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ENCAUSTIC ART
Encaustic Art Techniques (www.encaustic.com)
Discover a few of the potentials of encaustic art. Miscellaneous techniques.
FILM/VIDEO
Life in the Arts (www.lifeinthearts.com)
Techniques and information.
ART HISTORY
Explore at the New York MOMA (www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp)
Techniques, history, art education.
LOST WAX CASTING
Artworks Foundry (www.artworksfoundry.com)
Lost wax casting of bronze sculpture (Berkeley, California).
St. Croix Sculpture (www.stcroixsculpture.com)
Limited-edition bronze sculptures, featuring Hawaiiana, figurative, wildlife, Southwest, vessels, and urns, as well as a detailed description of the lost wax bronze process.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Polaroid Tranfers (http://members.aol.com/kaiy/
pwtransfer.html)
Kai Yamada explains polaroid transfers.
Night Photography (www.thenocturnes.com)
Tips from The Nocturnes.
PHOTOSHOP
Adobe
Photoshop: Tip and Tricks (Official) (www.adobe.com/studio/
tipstechniques/photoshop.html); (800) 49-ADOBE [(800) 492-3623]; CustomerFirst Support
Creating layers, seamless patterns, beveled edges, wet paint, and good
masking are just a few of the things you can learn to do at the official Adobe
Photoshop site.
Photoshop Professional
Tips and Tricks (www.tema.ru/p/h/o/t/o/s/h/o/p); tema@tema.ru
Some good tutorials with start-to-finish examples.
Photoshop
Tips Page (www.mccannas.com/pshop/photosh0.htm); illustratr@aol.com (Laurie McCanna)
A well-organized tips page with a bounty of information and simple,
easy-to-follow tutorials for making the Web a prettier place.
TEMPERA
Tempera (www.vanaken.com/history.htm)
A history.
TYPOGRAPY
Typofile: Techniques
and Technology (www.will-harris.com/tech.htm); daniel@will-harris.com (Daniel Will-Harris)
Using type to create a pleasing, cohesive page design is one of your
many design options. Read the "Typefaces Together" section to find out
which typefaces go together and what Zapf Humanist really is.
WEB DESIGN
AndyArt (www.andyart.com); andy@andyart.com (Andy Evans)
A one-stop resource for Web designers.
Other Articles top
SAZ Productions Inc. (www.saztv.com)
P.O. Box 5222, Chicago, IL 60680-5222; saz@webtv.net (Jonathan Sazonoff)
Subjects include art theft—the world's "most wanted" art.
ArtBusiness.com (www.artbusiness.com)
Alan Bamberger on:
• Art Bartering
and Tax Issues
• How to
Price Your Art Realistically
• Working on
Commission
• Ways to Increase
Sales
• Maximizing Exposure
from Shows
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Other Forums | Techniques | Articles
(See also Art Publications
and Art Organizations)
absolutearts.com (http://absolutearts.com)
"The largest marketplace for contemporary art, art news, research, art gallery, and artist portfolios, online since 1995."
Access Arts (www.accessarts.com)
"The Art World's Source for Income & Exhibition Opportunities."
Art Advice (www.artadvice.com)
Contemporary Artists' Services
• 2022B Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90404
• 560 Broadway New York, NY 10012
A site designed to teach visual artists the skills they need in order to manage their own careers. Information, advice, and marketing tips updated monthly.
Artistic Forum (www.artisticforum.com)
An Internet magazine that features in-depth RealAudio interviews/readings,
articles, poetry, books, music, art, and much more.
ArtMetal—Bramblebush (www.artmetal.com/brambush/)
A learning center for artisans.
ArtNetwork (http://artmarketing.com)
P.O. Box 1360, Nevada City, CA 95959; (530) 470-0862; info@artmarketing.com
Assists artists to market and sell their artwork, connecting them
to artworld professionals. ArtSource Quarterly newsletter; books such as Encyclopedia of Living Artists available.
Asian
Arts (www.asianart.com/cgi-bin/asianart/letterboard.pl)
Public forum where you can post messages of interest to other Asian Arts
visitors.
CinemaSpace (http://cinemaspace.berkeley.edu/
Resources/localres.html)
U.C. Berkeley's Film Studies program, with local Film Studies resources, including related newsgroups and listservers.
Coalition
for Networked Information—Copyright Forum (www.cni.org/Hforums/cni-copyright/abut.html)
An online forum generally about law involving copyright and intellectual property.
Crafts and Decorations (www.thathomesite.com/forums/crafts/)
A place to share various ideas about crafts, decorations, and ornaments,
and what to do with those 200 boxes of styrofoam balls you have down in
the basement.
ctheory multimedia (http://www.ctheory.concordia.ca)
Montreal-based ctheory multimedia brings together creative and innovative electronic artists, digital musicians, video makers, liquid architects, new-media
designers, and robotic visionaries to melt the wires, sand the chips, and rethink
digital.
Dance
& Technology Zone (www.art.net/Resources/dtz/mailarchive.html)
Ohio State Univesity hosts this list server to bridge the gap between
those working with dance and technology worldwide. Over 100 choreographers,
dancers, technologists, and theorists discuss issues regarding the integration
of media and live performance.
Design
Architecture Discussion Group (www.cornishproductions.com/
html/discussion.html)
Leading electronic journal of architecture and design on the Internet.
Fiber &
Needle Arts Exchange (www.thathomesite.com/forums/exfiber/)
An exchange provided for users who want to trade patterns, quilting squares, and other items used in the fiber and needle arts.
FAF—FineArt Forum (www.msstate.edu/Fineart_Online/home.html)
Paul Brown, Editor, FineArt Forum, Susan Court, Cornubia QLD 4130, Australia; 3209-7772 (tel/fax); fineart@qut.edu.au
Publishes announcements of interest to the international art and technology community (submissions invited).
Glyphs Forums (www.glyphs.com/forums/)
Covers all topics related to the arts, especially art, literature, and theater.
ToonTalk (www.cartoonsforum.com/Talk/TTGate.html)
Ongoing cartoonsforum.com discussions on every aspect of cartooning provide a place for the Internet's community of cartoonists, fans, and collectors to exchange
information and ideas.
Knitting
& Fiber Arts (www.thathomesite.com/forums/knitting/)
Discussion of knitting, crochet, weaving, and other fiber arts.
.netculture (www.netculture.gr)
.netculture is an interactive new-tech open project for everyone, based in Athens, Greece.
TheNetworkGirl.com (www.thenetworkgirl.com)
20875 Valley Green Drive, #12, Cupertino, CA 95014; thenetworkgirlmail@thenetworkgirl.com
A live portal where artists of all kinds can connect and exchange ideas.
Pencil Pushers (www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/4235/)
A forum about drawing techniques.
Scultura Arts Forum
P.O. Box 21631, Santa Barbara, CA 93121; (805) 892-2386 (tel); (805) 965-6522 (fax); scultura@scultura.com
A symposium, exhibition, resource, and creation of the fine arts.
Sewing, Quilting
& Needlework (www.thathomesite.com/forums/sewing/)
A place to share ideas and techniques on sewing, quilting, and needlework.
the-forum (www.the-forum.com)
P.O. Box 610064, Newton, MA 02461-0064; (617) 332-0439 (tel); (617) 332-2554 (fax)
An advertiser-sponsored commercial service that provides information on the arts, antiques, and collectibles.
World Wide Arts Resources (http://christo.wwar.com/cgi-bin/artsforum/discus.cgi)
Various absolutearts.com forums; portfolio and gallery links.