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ART & ARTISTS
JD Hillberry
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!
Owen Garratt - Marketing Tools For Artists
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.

Check out The Fast Start Art Marketing Primer! at
Marketing Tools For Artists

Wayner Henley - fresh and up-coming artist well worth a visit!
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.
Julian Court - hyper-realistic pencil drawinghs.fresh and up-coming artist well worth a visit!
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!
Alexei Antonov - stunning oil paintings using the traditional Flemish Masters techniques
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 Fine Art American Rural and Heritage pencil drawings - plus Artists's drawing tutorials.
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.
Visit Vincent Whitehead for the best in Ballpoint Pen art and tutorials.
American artist Vincent Whitehead specialises in superbly accomplished ballpoint artwork. Well worth a visit! Also offers tutorials.
Visit Karen Hargett Fine Art for detailed horse, wildlife, and other graphite pencil and pastel drawings.
Karen Hargett Fine Art ~ detailed horse, wildlife, and other graphite pencil and pastel drawings.
Visit DC ARTWORK for Fishing portraits, celebrity artwork, commissioned portraiture, and more...
Visit DC ARTWORK for Fishing portraits, celebrity artwork, commissioned portraiture, and more..."
Visit Marie Brown Fine Art for detailed portraiture and pet portraits.
Visit Marie Brown Fine Art for detailed portraiture and pet portraits.
Giles Illsley Fine Art for detailed Arcitectural, Wildlife, Pet, and other drawings and pastel paintings.
Giles Illsley Fine Art for detailed Wildlife, Architectural, Pet, and other drawings and pastel paintings.
Watercolour Pet Portraits by Rosie Coyne
Watercolour pet portraits painted from your photos by Rosie Coyne. Ideal gifts for friends and loved ones. Any animal painted, worldwide shipping available.
Lorraine Gray - Commissioned Pet artwork in beautiful detail
Lorraine Gray - for wonderful Pet Portraits and commissions in pastels and oils.
Linda Weil
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!
Fine art prints featuring the work of Wildlife and Sporting artist Jonathan Pointer.
Fine art prints featuring the work of Wildlife and Sporting artist Jonathan Pointer.
Animal Art and Pet Portraits by Colette Theriault
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
Carole Raschella - Specializing in hand-drawn, black and white, photorealistic renderings in graphite. Painting with pencils. Originals, prints and commissions.
Ann Kullberg art
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!
Wildlife Pastels and paintings by Debbie Hughbanks
Debbie Hughbanks ~ Washington, artist specialising in pastel & paintings of western and wildlife (animal related) themes.
Graphite pencil drawings by Nolon Stacey
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 - Free online lessons and commercial correspondence courses
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 - Free and commercial art lessons
Artgraphica — offers free art lessons and commercial art video tutorial guides for artists of all abilities, covering all mediums from pencil to oil painting.
Art Instruction Blog
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!
Visit Vincent Whitehead for the best in Ballpoint Pen art and tutorials.
Talented ballpoint pen artist Vincent Whitehead presents in-depth tutorials on drawing trees and other subjects.
Diane Wright Fine Art American Rural and Heritage pencil drawings - plus Artists's drawing tutorials.
Diane Wright presents an in-depth tutorial on drawing trees, and more tutorials are being added at regular intervals. Bookmark this site!
Gluck Method
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.
Henk Prinsloo
Enjoy the accomplished work of Henk Prinsloo and sample Henk's excellent 90+ pages of flash interactive pencil drawing tutorial available for just $19.50!
 


ART RESOURCES
FotoSearch
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.
CanStockPhoto
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.
Go-Graph
GoGraph offers flexible royalty free stock photography, vectors, illustrations, graphics, and stock footage at low prices. Visitors can purchase and download stock images immediately.
About.com
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 Society of All Artists
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 Art -- Exhibition Listings
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.
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