Daily Painting Practice

Daily Painting Practice is an impressive blog by Peter Yesis. Peter explains about his blog thus:
I believe art is to be shared. I have gained so much from others sharing their art experiences and knowledge, I thought this blog would be a great way for me to give something back.

I think Peter Yesis is to be commended for offering to share his considerable artistic talents with others through his blog. If you are keen about learning more about painting, you will learn a lot from Peter's blog where he offers advice and useful tips about how he paints.

Peter Yesis Art

One Painting a Day

One Painting a Day is a blog that does exactly what it says - the blog showcases one painting a day.

The paintings are by Kellie Marian Hill, an artist living in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Peruse the paintings, read the artist's comments about each one and if you like any of them, they are available to purchase through her site.

Pencil Portrait Lessons

Pencil Portrait Lessons is an impressive blog that offers step by step tutorials for creating stunning pencil portraits.

If you've always wanted to learn how to draw pencil portraits, the very talented owner/creator of the blog, Michael, will help inspire you to start drawing, and demonstrate the important details you need to look at when you draw. He has also started a new feature on the site where he recommends other artists on the web with a link to their blog.

Art Projects for Kids

Art Projects for Kids is an excellent crafty blog written by Kathy Barbro, an art teacher. On her blog, she shares lots of fun art projects and crafty ideas for children (and adults).

If you are looking for some creative inspiration and ideas for projects to create with children, Art Projects for Kids is the blog for you!

Geninne's Art Blog

Geninne's Art Blog shows beautiful illustrations created by Geninne, a very talented freelance illustrator/designer and a stay at home mom. Her artistic blog is a joy to behold and also an inspiration. There is a free Hand Carved Stamps Tutorial on the blog too.

You can purchase prints and original watercolors via Geninne's Art Store.

Artyfactory "offers Free Art Lessons For All"

Artyfactory is a superb site for anyone interested in art, particularly for those interested in learning how to draw.

The site offers a useful feature using the mouse and moving it over an image to illustrate specific tips about drawing. For example, when learning about Drawing the Eye , you can move the mouse over the first image to see how the upper eyelid covers the top of the iris.

In addition to the various drawing tutorials, there is an Art Appreciation feature, a Color Theory section and a Portrait Painting in Acrylics section.

RateMyDrawings

If you enjoy drawing and want a place on the web to share your drawings - or learn to draw - RateMyDrawings is an online drawing community that will help you do that and more.

Registration is free and once you've joined as a member, you can create drawings, rate drawings, and comment on drawings created by other members. There is also an online multi-user chat room that allows members to draw and chat at the same time plus a forum and drawing tutorials.

RateMyDrawings really is a fantastic site! I think it's particularly nice that you can browse drawings whether you are registered or not.

Captain Rupert Rabbit & the Higglety Pigglety blog

Higglety Pigglety is the charming name of a charming blog by Joanna Twinn.

Her delightful blog is about life in England with a rabbit named Captain Rupert and her artistic inspiration for her range of greeting cards, notelets and prints that she paints for her business selling Joanna Twinn paintings and cards.

Homebug - a blog

Homebug is the clever name of a lovely blog about homes, interiors, art and design.

The blog creator, Zee, - a "house-proud design nut" - resides in Dublin, Ireland. Her aims are "...to highlight online shopping resources and to lend exposure to local and international art, design and homewares."

Homebug offers lots of decorating ideas and inspiration, as well as useful links.

A Latte A Day - a fun artistic blog

A Latte A Day is a whimsical blog by Maggie Summers, an illustrative designer. Maggie's charming and colourful illustrations are a delight to behold.

Read more about Maggie or Margaret (Albert) Summers on her website.

Anastasia Drawing and Dreaming

Anastasia Drawing and Dreaming is the name of a lovely creative blog by Anastasia Christou, living in Sydney, Australia.

Anastasia loves "...fashion, drawing and craft especially papercrafts." and of course her blog is about those subjects but it's also about her "... happy life juggling work, family and hobbies."

Anastasia's delightful illustrations and other creative endeavors make her blog fun and inspirational to read.

Exploring Color & Creativity - a blog

Exploring Color & Creativity is an interesting and informative blog about art:

Nita Leland's blog is about her creative and family life, including book reviews, art links and essays on color, creativity, watercolor, teaching and other art subjects.

Nita Leland has a website as well that offers lots of useful arty articles and creative projects. Nita is a keen gardener too and shares photos and writes about her woodland restoration project.

The Art Lover's Guide to Britain & Ireland

Art Guide is "the comprehensive Internet guide to the art collections of Great Britain and Ireland."

Drawspace - drawing lessons

If you like drawing and want to learn more, Drawspace, is the site for you. There are different levels - beginner, intermediate and advanced - with a variety of drawing lessons:

Drawspace is the largest and fastest growing recreational art education website in the world.

There is also a drop-down menu so you can choose which skill you want to focus on and as well as a huge variety of drawing lessons, the site offers a forum too.

StickYourNeckOut - publish art & literature free online

StickYourNeckOut is a website where authors and artists are invited to submit (via email) their original works of fiction or nonfiction literature and graphic arts to be published on the site for free. Although you don't get paid, you gain publicity via the website.

Interviews with inspiring artists

Crafty Synergy is a fascinating and always interesting blog with "a collection of interviews with inspiring artists."

Jan Brett's website: free activities for kids

Jan Brett is a popular author/illustrator of children's books. She also has a wonderful website with loads of free activities, coloring pages, and projects that are fun and educational.

Her site really is a wonderful resource for parents and children. I think the pages showing how to draw a hedgehog , how to draw an armadillo, and how to draw a bear, are particularly appealing. The site isn't just for children!

Art dictionary

ArtLex - Art Dictionary:

"You'll find 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."

Timeline of Art History

This is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in art or history:

The Timeline of Art History "is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection."

How to draw in one-point perspective

Do you like to draw? This site offers step-by-step instructions for drawing in one-point perspective.