General Art Resources
Also refer to the Online Indie Artists Club!
General
- Adobe Stock
- DEATH TO STOCK
- Subscription required
- Hello, Print Friend (formerly Pine Copper Lime)
- A printmaking podcast
- College Art Association (CAA) Reviews
- Reviews of art books, exhibitions, etc.
- Art21
- Short films and articles about contemporary artists
- Juxtapoz Magazine
- San Franciscco-based contemporary art publication
- New American Paintings
- Juried publications featuring American painters, rotates through certain regions per issue
- WhiteChapel Gallery's Documents of Contemporary Art
- Collections of 20th to 21st century essays relevant to selected topics. See if you can find these at a library
- The Brooklyn Rail
- High quality critical essays on all the arts
- Art-collecting.com
- Index and information for US gallery activities, advice for collectors and artists
- Underpaint Academy
- Paid courses and lecture contents
- visualconstructs: Master Drawings
- Jarret Fuller: readings.design
- Large repository of graphic design books
- Olympic Games - The Design
- Reference and analysis of Olympic graphic designs since its inception
- yamiyuri: Anime Art Resources
Fundamentals
- Draw a Box
- Ctrl+Paint
- Tailored for digital painting but covers line, form, texture
- Proko's Drawing Basics series
- David Bayles & Ted Orland: Art and Fear: Observations On The Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
- Thinking About and Discussing Art
Painting
- Frank Hobbs - Color Massing
- Robin-Lee Hall: How to paint a portrait using egg tempera
- Painters on Paintings
- Brooklyn Rail, Richard Kalina: The Four Corners of Painting
- A must read
- Brooklyn Rail, Phong H. Bui: Tony Bechara
- SFMOMA, Leah Rosenberg: Notes on Getting Better Everyday a Color (2021)
- Culture Machine, Dan Hays: Painting in the Light of Digital Reproduction
- Dan Hays is incredible...
Figure drawing
- Adorkastock
- Quickposes
- Timed figure drawing and reference photos
- Comparing Heights
- Custom rough estimates of height differences between figures in cm and in.
- hikaku sitatter
- Similar concept to Comparing Heights
- Michael Lauricella's "Morpho" books
- Intermediate level reference books for anything relating to the figure. They're tiny but full of wisdom and examples
- George Bridgman: Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
- Very dense, very good
Color
- Johannes Itten, Faber Birren: The Elements of Color
- Josef Albers: Interaction of Color
- Betty Edwards: Color - A course in mastering the art of mixing colors
- Much more instructional
- Alain Briot: Color Harmony in Nature Photography
- Five-part series
Printmaking
- Printmaking 101 Series: A Guide to Editioning and Signing Fine Art Prints
- RISOTTO: What is risograph printing?
- Minna Resnick: Printing materials
- Wonderful printmaker with an equally wonderful site!!
Filmmaking
- Save The Cat! The Language of Storytelling
- What is Screen Direction in Film — How to Preserve Continuity
- Robert Rodriguez - Ten More Minutes: The Anatomy of a Shootout
- Behind The Scenes - The Parent Trap: How Annie Became Hallie
- Cao Fei: Whose Utopia (2006)
- Ji-eun Choi, Ho-jeong Jo: Dear Girl (2019)
- Don Hertzfeldt: WORLD OF TOMORROW (2016)
- Peng Yun's Vimeo account
Portfolio Builders
- Cargo
- Artist Run Website
- Adobe Portfolio
- Wix
- OtherPeoplesPixels
Exhibiting
- Call For Entry (CaFE)
- Art Jobs
- Writing a Review of an Exhibition, copied from A Short Guide to Writing About Art, 8th ed., Sylvan Barne
- ArtSteps: Make your own VR exhibitions
Museums and Galleries
- TFAO: Museums Explained: Mission, Organization, and Accredation
- Galerie de l’UQAM: 150 years 150 works
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Tate: Art Terms
- The Smithsonian National Postal Museum
- National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Art21 with Fred Wilson: Museums and Collections
- Grist, Kate Yoder: Can art museums survive without oil money?
- Thumbprint Gallery
- Web Design Museum
- K. Nathan Gallery - California, American and International Fine Art
- Many works available for view online
