Visual Arts

(University of the Arts London) If you’re looking to improve your painting skills, it is useful to have an understanding of some fundamental painting techniques that will allow you to experiment with different styles and find your voice as an artist.

(The Getty Conservation Institute) The field of history of painting techniques has been evolving and opening opportunities for further research, as these papers demonstrate. Not only scientific but also bibliographical and archival research are making significant contributions.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art) Drawings are two-dimensional works of art made on receptive surfaces such as paper, parchment (prepared animal skin), canvas, or a plastered wall. A diverse array of materials can be used alone or in combination to make drawings.

(University of the Arts London) As a fashion designer, when you are developing designs and striving to express unique ideas and styles, it is very limiting to work with standard fashion drawing templates.

(Art in Context) Of all the mediums, oil painting exists as a particularly difficult one to learn. However, if the various tips and tricks are followed, your oil painting styles and techniques can increase dramatically and change your painting process.

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(The Crucible - Guides to Industrial Arts) Clay is a material rich in possibilities, and handbuilding pottery is the oldest use of the medium. The Crucible’s Ceramics Department offers a unique place to learn handbuilding techniques of pinching, coiling, and slab rolling.

(Lora Susan Irish) Find dozens of links to free tutorials and projects about pyrography. Categories listed include Pyrography, Wood Burning Techniques, Wood Burning Tools, Projects, and Coloring.

(Lora Susan Irish) Find dozens of links to free tutorials and projects about wood carving. Categories listed include Wood Carving, Relief Carving, Carving Techniques, Wood Carving Projects: Canes, Walking Sticks, Chip Carving, and Spoons

(My Modern Met) Made by engraving into metal, some historians believe that intaglio evolved from goldsmiths' practice of taking an impression of a design on an object onto paper. Learn more about the various intaglio printmaking techniques on this webpage.

(Library of Congress) The online resources compiled on this webpage provide guidance in understanding and identifying printmaking processes.

(Pace Prints) The articles on this webpage provide an introduction to the principle techniques of printmaking.

(The Clark Art Institute) This webpage provides explanations of various printmaking techniques employed by impressionist artists. The page includes examples of each method contemporary to the period.

(The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Traditional printmaking techniques include woodcut, etching, engraving, and lithography, while modern artists have expanded techniques to include screenprinting. Learn more about printmaking techniques on this webpage.