Links

**Drawing**:
Jane LaFazio [] Roz Stendahl [] Koosje Koene [] Danny Gregory []
 * Blogs that inspire:**

11 tips to be aware of when doing observational drawings []

Draw something and share it! Simple!! []

Negative space as imagined by artists thinking outside of the "box" http://www.behance.net/gallery/The-Art-of-Negative-Space/1316541

A lovely series on the art of drawing from the New York Times http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/30/hatching-the-pot/?hp

Bored no more!! Try these doodle ideas and see how much fun drawing is!! http://curkovicartunits.pbworks.com/Doodle-Lab-Club-Activity

What do you want to know more about drawing? The answers are here!! http://www.drawspace.com/

A real master can teach us so much. http://www.mcescher.com/

Try one of these drawing tutorials to see your skills rapidly improve http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/08/50-clever-tutorials-and-techniques-on-traditional-drawing/

Let's have a portrait party. Its a great way to have fun and get over the "I can't draw" stereotype http://theportraitparty.blogspot.com/

Here is a good website when you are being Intuitive about your art... http://www.doodlersanonymous.com/

This web site is very helpful should you want to improve your portrait drawing technique http://www.artyfactory.com/portraits/

Urban Sketchers are folks who draw in the streets all over the globe! http://www.urbansketchers.com/

Art tools timeline is a unique site that gives us perspective on the media that we use in art http://www.macphersonart.com/maclive/getstartedpub/timeline/history.htm

Picturing words the art of book illustration http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/PicturingWords/

Another class wiki site to inspire skills in drawing http://curkovicartunits.pbworks.com/Grade+9++-art+foundation-++art+units

Want to create art online then go here http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/3442983

The Art Room http://teachers.d181.org/~hillaryandrlik/hillaryandrlik/blank.html

Do you like puzzles? Try this one []

Here is a good link to the history of the color wheel in art http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/05/08/history-of-the-color-wheel/
 * Painting**

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**Artists that inspire**
Here is a list of contemporary artists that you may not have heard of that build on the masters and take their work to a whole new level. []

Drawing Powerpoints:
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Videos:
I found this brief but informative video on Cubism that fits in well with our Fractured Objects assignment

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 * IB Arts Ning**

**Installation idea**
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