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 

Kevin McPherson's Artist Mentor Online (AMO) Free Art Radio chat with some of the finest plein air painters of our time:
http://www.artistmentorsonline.com 

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

1958: Old Disney artists show their various painting techniques through a nature study: http://www.wimp.com/paintingtechniques/

http://www.wimp.com/paintingtechniques/