includes a gallery of paintings available for copying and short histories of some of the paintings being copied. These are replicas that have been commissioned for a fee. http://www.artsstudio.com Topics: Art, Arts and Humanities Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal
This exhibit "explores the development, the technique, and the implications" of "The Wall Street Journal's distinctive portrait heads, known as 'hedcuts' or 'dot-drawings.'" Features examples of hedcuts of business leaders and the context in which the portraits ran in The Wall Street Journal, details about the process of creating the hedcut, and a section of hedcuts of women (such as Oprah Winfrey and Mary Kay Ash). From the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/journal/ Topics: Art, Notable People Last updated Apr 18, 2006 Pigments Through the Ages
Devoted to "the basis of all paints." Provides information on early pigments, the process of oil painting during the Renaissance, and the composition of oil paint, linseed oil, acrylic paint, gouache, and watercolor. Also includes profiles of the purples, blues, greens, yellows, oranges, reds, whites, browns, and blacks. Searchable. http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/ Topics: Art, Arts and Humanities Last updated Dec 5, 2008 UnderCover: Artists' Sketchbooks
Companion to an exhibit that "focuses on ten sketchbooks. Every page is reproduced -- front and back (recto and verso) -- and can be seen all together or sequentially." Also includes brief background for artists including Edward Burne-Jones, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, George Grosz, and John Singer Sargent. From the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University. http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sketchbooks/ Topics: Art, Artists Last updated Sep 19, 2006 Visual Arts Data Service
A searchable collection of digital images "covering all subject areas of the visual arts, from textiles to architecture, including their practise, study and curation." It contains databases from the Imperial War Museum, London College of Fashion, National Arts Education Archive, and The Design Council Archive, plus student show and other Web sites. Based at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design. http://www.vads.ahds.ac.uk/search.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Museums Last updated May 8, 2001 WatercolorPainting.com: Learning Center
Collection of watercolor painting reference articles, covering topics such as choosing watercolor materials (brushes, paints and pigments, palettes, and paper), matting and framing, stretching paper, and color theory. Includes tool and color preferences of some professional watercolorists. From an artist who "has worked with watercolors for over 30 years and has won many local, regional and national awards." http://www.watercolorpainting.com/reference.htm Topics: Art Last updated Sep 26, 2006 |
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