ARTISTS
Jim Denevan Creates temporary yet beautiful sand drawings on the beach.
Andy Goldsworthy creates beautiful art in and through and with nature.
Keith Haring started his career as a New York subway graffiti artist!
Dale Chihuly, glass maker
http://www.exoticexcess.com/art/dale-chihuly-chandeliers/
Household Junk into Portraits!
http://www.home-designing.com/2010/10/recyled-art-zac-freeman
ARCHITECTURE
Frank Lloyd Wright
http://www.architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/home.html
Ancient Greece
http://ancient-greece.org/architecture/parthenon.html
Great Buildings
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
ART LESSON IDEAS!
http://leannepoindexter.blogspot.com/2011/09/getting-close-in-art-room.html?spref=tw
ART HISTORY
360 tour of Sistine Chapel
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html
Eiffel Tower 360
CARTOONING
Cartooning! Printable pages, ideas
http://everyonecandraw.net/printable%20sheets.html
CERAMICS
Amazing Dragon Pot!
http://www.viralnova.com/dragon-pot/
COOL SITES!
A Creative Universe- so inspiring!
http://acreativeuniverse.com/
What We Learn From Doodles:
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/01/opinion/brown-creativity-doodles/index.html
Make Your Own Stencils!
http://strix.org.uk/stencil/
CULTURE
Cultural Resources
http://www.openculture.com/free_k-12_educational_resources#Tutorials
ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES
Arts Connected- Interactive activities
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html
(While this may seem a bit like child's play, understanding these concepts is vital in understanding the iconography and symbolism of art history and art-making.)
My Art Studio
http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/1/2/3/4.html
GRAPHIC DESIGN
http://ilovetypography.com/
HISTORY
Prize-winning animation lets you fly through 17th century London
http://www.openculture.com/2013/11/fly-through-17th-century-london.html
INTERACTIVE GAMES & FUN
Mr. Picasso Head
http://www.picassohead.com/
Renaissance Connection
http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/
Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/
Still Life Composer
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/stilllife.htm
Art Games, lots of fun!
http://www.artsology.com/index.html
LINKS TO MORE AMAZING INSPIRATIONAL LINKS!
Art Inspired- tons of great stuff!
http://artinspired.pbworks.com/w/page/13819585/FrontPage
Great blog! Lots of links and ideas!
http://afaithfulattempt.blogspot.com/2011/07/black-white-doodle-design.html
MUSEUMS
NC Museum of Art
http://ncartmuseum.org/
Art Museums of the World
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/museums.html
PHOTOGRAPHY
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.freephotosbank.com/http://www.freephotosbank.com/
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tag/photography-cheat-sheet/
PHOTOSHOP
Photoshop CC Top 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjRqZiAgoHo&list=PLbWRgeXgmqb_2tUHSChg3DiwE_ETYapME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufuceo8EYFo&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLbWRgeXgmqb_-0oYUQl5NvlQZhLZzc4fB
Adobe fr Beginners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hC3T0bOaPI
RESEARCH
Mark Harden's Artchive
http://www.artchive.com/
Mother of all Art and Art History pages!
http://www.umich.edu/~motherha/
Google Art Project
http://www.googleartproject.com/
SCULPTURE
Wire Sculpture1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_sculpture
Wire Sculpture2
http://www.wirelady.com/index.html
Alexandr Calder
http://www.calder.org/
The World's 8 Best Sculptors
http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2011/10/the-8-worlds-most-incredible-wire-sculptors/
Gavin Worth
http://www.gavinworth.com/
Wire Sculptures From Around the World
http://www.crookedbrains.net/2009/11/design.html
