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Drawing
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Artful Line 
 This site is a companion to an exhibit of drawings and prints from the Special Collections of the Gladys Marcus Library at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Features a description of the exhibit and selected images of items on subjects such as illustrated books and periodicals, patterns, designer archives, and fashion illustration. http://www3.fitnyc.edu/museum/artful_line/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated Jun 27, 2005 Design for Democracy: 200 Years of Drawings From the National Archives
Online exhibit of designs "created in fulfillment of a wide range of Federal policies and programs." Includes paintings, drawings, and sketches of "ideas for symbols, improvements, achievements in science and technology, and artistic expressions." Covers items such as flags and seals, buildings and monuments, patents, and posters. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/designs_for_democracy/index.html Topics: Art Last updated Mar 24, 2009 Doodles, Drafts, and Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian
See some amazing designs of inventions created before the computer technology of today. "This exhibition presents examples of industrial drawings in the collections of the National Museum of American History and the Smithsonian Institution Libraries." This exhibit walks you through the creative process for the industrial drawings of a variety of inventions, such as the bra, the shopping cart, and Crayola crayons. http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/doodles/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Notable People, Science, Science, Technology Last updated Jan 12, 2005 Drawing/Sketching
Online drawing instruction for beginning and advanced artists. This directory contains resources on such topics as traditional draftsmanship, the principles of one-point perspective, cartoon art, how to create Japanese-style anime characters, and lesson ideas for teachers. In addition there are several glossaries of art terms, a good list of links relating to art therapy, a list of artists' retreats, and information on copyrighting one's work. An About.com site. http://drawsketch.about.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated Oct 15, 2001 The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
A collection of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings, along with related links to biographical information, and art resources. http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists Last updated Apr 4, 2007 The Figure Drawing Lab
This site is "devoted to better understanding of the elements that make up the human figure and how to better portray them." Features a primer on getting started, information on proportion and shading, recommended drawing materials, and exercises for beginners ready to apply charcoal to sketchpad. From an assistant professor of art and design at the University of Evansville, Indiana. http://drawinglab.evansville.edu/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated Feb 20, 2006 Landscape Prints and Drawings Collection
A collection of 40 landscape prints and drawings, ranging in date from the late 1500s through the early 1900s. Searchable, and browsable by nationality of artist (American, Austrian, British, Dutch and Flemish, French, German, Italian). Includes works by James Whistler, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, and others. From the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf200001hw Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated Jul 3, 2006 Life of the People: Realist Prints and Drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948
Sixty annotated "prints and drawings informed by a sympathy for the condition of working people" from the collection of "labor advocate and garment manufacturer Ben Goldstein." Browsable by topic ( Art of the People , The Radical Impulse , City Life , Capital and Labor , The American Scene ). Includes works by Diego Rivera, Stuart Davis, Thomas Hart Benton, and others. Also features brief information about Goldstein and his collection. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/goldstein/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated May 23, 2004 Manga University: Drawing Tutorials
Illustrated instructions by artist Julie Dillon for drawing the Japanese-style comics known as manga. Includes instructions for anime style hair, clothing and folds, general anime faces, female figures, and specific characters (such as those from the animated cartoon "Dragonball Z," which originated as a Japanese comic). Also includes material about coloring using various computer programs. From a company that sells manga drawing books. http://www.cablenet.ne.jp/%7ejapanime/tutorial/tutorial.html Topics: Art, Literature: Fiction Last updated Mar 13, 2006 Ornament and Pattern: Pre-Victorian to Art Deco
"Several thousand images from nearly 100 volumes on decorative art and surface ornament, mainly portfolios of plates, pattern books, and scrapbook compilations." Find images of flowers, animals, butterflies, house colors, ceramics, and more. Many images are from French publications. From the New York Public Library (NYPL). http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=all&col_id=163 Topics: Art, Crafts Last updated May 12, 2009 portrait-artist.org
Lessons on how to draw "realistic and lifelike portraits" of people, for artists at all experience levels. Illustrated tutorials on drawing the features of the face give professional instruction in a friendly style. Created by a portrait artist who shares tips on using color, how to avoid common mistakes, and advice for beginners. Searchable. http://portrait-artist.org/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Last updated Feb 11, 2004 Roma Pacifica: The Phoebe Hearst International Architectural Competition & the Berkeley Campus, 1896-1930
Documents the competition held in held in 1898-99 "to determine a master plan for the buildings and setting" of UC Berkeley, and the campus architecture that evolved from these events. Contains plans and drawings from Emile Bénard and John Galen Howard, and includes studies for the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Gym Memorial from Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan. Searchable, and features a browsable exhibition catalog of images. From the University of California History Digital Archives, University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/online_exhibits/romapacifica/ Topics: Architecture by Place, California: Education Last updated Aug 16, 2003 Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective
Companion website to this exhibition that "comprises 105 of LeWitt's large-scale wall drawings, spanning the artist's career from 1969 to 2007. These occupy nearly an acre of specially built interior walls that have been installed ... over three stories of a historic mill building situated at the heart of MASS MoCA's campus." View the drawings by grid or floorplan, watch timelapses of creating selected drawings, and listen to an audio tour. From MASS MoCA. http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/ Topics: Art, Art by Region Last updated Jun 17, 2009 |
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