LINKS TO RELATED SITES AND OTHER USEFUL ITEMS

 

British Arts - links to British Artists websites, UK galleries, art competitions, festivals and more.

 

ABSOLUTE ARTS.COM 

This is an excellent resource for artists, with some first-rate artists galleries to view, but also news and information from the art world, together with an Art History resource - links to the imagery of over 22,000 art history Masters.

COLLINS

Excellent books from one of the UK's best-known publishing companies. They publish most of MY books!

THE CONNECTICUT PASTEL SOCIETY

  A particularly nice website, very easy to navigate and read.  Interesting section called "about pastels", with tips and techniques, and demos to view.  Very good work to enjoy too.

E INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PASTEL SOCIETIES.

You can link from this site to a number of other pastel society sites.

 

Ken Bromley Art Supplies

Interesting artist's sites to visit:

Click on the banner, or here, to see and gasp at:Tom Macbeth's wonderfully detailed wildlife paintings, 

Marsha Hamby Savage.  If you enjoy landscapes, light, and glorious bold colour, you will enjoy these beautiful pastel paintings.

Art and Artist - links to lots of artists' sites

 

Brenda Hartill--a superbly talented printmaker

 

Peter Saw--Watercolours, Pastels, art instruction, and links to Peter's excellent interactive CD.

Tony Slater - watercolourist

WET CANVAS.  I really recommend you take a look at this first-class website, which offers artists worldwide the opportunity to see each other's work, ask questions, read articles, and generally communicate with like-minded people. I have made a whole bunch of on-line friends, who generously help when I have problems, and share my ups and downs.

Blackberry Ridge Studio & Art Gallery - artist Phyllis Franklin - colourful, dynamic paintings from this US artist.

 

Art Instruction and Art Materials:

 

Visit my "Artclass" website for free art instruction articles

 

"Teaching Art"--books, videos and lots of art equipment

 

"Heaton Cooper"--art materials on-line catalogue including the excellent Art Spectrum pastelcard, which I recommend

The Artist Magazine - excellent UK magazine for artists. I provide this magazine with 3/4 articles per year.

West Norfolk Arts Centre - weekend workshops and courses in arts and crafts take place in an old school house in the delightful village of Castle Rising, near Kings Lynn. Lots of nice b&b accommodation for participants.

The On-line Paper Co.   UK-based paper merchant - good range of specially coated papers for digital printing.

Services:

BJR Framing - mail order frames, highly personal service and excellent prices.

Linkcentre Internet Directory and Search Engine - an award-winning search site,so they say!