Students can find the agenda and assignments on Google Classroom.
Upcoming Local Art Activities:
Merced Multicultural Art Center
Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 10am-2pm
645 W. Main Street, Merced
Admission: always free
Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock
Wednesday-Sunday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-8pm
Carnegie Arts Center: 250 N. Broadway Turlock, CA 95380 (209)-632-5761
Merced College Art Gallery in Merced
Monday-Thursday 9:30am-11:30am and 12:00-2:00pm and by appointment
Contact Art Gallery Coordinator for appointments 384-6064
Located in Theater Building at Merced College, 3600 M Street, Merced
Admission: always free.
Merced Multicultural Art Center
Tuesday-Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 10am-2pm
645 W. Main Street, Merced
Admission: always free
Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock
Wednesday-Sunday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-8pm
Carnegie Arts Center: 250 N. Broadway Turlock, CA 95380 (209)-632-5761
Merced College Art Gallery in Merced
Monday-Thursday 9:30am-11:30am and 12:00-2:00pm and by appointment
Contact Art Gallery Coordinator for appointments 384-6064
Located in Theater Building at Merced College, 3600 M Street, Merced
Admission: always free.
Tutorials:
How to draw eyes:
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/Graphiteeye1.html
How to draw mouths:
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/graphitemouth.html
How to draw noses:
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/graphitenose.html
Observational Drawing:
http://www.studentartguide.com/articles/realistic-observational-drawings
How to draw eyes:
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/Graphiteeye1.html
How to draw mouths:
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/graphitemouth.html
How to draw noses:
http://thevirtualinstructor.com/graphitenose.html
Observational Drawing:
http://www.studentartguide.com/articles/realistic-observational-drawings
Fun Art Activities online:
http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/index.html#webhttp://jacksonpollock.org/
http://www.picassohead.com/about.html
http://bomomo.com/
http://archive.artsmia.org/artists_toolkit/explore.cfm.html
http://www.abcya.com/sound_burst.htm
http://sublimeartist23.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/7/4/30742183/100-things-to-draw-2012.pdf
http://sublimeartist23.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/7/4/30742183/list_of_things_to_draw_2.pdf
http://sublimeartist23.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/7/4/30742183/list_of_stuff_to_draw.pdf
http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/index.html#webhttp://jacksonpollock.org/
http://www.picassohead.com/about.html
http://bomomo.com/
http://archive.artsmia.org/artists_toolkit/explore.cfm.html
http://www.abcya.com/sound_burst.htm
http://sublimeartist23.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/7/4/30742183/100-things-to-draw-2012.pdf
http://sublimeartist23.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/7/4/30742183/list_of_things_to_draw_2.pdf
http://sublimeartist23.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/7/4/30742183/list_of_stuff_to_draw.pdf
Art-related Websites:
- Archives of American Art - Smithsonian
- The Archives is the world’s pre-eminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America. They include more than 20 million letters, diaries and scrapbooks of artists, dealers, and collectors; manuscripts of critics and scholars; business and financial records of museums, galleries, schools, and associations; photographs of art world figures and events; sketches and sketchbooks; rare printed material; film, audio and video recordings; and the largest collection of oral histories anywhere on the subject of art.
- ART CYCLOPEDIA
- Internet search engine for resources related to notable artists.
- Art Supplies from Dick Blick Art Materials
- Online catalog and retail shopping for art materials. Thousands of items are listed.
- Art Techniques from Crayola
- Find colorful tips, tricks and techniques for using paints, modeling compounds, crayons, markers and colored pencils. Clear and easy-to-follow instructions give you hands-on experience with versatile Crayola products.
- ARTLEX Art Dictionary
- Definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art / visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references.
- Louvre
- Formerly a royal palace, the Louvre has embraced the history of France for eight centuries. Intended as a universal museum since its inception in 1793, its collections—among the finest in the world—span several thousands of years and a territory that extends from America to the confines of Asia. Divided among eight departments, these collections feature works admired throughout the globe, including the Mona Lisa, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and the Venus de Milo. With nearly ten million visitors in 2012, the Louvre is the world’s most visited museum. The web site includes extensive resources related to artists and their works.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York City, is the largest art museum in the United States, and one of the ten largest in the world, with the most significant art collections.
- MOMA - Museum of Modern Art
- Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world. With extraordinary exhibitions and the world's finest collection of modern and contemporary art, MoMA is dedicated to the conversation between the past and the present, the established and the experimental.
- National Gallery of Art
- The National Gallery, in Washington,D.C., houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
- Student Art Guide
The Student Art Guide helps students in a wide range of high school Art qualifications, such as IGCSE, GCSE, A Level, NCEA, AP Studio and IB Art.
All resources are free.
- Top Art Techniques & Tips from ArtistsNetwork
- Bring new life to your work with a wide selection of art demonstrations, techniques and tips. A new painting pointer, drawing trick or art tool might make the difference in your next still life or portrait. Now you can paint with knives or learn how to scumble. Art techniques can stretch across media, so whether you work with watercolor, oil, colored pencil or pastel you’ll find something to advance your art.