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ART & ARTISTS
Amazing Trompe L'Oeil, Western, Portraiture, Still Lifes... All executed with great skill by a master artist. Do not miss this opportunity to visit J.D. Hillberry!
Don't ask why - Owen and I spend hours late at night in hotel car parks discussing sales and other art matters… and I ALWAYS learn a lot from him.
Need advice on getting your art business off the ground? Or kick-start it to the next level?... my good friend Owen has the answers you need.
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Marketing Tools For Artists
Need advice on getting your art business off the ground? Or kick-start it to the next level?... my good friend Owen has the answers you need.
Check out The Fast Start Art Marketing Primer! at
Marketing Tools For Artists
If you appreciate beautifully crafted, realistic artwork that will take your breath away... visit Wayne's site. And if you don't yet appreciate it... you will after you've seen Wayne's work!
Visit: Wayne's website.
Visit: Wayne's website.
I've known Julian for a long time and his realistic work never ceases to amaze me... visit Julian's website and I know you'll be impressed!
The new Old Master — Alexei Antonov produces stunning oil paintings using the traditional Flemish Masters techniques. Visit AntonovArt.com now and indulge yourself with today's finest contemporary artworks.
Diane Wright creates beautifully evocative and atmospheric scenes of old American barns - capturing their dilapidated beauty before they disappear forever. Diane also accepts commissions for portraiture and home, and offers a bespoke giclée printing service for other graphite artists.
American artist Vincent Whitehead specialises in superbly accomplished ballpoint artwork. Well worth a visit! Also offers tutorials.
Giles Illsley Fine Art for detailed Wildlife, Architectural, Pet, and other drawings and pastel paintings.
Watercolour pet portraits painted from your photos by Rosie Coyne. Ideal gifts for friends and loved ones. Any animal painted, worldwide shipping available.
Linda Weil is an artist with a natural talent and an eye for bringing out the character of her subjects. She has a wonderful, deceptively simple style that belies the accomplished workmanship involved. You will be impressed!
Colette Theriault - Animal Art and Pet Portraits. Affordable and realistic, true-to-life graphite and coloured pencil drawings, pastel and watercolour paintings of animals and pets; custom pet portraits of dogs, cats, horses, ponies, birds, small animals and any domestic pets from photograph and images by fine artist Colette Theriault.
Carole Raschella - Specializing in hand-drawn, black and white, photorealistic renderings in graphite. Painting with pencils. Originals, prints and commissions.
Ann Kullberg is the source for all things Coloured Pencil. Tutorials, magazine, critiques... you name it and you'll find it here. But above all else is Ann's own superb work. Visit this site at your peril - you won't want to leave!
Debbie Hughbanks ~ Washington, artist specialising in pastel & paintings of western and wildlife (animal related) themes.
Visit Nolon Stacey's site for a collection of beautifully crafted graphite drawings, from animals and people to architecture - take a hamper and a comfy chair... you will not want to leave!
The Extraordinary Pencil - Marsha Robinett's drawing style is Expressive Realism. Working in Carbon, Charcoal, and Graphite, she specializes in Portraits, Still Life, Animal, and Figurative Drawings. Commissions are welcome.
DRAWING TIPS and TUTORIALS
DrawSpace.com — offers hundreds of free art lessons - and subscription correspondence courses, including those by Mike Sibley. Join me in my 8-week Graphite Pencil "Drawing from Line to Life" courses.
Artgraphica — offers free art lessons and commercial art video tutorial guides for artists of all abilities, covering all mediums from pencil to oil painting.
The Art Instruction Blog — Creative Spotlight's other arm. The best resource online for free art lessons, covering a variety of different mediums including oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolour painting, pastels and more! There is also an assortment of great resources should you want to further your studies at home - including Art Supplies, Art Instruction Books, Art Instruction Videos and more!
Talented ballpoint pen artist Vincent Whitehead presents in-depth tutorials on drawing trees and other subjects.
Diane Wright presents an in-depth tutorial on drawing trees, and more tutorials are being added at regular intervals. Bookmark this site!
The Gluck Method — specialises in teaching children and adults the beauty of fine art and wishes to bring about the beauty of fine art into the world once again.
ART RESOURCES
Art Photographs at Foto Search ~ Foto Search Stock Photography allows you to search from more than 15 million images starting at just $9. You can also find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, stock video clips, maps, and more. The website contains around 2,000,000 photos that relate to nature.
Can Stock Photo offers over 4 million professional royalty free stock photos which have been submitted by freelance artists and photographers. Artists can sign up for free and submit their work and earn cash. Offering free weekly downloads with thousands of new images added every week.
GoGraph offers flexible royalty free stock photography, vectors, illustrations, graphics, and stock footage at low prices. Visitors can purchase
and download stock images immediately.
Mike is a regular visitor to the Drawing & Sketching forum. Moderator Helen South has rebuilt it to its former glory! Many other forums available.
The SAA exists 'to inform, encourage and inspire all who want to paint...' (or DRAW!) whatever their ability, from complete beginners to professional artists. Mike is an SAA Professional Associate (PA).
The Art List - The #1 newsletter for art and photography contests. Subscribe for only $10/year, and get detailed listings to 125+ upcoming art and photo contests emailed to you each month. Free edition also available.