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Category Archives: Resources
Art and Design
In December it will be three years since we published our book Design: A Beginner’s Handbook. In structuring that textbook we decided to use simple real-world examples of the design elements and principles. We opted to demonstrate the application of … Continue reading
New Year To-Do List
This is our final end-of-the-year classic post. It was originally published last January. Hope you enjoy this reprint and we’ll resume posting all new material next week. In the meantime… 5 Things To Do In The New Year It’s the … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Resources
Tagged art and design, art and design exercise, art education, art education resource, to do list
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Random Things Online (Part 2)
Last week I posted some links to help inspire creativity. I suggested you get in the habit of exploring random sites and resources, collecting ideas and images for future use. I’m often reminded of a John Baldessari lecture I attended … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, Uncategorized
Tagged art and creativity, art education, art education resource, art resource, creativity
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Random Things Online (Part 1)
In the last post I intended to provide links to a random assortment of online sites. Somehow I got distracted and instead focused on creativity. Today I am back to my original idea but with a slight twist. Yes, the links … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, Uncategorized
Tagged art and design, art and design resources, creativity, idea creation, random websites
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Random Ideas and Creativity
Today I had planned on posting links to a random assortment of online sites that have recently caught my eye – a continuation of a post from last week by one of my fellow bloggers. I began to compile a … Continue reading
Posted in Design in the World, Resources
Tagged art and design, art and ideas, art resources, creativity, creativity exercises, resources
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Design: A Beginner’s Handbook
This is a first for us. Yes, an outright request. If you appreciate all of the information provided by this blog, then please consider purchasing Design: A Beginner’s Handbook, the ebook that is at the center of all our investigations. … Continue reading
Design: A Beginner’s Handbook on Facebook
You might be interested to know that we also have a Facebook presence. If you visit us there you’ll see links to this blog and links to a diverse array of other art and design sites/articles on the web. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Resources
Tagged art education resource, art resource, Design: A Beginner's Handbook, Facebook
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Free Image Resources
Recently numerous people have asked me where they can find free images to use in their work and on their websites. I continue to direct these individuals to one of our blog posts where we listed online sources of free … Continue reading
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Tagged free illustrations, free image banks, free maps, free photos, image resources, public domain images
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Design Exercise: Pattern
Several recent posts have profiled heavily embellished and patterned trucks. This seems like a good time to introduce a design exercise centered on patterning. If you have a copy of our book “Design: A Beginner’s Handbook” I suggest you refer … Continue reading
Must Reads For Beginning Artists
I’ve titled this post “Must Reads For Beginning Artists” but these are suggestions for artists and designers regardless of their level of experience. In fact, these are books that anyone with a curious mind should read. The books are listed … Continue reading