aclJohn's Art Finds

• audios and videos (about works of art found in standard art history survey texts) as well as
• text and
• still images.

The Art Project powered by Google features interior tours of seventeen world famous art museums.

By selecting a museum from the list on the homepage users can...

• virtually tour it using the same interface found on Google Maps Streetview;
• create their own artwork collection while visiting each museum.

When inside the museum users can...

• double click to zoom to a location;
• open a floor plan overview and click on a room to navigate to that part of the museum;

While touring ...

Explore and Learn was developed as the educational part of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and has an ever changing and large source of materials.

A lot of what is available, on this website, draws inspiration from the particular exhibitions currently featured. New materials get added often and full educational materials are created to support practitioners who are able to visit the museum.

Resources include interactive Flash presentations of...

• particular artists;
• themes;
• cultures...

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), in New York (USA) has an interesting educational website which features...

• audio;
• video;
• online projects;
• interviews; and
• materials for practitioners.
  

Many of the resources offered foster experimentation; e.g. the Red Studio section <http://redstudio.moma.org/> of the site includes projects on...

• how to write a Dadaist poem;
• how to make a Photogram; and also includes...
• a sketch character contest.
  

The website also links to...

• specific sites of artists curr...

Draw.to is a web application that allows users to create & share "disposable drawings" (doodles) quickly without the hassle of starting up external programs, saving & uploading files, etc.

Draw.to...

• is intended for drawings done ''in the moment'' e.g. during an online conversation, either for fun or to help communicate when words aren't enough;
• is free; no signup required;
• supports all major browsers and sharing methods (Twitter, Facebook, reddit, FriendFeed, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Buzz,...

Benoit Philippe, recently published an ebook entitled Creative Exercises for Artists and Everyone Else.

Creative Exercises for Artists and Everyone Else contains seventeen specific exercises for artists and aspiring artists. The exercises cover a range of drawing and painting techniques that almost anyone can do regardless of current skill level. Included with the publication are templates on which you can try the exercises.

Creative Exercises for Artists and Everyone Else might spark ne...

If you haven't done so yet, take a look at the National Gallery of Art (Washington, USA) interactive online Art Zone you should take some time to do so!   

There are currently sixteen applications that allow learners to create beautiful artwork that can then be printed or even animated!

Note: Adobe Shockwave Player is needed to use these applications. 

I recommend that if you can, take the time to investigate the creative options for each application (I've spent more time than perhaps...

FlockDraw is a simple but elegant collaborative sketching website which lets users...

• draw,

• share and

• collaborate on freehand sketches and diagrams.

The simplicity of the tool makes it worth using. Just click 'start drawing' and users are presented with a whiteboard which has a url that can be easily shared (no sign up required).

On the right hand side of the board are drawing tools. There aren’t any complex tools. Just the ones that help you make a basic drawing – brush, tex...

I have no other comment than... "This is mind-blowing!"

Livebrush is a free drawing program available for Mac and Windows computers.

Livebrush...

• offers a wide array of drawing tools for creating beautiful shapes, drawings, and designs.
• has built-in tools that allow users to create a simple sketches with just one or two strokes of the paintbrush.
• allows users to combine as many brush strokes as they like in their drawings.

Yet another tool for artists, designers etc. Watch the video c...

Visit http://sketchfu.com/ to view a sample, try it out or browse the gallery etc.

To reach the standard on view I would suggest visitors try a drawing tablet!