Lists and Resources

Useful and Useless (but Fun) links to interesting sites.

Ever wanted to paint like a 1960s style abstract artist?  Check this site out :

http://jacksonpollock.org/

A Cheat sheet for finding the Golden Mean

http://www.mathopenref.com/rectanglegolden.html

Looking for useful  online business advise for artists?  Try:

http://emptyeasel.com/

Want to learn about more oil paints  without all the technospeak?  Go to:

http://www.gamblincolors.com/

All things plein air:

http://www.pleinairart.net/pleinairart/orgs.html 

Art events and opportunities in South Carolina and beyond:

http://artsdaily.org/

Interesting  and humorous lecture by Wolf Kahn on how to talk about art

http://forum-network.org/lecture/six-good-reasons-not-paint-landscape

Armand Cabrera's blog  has the  goal  of showing his artistic influences.  He shares some wonderful insights about his working processes.

http://www.artandinfluence.blogspot.

AMIEN is a resource for artists dedicated to providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date, accurate, and unbiased factual information about artists' materials. 

http://amien.org/ 

 My Friend Nora Mackin brought to my attention a wonderful free online resource on painting in pastel.  It won the Best  Book by an Art Blogger 2010 Blue Ribbon Award.  Check it out. landscapesinpastel.blogspot.com

And here is a wonderful  and very technical online color theory resource:  http://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wcolor.html

This is a very useful guide for pricing ones artwork and very similar to the way I go about pricing my own:  http://www.artistdaily.com/blogs/theartistslife/archive/2009/12/18/a-simple-formula-for-pricing-artwork.aspx?a={Field%3AStoreCode}&et_mid=628383&rid=236838458