Painting is all about seeing. It's about focusing past the quick and dirty assumptions normally made
by the eyes and mind and seeing what is actually there. It's about spending leisure time in every detail. ~M Mata

Here are some great links that can inspire your creative side.

Click on the links below to connect.

Social Media
Link to my Art Ed pins on PINTEREST
WFHS ART DEPARTMENT Facebook Page
Instagram
Remind101.com a website for teachers to communicate with students without reply
ItsLearning a website used by our school system

Competition and Exhibition
Scholastics-Art and Writing competition

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Research and Conceptual Development
My Modern Met.com
Saatchi Online Gallery

Sketchbook, Drawing, and Journaling Work
Drawing with Ryan
What is drawing? Liverpool's Biggest Draw (27 page drawing booklet)
Betty Edwards: Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
​Sketchbook Videos

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Exquisite Corpse ideas

Destino by Salvadore Dali and Walt Disney

Facial Features

Painting faces and Butterflies click here for Youtube link
Portrait Drawing using Charcoal
60 Minute Portrait Drawing
About a new place-portrait painting using airbrush on a wall

Scratchboard Techniques

Scratchboard Etching by The Virtual Instructor

Photography Techniques

TV.ADOBE.COM-10 Random CS5 Photoshop Techniques
Lynda.com Photoshop help
Art Photography by Chris Clor
​Camera Guidelines by Gregory Miller

Printmaking
The Making of John Mayer's 'Born and Raised' Artwork

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Art Criticism
Feldman Model of Criticism

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Additional Articles and Research

What we Learn from Doodles (article from CNN)
The Virtual Instructor.com
Merchants of Cool by PBS (advertising to teens)
Whitney Museum Artwork (warning: some nudity)
Left, Right, or Both?
Learning Styles Quiz

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