LINKS  
PAINTING LIBRARIES - the best links for your research with 'thumbnails' before the larger scans..
The best web Gallery of Art with over 8000 excellent reproductions of Renassiance painting
Mark Hardens Artchive Alphabetical (no thumbnails)listing of artists with great coverage of pre-twentieth century art as well as all well all others.
CGFA Extensive and cross-indexed site great for the famous and some more obscure names.
Web Museum Not as extensive as the other two but has thumbnails which can save time.

PURE RESEARCH
From Okanlagan University College This site offers an invaluable dictionary or art terms particularly useful to the fine art student.
Copyright information site regarding media and art isssues.
Information on paints and brushes etc.from Dowler-Rowney
Research assistant to Damien Bartoli, the world scholar on William Bouguereau and author of the forthcoming William Bouguereau catalog raisonne. Mr. Sandstead is also archivist for the William Bouguereau Archives in Port Reading, NJ.
The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht ... an exceptional website for display.

VARIOUS GALLERIES - for research and enjoyment
The Renassaince Cafe - Iian Neil
Iian has assembled the best quality reproductions for the Academy artists of the 1800's I have seen. It is well worth a visit and bookmarking as Ian continues to update the images.
Metropolitan Museum of Art home page.
The online Van Gogh Museum
Home of the Tate in the UK
The Pre-Raphaelite Collection
Has a wide range of quality reproductions.
Learning about leonardoInteractive, interdiciplinary arts driven site well worth a visit.

MORE FREE ART LESSON SITES
Artist Morgan Weistling online with an excellent site for painting and painting demonstrations.
Another excellent site from emerging Welsh painter Jason Morgan concentrates on giving free online step-by-step painting demonstrations. To quote Jason 'in a hope that visitors can pick up the odd tip here and there as I improve my own painting ability'.
Education CyberPlayGround

Many excellent links to resources - and in itself well worth the visit.
Don Jusko
Teacher and artist Don has extensive and quality technical information on all aspects of painting.
Robert Shelly
Robert has begun putting together some lessons in drawing cartoons. Worth a visit if only for the wonderful way Robert 'progresses' his images.

INDIVIDUAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS - gallery sites I enjoy in no particular order
Virgil Eliott
William Whitaker
Karin Wells
Djordje Prudnikoff
Stephen Gjertson
Don Jusko

BOUNTY SITES
The Lareau Web Parlour
A must for all Bounty researchers. This quality and extensive site covers other areas as well. Visit and bookmark.
George Snell
George provides more Bounty Links

OTHER PORTAL SITES for lesson notes etc.
ArtsEdNet
Online Degree Programs from the Directory of Schools for college and university students seeking online degrees via Distance Education Programs
Online Degrees and Online Colleges For those wanting formal quallifications in a vast range of diciplines.
The Art Teacher Connection© -for art and classroom teachers


For those folk who have enquired a CD version of these 'painting' as well as 'drawing lessons' and 'advanced painting' lessons is available to everyone. It will be an updated, reformatted for easy printing version so you can create you own reference handbook in your own time, or just browse the CD.
The CD is available for $29 (plus posting). Order here.

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