Resources for Artists who draw and paint
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RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS - WHO DRAW AND PAINT
For visual fine artists who draw and paint: links to advice, information and products for artists about the business of being a fine artist and art education, art media, art genre, art techniques, art supplies and art communities.
This group has won an EXCELLENT GROUPS award. Lenses are selected on the basis of relevance and merit.
Applications to join the group are encouraged.
* Read the first module below to find out more about the type of lens which is accepted into this group and how it works.
* Refer to the section at the end for the reasons why an application to join will be rejected.
* If you think your lens fits, suggest it using the 'want to join this group' module at the end. Your lens will be reviewed prior to a decision
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- Resources for Artists - How this group works
- ART EDUCATION
- Art Books
- Art Education
- Becoming an Artist
- ART BASICS - LEARNING ABOUT COMPOSITION AND COLOUR
- How to look at art
- Composition and Design
- Colour
- Working in Series
- ART BASICS - LEARNING ABOUT DRAWING AND SKETCHING
- Drawing
- Pen and Ink - Resources for Artists
- Sketching
- How to draw a straight line
- ART MEDIA AND SUPPORTS
- Pastels
- Coloured Pencils
- Watersoluble Wax Pastels and Pencils
- Watercolour Painting
- Acrylic Painting
- Oil Painting
- Oil Pastels
- Egg Tempera
- Traditional Fine Art Printmaking
- Art Shops, Art Suppliers and Art Equipment
- ART GENRE - PORTRAITURE
- Portraiture
- Portraiture PLUS How to draw and paint people
- Animal Art
- Miniature Art
- ART GENRE - STILL LIFE, FLORAL AND BOTANICAL ART
- Still Life
- Botanical Art
- Flowers in Art
- Gardens in Art
- ART GENRE - LANDSCAPES, MARINE ART & TOWNSCAPES
- Landscape and Marine Art
- Painting Plein Air
- How to draw landscape and trees
- How to draw urban areas and buildings
- ART BASICS - FRAMING ART
- How to frame art
- How to display art
- THE ART BUSINESS
- The Art Business
- Art Business: Media Specialists
- Illustration - Resources for Artists
- Copyright and Orphan Artworks
- Art Marketing and Advertising
- Branding and Creative Packaging
- Art Fairs & Festivals
- The Art Business - Selling Art Online
- Art and the Internet
- Art for the Executor
- ART SOCETIES, ART COMMUNITIES AND ART COMPETITIONS
- Art Societies and Art Competitions
- Art Forums and Art Groups
- Art colonies, communities and painting holidays
- Locality Based Art Communities
- ART FORMATS AND WAYS OF SELLING ART
- A Painting a Day
- Art cards and ACEOs
- Postcards and Greeting Cards
- Street and Graffiti Art
- Photography
- Photoshop
- Children's Art
- Resources for Artists: Featured Lensmasters
- Comments and Feedback
- Joining this Group: what you need to know and why lenses get rejected
- Want to join this group? Post your lens below.
Awards for this Group
Resources for Artists - How this group works
Purpose of the group and criteria for inclusion of a new lens
WHAT THIS GROUP IS ABOUT: This group focuses on resource links for visual artists who draw and paint.
To be included the majority of content in a lens should provide useful information for other artists.
This is how lenses are grouped below:
(1) Art Education
(3) Art Basics - Composition and colour
(3) Art Basics - How to draw
(4) Art Media - Paints, Pastels and Pencils
(5) Art Materials and Supplies
(6) Art Genre - portraiture, landscapes, still life etc
(7) Art Societies, Communities, Groups, Forums and Art Competitions
(8) The Art Business and Selling Art
(9) Art Marketing and Branding
(10) Art Fairs
(11) Art and the Internet
(12) Your art product - lenses devoted to popular formats for developing and marketing artwork
WHAT THIS GROUP IS NOT ABOUT: It's not about promoting the artwork of individual artists and it's not about other aspects of visual arts or craft.
If you want to join the group - please take the time to sample some of the existing lenses and read the module at the bottom of this group about what you need to know about joining this group and how you can having an application to join rejected.
You can find out more about the Group Master and many of the lenses in this Group by visiting Who is Making A Mark? and the popular art blog Making A Mark.
ART EDUCATION
Art Books
Art Education
art schools and other learning resources for artists
Becoming an Artist
ART BASICS - LEARNING ABOUT COMPOSITION AND COLOUR
How to look at art
Composition and Design
resources for artists curated by Katherine Tyrrell
Colour
resources for artists curated by Katherine Tyrrell
Working in Series
ART BASICS - LEARNING ABOUT DRAWING AND SKETCHING
Drawing
Pen and Ink - Resources for Artists
resources by Katherine Tyrrell and Martin Stankewitz
Sketching
How to draw a straight line
ART MEDIA AND SUPPORTS
Pastels
Lots of links to information and advice about pastels
Coloured Pencils
Watersoluble Wax Pastels and Pencils
Watercolour Painting
Acrylic Painting
Oil Painting
Oil Pastels
tips from Mona Majorowicz and Martin Stankewitz
Egg Tempera
Traditional Fine Art Printmaking
Art Shops, Art Suppliers and Art Equipment
resources for artists in the UK and USA
ART GENRE - PORTRAITURE
Portraiture
resources for artists by Katherine Tyrrell
Portraiture PLUS How to draw and paint people
Portraiture resources by Martin Stankewitz and Anna Bregman
Animal Art
resources by Gayle Mason and Katherine Tyrrell
Miniature Art
ART GENRE - STILL LIFE, FLORAL AND BOTANICAL ART
Still Life
Botanical Art
Flowers in Art
Gardens in Art
ART GENRE - LANDSCAPES, MARINE ART & TOWNSCAPES
Landscape and Marine Art
Painting Plein Air
How to draw landscape and trees
resources for artists by Martin Stankewitz
How to draw urban areas and buildings
Resources for Artists by Martin Stankewitz
ART BASICS - FRAMING ART
How to frame art
advice from Mona Majorowicz
How to display art
THE ART BUSINESS
The Art Business
How to get started and how to keep going...........
This module covers a range of issues and resources which may be relevant to your art business. However this group is not engaged in offering professional advice. No responsibility is assumed and no liability exists in relation to your reliance on any of the information offered by the sites listed here.
This group is just sharing what is available. Most of the people writing on the internet are sharing their experiences and offering their opinions. It's up to you to make sure your research is thorough enough for your purposes. If you need professional advice then you should contract with the appropriate professional.
Art Business: Media Specialists
Illustration - Resources for Artists
Copyright and Orphan Artworks
resources for artists
Art Marketing and Advertising
getting the word out about your art
Branding and Creative Packaging
making your artwork look good - going the extra mile
Art Fairs & Festivals
resources for artists who want to have a stand at an art fair
Mona Majorowicz, a professional animal artist and art fair veteran who has been making my living selling my work for a long time contributes a number of very practical lenses. Plus a great lens by Noadi
The Art Business - Selling Art Online
This set of five lenses by makingamark have all earned a PURPLE STAR for excellence!
perspectives from other lensmasters
Art and the Internet
This is about how the Art Business relates to the Internet - internet strategy, websites, web design, blogging, presentation of images on the internet and more.
Art for the Executor
what happens when the artist or art collector dies
Making A Mark reviews......
a consumer's guide to quality and value in art books, art supplies and services to artists
This blog highlights:
- book reviews (art instruction and art history)
- reviews of art media, art materials and art equipment
- reviews of places where you buy (art shops, online art suppliers and art bookshops)
- reviews of other products or services used by artists
- summaries of good quality and relevant reviews by other practising artists
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Art Societies and Art Competitions
Art Forums and Art Groups
Art colonies, communities and painting holidays
physical communities in real places
Locality Based Art Communities
Promoting art in a specific locality and local resources to artists
ART FORMATS AND WAYS OF SELLING ART
A Painting a Day
Tips for artists interested in developing a painting a day
Art cards and ACEOs
Tips for artists interested in developing art cards
Postcards and Greeting Cards
Street and Graffiti Art
Photography
Photoshop
Children's Art
Resources for those working with children
Resources for Artists: Featured Lensmasters
Making A Mark
Artist and author Katherine Tyrrell draws and writes about art for artists and art lovers.
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jaaxtell wrote
Good Morning. I am writing from Dr. John Cooke's Cardiovascular Research Lab at Stanford University. We are looking for John Ward, the illustrator / graphic artist who drew medical illustrations in the mid-late 1990s. We would like to obtain his permission to publish the picture in an upcoming JoVE article, a free, online public publication. It is important to note, that we do not receive any money from this publication.
We would appreciate any knowledge or leads you might have on who to contact next.
aaxtell@stanford.edu
Posted October 22, 2008
makingamark wrote...
Thanks Spirituality - but I think your comment popped up on the wrong group! :) (It's actually for my group which is all about cats!)
Posted September 23, 2008
Photo colorization Services | Picture colouring | Image colouring services wrote
Great source for artists.Really you did a great job.Thanks.
Posted September 21, 2008
matteopaints wrote...
What a great set of links and information, I don't know where to start, great work!
Posted September 19, 2008
spirituality wrote...
Great group. Thanks for submitting it to my Excellent Groups Award. You won it and got featured on my Great Groups Lensography Come take a look and proudly display your badge like a select bunch of other groups already have!
Posted July 01, 2008
makingamark wrote...
I'd really appreciate it if all people wanting to join this group read the criteria for entry before suggesting a lens.
The criteria for entry comes just above this feedback module - so that's not far to go! :)
Posted April 29, 2008
ideacoach wrote...
Art Interviews is a lens that features audio interviews of artists discussing issues like doing outdoor art festivals, collage making and more.
Posted April 27, 2008
LittleMan wrote
My older brother would love to be a part of this!
Something like this is long over due, and I believe he will agree. He will be sending in his application soon.
Posted April 20, 2008
makingamark wrote...
Thank you for your application Michael - unfortunately it doesn't quite meet the criteria and I'll send you an e-mail explaining why.
Posted March 06, 2008
Paroshep wrote...
A useful and well done group.
I am sending in my application.
Cheers,
Posted March 02, 2008
Lesley-Smitheringale wrote...
This is an extremely impressive bank of resources - simply wonderful and must have taken a long, long time to do! If you would like any info on silk painting, please let me know. I am mainly working in photography at the moment otherwise I would have joined this Group.
Posted January 19, 2008
MiltonGravy wrote...
This is a wonderfull resource for us artists. Great! Thanks!
Posted September 29, 2007
nsca wrote...
This is a marvellous source of info. Thanks for putting it together!!!
Posted September 26, 2007
makingamark wrote...
The group has never aimed to represent all of visual arts as the information about joining makes clear (I thought). Following your comment I have now made this even more explicit.
Posted January 01, 2007
KilnGoddess wrote...
Drawing and painting only? How sad you are missing out on representing a large chunk of the fine art world.
Posted December 23, 2006
Joining this Group: what you need to know and why lenses get rejected
Please read before submitting a request to join
The focus of this group
This group is about visual art - specifically drawing and painting only - and the business of being a fine artist in these particular fields.
Applications to join the group are encouraged.
Why applications to join are rejected
However, your request to join the group may be rejected if one of the following is applicable:
1) its scope falls outside the scope of this group (see above). The group is not about crafts, other areas of the visual arts or other aspects of fine art. This is not because other aspects don't merit belonging to a group but rather that this group would lose its main focus (drawing and painting) if it were open to all aspects of the visual arts. (You can always start a group for your own area of interest).
2) the lens does not emphasise the provision of good quality information about the fields of interest covered by this group - which is drawing and painting (ie the majority of content in an acceptable lens are non-commercial links)
3) the lens is not yet well developed - reapply when it is. This includes lens which contain mainly commercially oriented links AND/OR the lens mainly comprises lists which are the results of google searches or RSS feeds (ie there is very little, if any. original input by the lens owner). All lenses which are largely feed driven will ALWAYS be automatically rejected.
4) the lens focuses mainly on the work of an individual artist or artists. The lens is about promoting drawing and painting as activities and is not about promoting individual artists.
5) the lens contains no or few references which makes it relevant to the visual arts. A generic topic has to be tailor made to the visual arts in general and drawing and painting in particular to be acceptable.
6 ) You failed to read any of this section. The only people I ever write too are those who missed 'by a bit' as opposed to 'by a mile'.
7) You failed to provide me with a method of contacting you if I had a query.
In addition, if I'm not sure about whether your lens fits with others in the group, I'm likely to look at other lenses you have produced to see what they say about your interests and expertise.
Want to join this group? Post your lens below.
If the groupmaster likes it, he or she will add it to the featured lenses lists above.
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olgahutsul Apr 18, 2011 @ 4:14 pm | delete
- Well done!!! Excellent resource! For selling art online there is actually 2 great thriving communities: redbubble and fineartamerica. They make it really convenient for artists to set up their profiles...
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WildFacesGallery
Aug 15, 2010 @ 3:06 pm | delete
- You've created another great art resource. Thanks for featuring so many of my lenses.
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Chinajoy
Feb 4, 2010 @ 11:54 pm | delete
- Wow. This is a great lens with lots of useful info to sort through.
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PocketofTea
Jan 13, 2010 @ 6:37 am | delete
- Hey there,
great lens! I have read through all the requirements and I believe this lens of mine http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-sell-your-art-on-ebay fits the bill. Its a guide for painters who are interested in promoting and distributing their art work through eBay.
Cheers,
Chris
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makingamark
Dec 2, 2009 @ 12:26 pm | delete
- excellent lens - now added to the drawing section above
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AnnRadley Dec 2, 2009 @ 11:56 am | delete
- This lens is about artists (their ideas, methods and books) that have inspired me as a beginning artist and throughout my years as an artist. The focus is on drawing. http://www.squidoo.com/joyofdrawing
There is also a lens specifically about oil painting, hatching in my brain, which I hope will manifest soon. Thanks so much for your consideration!
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makingamark
Aug 10, 2010 @ 12:04 am | delete
- Your lens has been added - sorry I forgot to provide a response earlier!
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