I stumbled across an interesting rich interlinked site of articles the other day. A Social History of Children’s Literature is the labor of Kay E. Vandergrift and what a trip we are taken on. I particularly enjoyed links in the list of illustrators at the end of Early Illustrators of …
Art or Craft is not a rehash of the art craft debate but a blog with a byline of lessons in creative livelihoods. Alisha Vincent covers topics that relate to the day to day business of earning a living from creative endeavors which are both motivational and practical. I have …
Ever since I spotted a copy of Tam Lin in our local library the illustrations of Charles Mikolaycak have been a favourite of mine. Judith Johnson has neatly said why in Commentary on the Art of Charles Mikolaycak . There are some key elements in visual design that people use …
I have a small addiction to quotes and have recently discovered this Resource of Art Quotations . The site is divided into subject areas such as drawing, photography, or painting, to abstract ideas such as symbols, simplicity and peace to emotional reflections such as sadness or joy. It is a …
Johannes Itten as his colour theories in the Art of Color is one of the key influences in my ideas about colour. In fact I would say he is my grand master as Itten is a colour genius. As a student we had his Elements of color as a text …
Digital Color Wheel is a wonderfully simple interactive site. You can use it as a tool to either teach the principles of colour, as a resource to draw on for information it is laid out succinctly or if you are in the mood for a dash of inspiration this will …
Encyclopedia Mythica contains over 7,000 articles on mythology, folklore, and religion. The encyclopedia is searchible but possibly the most interesting section is their Folklore section which houses folklore, and old favourites such as the Arthurian legends, Greek heroic tales, and folktales from many lands. There is also an image gallery. …
