Drawing & Sketching List

1 Perspective Drawing

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/math_and/perspective/perspect.html

Offers an illustrated guide to using one-point perspective to create the illusion of depth in drawing and painting and includes links to examples. Discussion on perspective looking along a straight road, the parallel sides of the road appear meet at a point in the distance. This point is called the vanishing point and has been used to add realism to art since the 1400s in Florence, Italy

2 Drawing: perspective, shading, and composition

http://www.saumag.edu/art/studio/chalkboard/draw.html

Covers linear perspective, atmospheric perspective, shading and compositional models. The Southern Arkansas University Department of Art &, Design offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with the programs primary goal is to prepare students for careers in professional fields of art with its secondary purpose to prepare the student for further graduate studies in art.

3 The Figure Drawing LAB

http://www.saumag.edu/art/figure-drawing/LAB.html

This site teaches a better understanding of the elements that make up the human figure and how to better portray them.

4 Pleistocene Art

http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/student/leiszler/pleist2.htm

Large photos linked to small thumbnails of the mammoth engraving and charcoal drawing from the Vallon-Pont-dArc cave in France.

5 University of Idaho Lecture on Introduction to Drawing

http://www.art.uidaho.edu/drawing/111/lectures/lecture01.html

Information on drawing using some of the oldest human records are lifelike images of animals on cave walls created between 10,000-30,000 years ago.

6 Loltun Cave Photo Archive

http://studentweb.tulane.edu/~dhixson/loltun/loltun.html

Photos from the Loltun Caves with thumbnail photograph linked to picture in greater detail.

7 Cartoon.org

http://www.cartoon.org

Cartoon creators information web site.

8 Drawing Opinions

http://www.wosu.org/drawing/dummlink.html

This web site is a companion to the WOSU.TV production "Drawing Opinions" which will allow you to explore the history of editorial cartooning as well as the careers of significant early American editorial cartoonists.

9 The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists

http://www.wosu.org/drawing/aaec.html

The AAEC was founded in 1957 to promote and stimulate public interest in the art of editorial cartooning and to create close association among editorial cartoonists.

10 AAO Home Page

http://aao.animation.org

The Alliance of Animation Organizations was formed to foster communication between organizations involved in animation.

11 America in Caricature 1765-1865

http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/cartoons.html

On-line gallery, provided by the Lilly Library, features famous political cartoons depicting turbulence in US politics from 1765 to 1865.

12 How to Cartoon

http://www.biocom.arizona.edu/info/cartoons.htm

Cartoons the whys and hows to drawing a cartoon.

13 Woodruffs Cartooning Site

http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/j/b/jbw149/jellocubes.html

Cartoon drawing tips.

14 Charcoal Tips

http://www.earthstir.com/charcoal_page/tips.htm

General pointers for charcoal

15 Art Show Workshops In Charcoal

href="http://www.artshow.com/workshops/drawing.html

Workshops for Artists in Charcoal, Pen and Ink, Colored Pencil and Watercolor Pencils.

16 How to Make Drawing Charcoal

http://www.clt.astate.edu/elind/charcoalhome.htm

Make charcoal which is available commercially in three grades of hardness, but it is possible to create a wider variety of charcoal for drawing.