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Via Von ~ Come Paint With Me! -- Resources
There are so many resources available to you, the beginner, as
well as when you transition into intermediate and advanced painter levels. Below are some of our other favourite resources. Each link is listed within its own Category so be sure to
check out each section!
§ Art
& Painting Links 2007 §
This website is a comprehensive, all-inclusive listing of all things related to
Art & Painting!
Bookmark it and visit often -- there is so much there you'll need to spend a
lifetime seeing
all the sites and references that Gina has put together for you, the art and
painting lover!
§ FIND A PAINTING TEACHER §
Society of Decorative
Painters - Find A Teacher & Business Directory
Loew-Cornell - Find A Teacher
Directory
DecoArt
- Find A Teacher Directory
Jo
Sonja - Teacher Search
§ PAINT COMPANIES §
DecoArt
Delta
Genesis
Jo Sonja
Liquitex
Plaid Enterprises
§ PAINT CONVERSION CHARTS §
Tole Expressions - Reference Conversion Charts
DecoArt Conversion Charts
As well,
TCS On-Line Color Solutions Network
http://www.gotcs.net
or
http://www.colorconversions.com
offers a fee-based program that might be
of better interest and assistance to you. They say:
Color Conversions and finding the right mixes continue to be a
problem for painters. Our customers urged us to produce an On-Line Network
featuring over 30 of acrylic and oil paint brands. It is decorative paintings
most complete listing of paint brands, cross referenced by color with mixes and
suggested shade and highlight colors. You can also enter your inventory of
paints by brand and find conversions using colors you already own.
§ PAINTING MAGAZINES §
These magazines are ones I highly recommend to a beginner painter
because they have easy projects as well as full colour worksheets for many of
their featured projects. Additionally, they feature tips, tricks and
assorted how-to's on many different subjects. They are worth the
subscription costs which range from $19.96 to $23.00 for a year for issues which
are published every two months as a rule.
Decorative Artists Workbook
Quick &
Easy Painting
PaintWorks
Magazine
§ TUTORIALS & EDUCATION §
About.com
Painting With Acrylics
All
Experts Painting Q&A
Art
Lessons with Talent Teacher
Art Sparx.com Tutorials
Busy Brushes Classroom
Busy Brushes - Roadmap to Jann's Worksheets
Colors Gallery Lessons
DecoArt Tips
Decorative
Painting by Maureen ~ Fabric Painting
Elfwood, F.A.R.P. Acrylic Painting
Free Art
Lessons 2003
Interactive Art School
John
Hagan's "Painting Beyond Fashion"
John Lovett's Painting Lessons
KnowledgeHound.com
Painting Lessons
Learn To Paint
OnLine
Lugarno Craft's - Flat Brush Roses
Murals Plus - Faux Finishing & Painting Tips
OK Art
Gallery How-To...
Oil Painting Techniques.com For Beginners
Plaid FAQs
Plaid One Stroke Library
Sanford's
Create Art
The
Painting Guide
The Stroking Edge
Visual Complements - Colour Theory
WannaLearn.com - How To Paint
Water
Color On Line's - How To Paint Backwards
Windsor &
Newton
§ VERY SPECIAL FREEBIES §
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This resource is one of those --> quick "go and
grab" its! Coleen Murphy has kindly offered to give everyone for
free her own personally created Tole Painting Database
program! This Microsoft Access Database program allows you to
inventory and catalogue your painting books, pattern packets, and painting
magazines. As you grow in your painting hobby and experience, you will
soon see why this program is so helpful to you. You must have
Microsoft Access 2000 or XP on your computer to use it. It also helps to
have a mild working knowledge of those programs for using the database as Coleen
does not provide support for this free software.
Tole Away Tole Painting Database
-
This resource is a keeper for One Stroke fans! Geneviève
Crabe's extensive cross-reference to all One Stroke books, videos, and
worksheets comes in a Free Version as well as an inexpensive CD-Rom
Version! Either way, bookmark her site -- loads of valuable
information there!
One Stroke Cross-Reference
Create your 'About Me' page for eBay
§ FREE PAINTING PATTERNS §
There are more free pattern resources which
you will find listed in our
Q&A Forum under This~n~That --> Free
Pattern Resources by Prescilla
Artists Club Free Projects
Better
Homes & Gardens
Brushed With Love
Busy Bee Crafts -
scroll down left side to "Freebies on the
Net"
Creative Home Painting
- with worksheets and Tips & Tricks galore!
DecoArt Free Projects
Decor Delights
Fall River
Decorative Arts
Folk Art Net
JoAnn.com
Arts & Crafts
Kerry
Trout - Kerry's patterns have tutorials with them!
Maureen McNaughton - this is one only free project but it comes with LOTS
of painting tips & tricks and worksheets.
Painted
Paws - They also have a page of link to even MORE free
patterns!
Peni 's Palette of Colors
- Intermediate to Advanced Painter Levels only
Robyn Warne Designs
The
Decorative Touch
§ SLATE SURFACES §
Kulps
Custom Crafts
Supplier of
UNFINISHED CRAFT SLATE
in many shapes and sizes for decorative painters.
No minimum order required.
Wholesale discounts available on quantity purchases.
§ WOOD SURFACES -READY CUT §
Kentucky Whiskey Barrels
Genuine new and vintage Kentucky whiskey barrels, half
barrels, barrel tops, barrel staves, and barrel hoops. Visit
our web site to see the many craft uses for our Kentucky
barrel parts.
The Wood Shop
The Wood Shop offers the highest quality in pre-cut wood
tole and decorative painting kits from many top designers.
Everything is shipped to you
in ready to paint condition.
They do the cuttin' ... leavin' you more time for the
paintin'!!
Woodwork Zone
FREE Plans & 1000's of Woodworking Resources. Plus, shopping
for Furniture Legs, Hardware, Plans & Tools. To get it all,
"Get in The ZONE!"
§ FREE SCROLL SAW PATTERNS §
The Winfield Collection
- Dozens of quality patterns
Accents Woodcraft
- Free patterns and others for sale
Wood/Craft projects full scale patterns
Meliz Crafts 'n More
- Lots of patterns
Scroller Ltd.
- A dozen quality patterns
Scroll Saw Tips and Patterns-Excellent
simple,
intermediate,
and difficult
patterns
§ FREE WOODWORKING PLANS §
http://members.aol.com/misergide/#plans
http://www.woodprojects.com/
http://www.thewinfieldcollection.com/freepatt.htm
http://www.am-wood.com/archive/archive.html
http://rubyglen.com/craftswoodworking.htm
http://www.jantjeblokhuismulder.com/patterns.shtml
http://www.freeplans.com/index.htm
http://absolutelyfreeplans.com/HOLIDAY%20PROJECTS/holiday_projects.htm
http://minwax.com/projects/index.htm
http://www.accentsinpine.com/cgi-bin/local-net/shopzone30.cgi/~accents/st_main.html?p_catid=12
http://home.att.net/~iso9k1/bird/patternb.html
http://www.plansnow.com/
http://groups.msn.com/Woodworking/plansfree.msnw
§ GENERAL WOODWORKING INFO §
http://www.am-wood.com/ -- check out their archive link :-)
http://www.woodworking.com/
http://woodworking.about.com/
http://www.wood-worker.com/encyclopedia.htm
http://www.woodworkerssource.com/
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/
http://www.modernwoodworking.com/
§ SUPPLIERS OF WOODWORKING GOODIES §
All Things Woodworking – Sherwood Creations, Inc.
http://shop.woodcraft.com/Woodcraft/
http://www.woodmagazine.com/
§ OTHER WOODWORKING LINKS §
Dremel
§ PAINTING, ARTS & CRAFTS SUPPLIERS §
Craft Catalog
Plaid
Decorative Painting
§ WEBSITE DESIGNERS §
Todd
Kramer
Our programmer/developer for Via Von!
W.G.A. Design
For your customized business
OR personal website
Kry's Place
for your customized business
OR personal website
If you have resources that you would like to see added to our listing, please email us with the
name of the site and the website's url location and category location within our
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