45 Websites For Students To Create Original Artwork Online

This post is from a website which I happen to love the title of: Making Teachers Nerdy

digital art classroom link

from a guy in FL, the MS version and the HS version

2D Design Principles Online

2D Design Principles explained well over here at Smashing Mag. Written by Web Designers taking cues from Interior Design. Excellent. and useful for any 2D design.

animation online

http://www.doink.com/

A place to create simple flash animation, online. free.

Artist Trading Cards

or ATCs, instructions here.

I love the idea of this for Foundations. Maybe even trade them with other schools.

observational drawing blog

Love the idea for THIS: the Urban Sketch Blog

disasters that teach

Great for a digital art class: Photoshop disasters: http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/

drink this

40 beverage package design

videos

Videos at the National Gallery of Art.

Edward Hopper Video, 10-ish minutes.

Vermeer's Girl with a Red Hat, video.

Philip Guston, too.

childrens book recc and kid drawings

I love good childrens book recommendations. And these are from an illustrator (who has kids).

Also, he has a wonderful site of his own childrens' drawings. love it!

Key Board Shortcuts

It's surprising to me how few people (teachers especially) know and use keyboard shortcuts for Word. Page Break is another one that I wish more people knew!!

Well here's a handy guide. For the Mac, for PCs.

videos

Art education advocacy videos

more on drawing

Four ways to Draw

Drawing movement

what education do game designers need?

awesome answer here.

art history influences graphic design

nice post here with examples.

Advice for art students & their parents

How to prepare for art school.

What about gifted-ness.

I really like this advice.

Hockney DVD

Though I'd really rather see the Thiebaud one. but his is on "Line"?

The DVD review.

The Elmo

This thing looks incredible.

Bubble Gum book review

This looks great. I Gotta read it!

Type fun

Great for teaching typography. Or for learning the type vocab, while having a bit of out-of-the-box creative fun:

http://www.typeisart.com/