Links: Useful links and other sources of information about art and related topics.
Websites:
- Artcyclopedia - a great site to search for information on individual famous artists.
- Watercolors -
an extensive and growing online text about watercolor painting.
- Picsearch - has an extensive library of searchable images.
- Google - also has an extensive library of searchable images.
- Picasa - a free, downloadable program for manipulating digital images.
Webdirectories of Artists and Art Links:
- West Penn Art - a website with information and links for western Pennsylvania Artists.
- The Art List - Monthly e-Newsletter and searchable database listing upcoming Art Contests, Art Competitions, and Opportunites for visual artists and photographers.
- The Painter's Keys.com - Robert Genn's twice weekly e-Newsletter and website with a large directory of artists plus other valuable information for artists and art lovers.
- Gallery Sites - A searchable indexed directory for visual arts, listing artists, galleries, dealers, shops, and resources on the Web.
- Findartinfo.com - Fine art appraisal, art prices - Search free for auction prices, signatures and monograms.
- YourArt.com - Arts Directory and Web Services for Artists World-Wide
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FWC Art - A large collection of art resources, on various art related topics.
- Art Industri -
artist portfolios, ecards,
resources, kids stuff, reference guides, free email, magazine and web design.
- The-Artists.org -
artist portfolios, blogs, listing of events and other information by and about modern artists.
- Starvingartistsgallery.com -
artist portfolios, message boards, listing of events and other information by and about contemporary artists in 2D and 3D visual art as well as other areas.
- Thefineartoriginals.com -
Galleries of artist portfolios searchable by type, keywords and artist's name.
- The Saatchi Gallery -
Gallery of modern art in London whose website also features examples of work by emerging artists.
Resources on Color Theory:
- Munsell Color System The concepts of Hue, Value and Chroma are explained with diagrams making them easy to understand. Also discussed are Color Balance, Complementary Colors and how to use the Munsell System in picking Color Combinations.
- Color Chart - an online color chart tool useful for working with website design.
- Color Wheel - an online color wheel tool that is very useful for selecting colors when working with website design.
- schoolofcolor.com - an online source for purchasing color charts, books on color theory, and other related supplies.
Resources on the Science of Art: - Vision and Art:
The Biology of Seeing, by Margaret Livingstone. An easy to read
book discussing how the brain processes visual information. For a review
and summary click here,
or here.
Links to Individual Artist's Websites: - Paintings by Alexander
Yakovlev, artist — Abstract art paintings, landscape paintings and
original drawings by Alexander Yakovlev online in personal artists
website.
- Paintings by Lee Goodall, contemporary American artist
— Recent series of works include "Tango" and "Jazz", available as original
oils and as prints.
- Paintings by Marci Mason Pittsburgh based watercolor
artist and teacher.
- Paintings by Ann McLaughlin Edmonton based landscape
artist.
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Annick Ploquin dit Madiot - Artist, painter and portraitist.
Links to Collections of Works on Industrial Topics:
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Paintings by Cynthia Cooley - showing scenes of steelmaking.
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Paintings by Ron Donoughe - including scenes of steelmaking, steel mills, and other industrial scenes in western Pennsylvania.
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Paintings by Raymond Simboli - including street scenes and industrial scenes in western Pennsylvania.
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Paintings from the Steidle Museum - one of the largest collections of scenes of steelmaking, steel mills, and other industrial scenes.
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Paintings by Laure Prescott Williamson - industrial landscapes.
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Paintings by Ron Schaefer - including steel mills and other structures.
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Paintings by Vince Ornato - of the Pittsburgh steel industry.
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