Art Supplies

• Dick Blick - Website of a great art supply chain. Good seletion and good prices.
• NovaColor - Mail-order manufacturer of acrylic paint for a great price.
• Presto - Mail-order supplier of framing and matting materials at a decent price.
• Cheap Joe's - Mail-order art supply store which offers some good deals.
• Frames By Mail - Mail-order frames, the cheapest ones I've found yet.

Other Artist Websites

• Randy Asplund
• Alan Clark
• John Kaufmann
• Patricia McCracken
• (The Peculiar Art of) Steve Gilberts
• Brian Hamner
• William Nick Johns
• Moonshines Fantasy Art - The work of Veronica Jones
• John Pelico - Killer Pumpkins
• Nigel Sade
• Michael Whelan
• Slawek Wojtowicz
• Vasiliy Kikinev - Landscape paintings, flower paintings and still-lifes
• Toronto Art - Figurative Paintings by Alex Bazarin
• Online Art Gallery The Vision Grove - Buy unique original artwork directly from the artist. An online community for artists and creative expression of any kind. Create a personalized profile and interact directly with a network of people.
• Oil Painting Reproduction Gallery, Art Reproductions & Portraits - Oil Painting Reproductions of Old Masters, Art Reproductions Hand Painted on Canvas
• Oil Painting Reproductions from OceansBridge - Highest-quality oil paintings and reproductions, from more than 30000 different paintings and 2500 different artists.
• The Magical World of Horses - Beautiful photorealistic horse drawings and paintings by Susana Stojanovic.

Online Illustration Resources

• Handprint: Color Vision - a very in-depth but good collection of pages concerning color in all its complexity, from mixing and primary colors to wavelengths of light and human perception of color.
• Art Heaven - a unique combination of art supplies, guides, books, art schools, and much more. Discover art instruction techniques and workshops of great artists.
• The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
• The Drawing Board
• Theispot
• Elance
• Graphic Artist's Guild
• Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists
• Graphic Design Resource
• Creative Freelancers OnLine
• Art Gallery Worldwide
• Art & Design Schools - For help locating art education institutions.
• Graphic Design Schools & Colleges - For help locating design institutions.
• Firefox Printing - A Full Service Printing and Fulfillment Company.
• Fotos Search Image Library and Archives
• How to paint abstract art - "Painting abstract art is easy if you know how to do it."
• Abstract artists - "Unofficial guide to the most original contemporary abstract artists."
• 123Greetings - A free ecards site offering free floral art ecards.

Recommended Reading

• Color : A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
  A wholely remarkable exploration of the history of pigments and how they have impacted colonialism, trade systems, chemistry and more. Highly recommended.
• Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World by Simon Garfield
  An historical account of how synthetic colors drove the rise of chemistry and changed the world. While Mauve is not as compelling as Color (above), it is worth a read.
• The Business Side of Creativity by Cameron Foote
  A good book on how to think of your art career as a business. In other words, this book is about the practical stuff you didn't learn in art school.
• Graphic Artists Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines
  An annual publication by the Graphic Artist's Guild, this handbook lays out the details of general business practices and pricings of the visual arts.
• Cyclopedia Anatomicae by György Fehér, illustrated by András Szunyoghy
  Detailed anatomical drawings of the bones, muscles and proportions of the human and many common animals- the cow, deer, dog, cat, etc. CAUTION: This book is not an "artist's guide" but a general anatomical reference.
• Working from Home by Paul and Sarah Edwards
  A good book on business practices for those working out of their own house.
• Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes
  A decent general guide to wardrobes worn throughout history and around the globe. This book is a collection of drawings, often taken from the time periods, so it is not a detailed or comprehensive reference.
• Century
  An amazing photo book filled with historical photos of the past century, from the quaint and fashionable to the gory and horrific.
• Related link: BestBookBuys
  Use this website to find your books cheap!
• Related link: Half.com
  Another source for cheap books.
• Related link: FetchBook
  A book search engine.

Miscellaneous Links

• Lunarpages - Affordable web hosting. I use them and have been very happy with their service, managing utilities and pricing. If you need a website host, I would recommend Lunarpages.
• Logoworks - An online full-service corporate ID company. Logo design, business cards, websites and more.
• Pearl Mountain Studio - Oil paintings from your photographs.
• Abstract artists - Unofficial guide to the most original contemporary abstract artists.
• Pablo Picasso cubism history - How and why Pablo Picasso created cubism. Comprehensive study of the art of Pablo Picasso.
• Dungeons and Dragons Planescape - Our Fires of Dis is a PLANESCAPE adventure for four to six characters of 5th to 9th levels. Their quest for a stolen sword leads them to the hostile gate-town of Ribcage. You might check out the other Dungeons And Dragons products.
• Buy Paintings - at www.canvaz.com.
• Direct ART Australia100% Hand-Painted Artwork, Portraits & Famous Reproductions...Contemporary, Classic and More!
• Custom parking permits - The perfect parking permit program more than just a way to monitor parking privileges. Custom Parking Permits Tags Window Stickers, Static Cling Decals, Windshield Labels handicapped permit serial numbers and much more at myparkingpermit.com.
• Oil and Canvas Art Gallery - Hand painted art for sale. Display your art for free.
• Niagara Art Collection - Contemporary Art Gallery, Oil Paintings.
• Promotional Items - Promotional products and custom gifts, imprinted and delivered lightning fast.
• Isabel Art Gallery - Oil painting reproduction, jewelry, gemstone jewelry, diamonds & oil portrait painting.
• Art Gallery Worldwide - Paintings for sale by various artists.
• ART-VOLGA Gallery - Oil paintings for sale - Russian online art gallery. Original art by contemporary Russian artists.
• FindArtInfo - Free auction records. Price database for art.
• Fine Art Reproductions, Oil Painting Reproductions Gallery - Offers museum quality hand painted oil reproductions of masterpieces.
• montableau.com - Fine are oil painting reproductions.
• The Academy of Art University - San Francisco illustration school that offers on campus and illustration degree courses in comic books, graphic novels, concept art, paper goods, children's books and more.
• Bulgarian Art Online Gallery - "We are dedicated to The Bulgarian art and culture. The purpose of our website is to share the Bulgarian art and to make it well-known all around the world. www.bgnart.com is a Bulgarian online art gallery, richly filled with different Art genres (styles). We hope you enjoy the visit!"
• The Black Angel - Gothic Shop & Clothing, fiery gothic clothes from all the best labels of the dark scene. Fast & friendly service, worldwide.
• Portrait.com - Portrait2000.com Turn your photos into beautiful art, Such as oil paintings, pencil sketches, pastel drawings, watercolors, color pencils, Charcoal drawings and so on. All our work is 100% handmade by professional artists.
• Wholesale Oil Painting From China - China's Leading art manufacturer and supplier. J&M Artwork(xiamen) offer Oil paintings. Pencil Sketches, Watercolors, Pastel Drawings, Printed painting, portrait from photo, frame and so on.
• 2ArtGallery - Leading Art gallery. More than 10,000 pcs museum quality art and oil painting. Buy them directly from artist. With unbeatable wholesale price.
• OilPaintingsBuy - World famous oil paintings. arts oil paintings, landscape oil paintings, portrait, oil painting on canvas, nude oil painting, oil painting from photo. Wholesale oil paintings, still life, romantic oil painting, flower oil paintings, animals, landscape oil painting, old master painting, old master reproduction, art gallery.

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