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Once you start painting and closely looking at colors, you soon realize that simply reaching for a tube of black paint whenever you need to put in a shadow doesn’t work. The result isn’t subtle enough to capture a realistic shadow. http://painting.about.com/od/colourtheory/a/shadows_Impress.htm

Techniques of the Impressionists -- What Colors are Shadows?

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Reference Photos for Artists: Sunsets and Sunrises

http://painting.about.com/od/artistreferencephotos/ig/Reference-Photos--Sunsets/

Abstract Art Painting Ideas -- Reference Photos Abstract Painting Ideas

http://painting.about.com/od/abstractart/ig/Abstract-Art-Painting-Ideas/ If you're looking for painting ideas or abstract art inspiration, this collection of photos, and suggestions of how they could be developed into paintings, is the place to start. (For a demo, see How to Paint Abstracts from a Photo .)

Reference Photographs for Artists -- Free Reference Photographs for Artists to Paint

A collection of photographs and illustrations for you to refer to when you're painting, including animals, trees, waves, and textures. Find out where you can obtain free reference photos that you can use in your paintings. What are the terms of use of the artist's reference photos that can be found on the Painting section of About.com? http://painting.about.com/od/artistreferencephotos/Reference_Photographs_for_Artists.htm
http://www.termespheres.com/perspective.html

Art that captures the up, down and all around visual world from one revolving point in space

This forty-page PDF takes you from traditional Renaissance, one and two point perspective, all the way to six point perspective. Six point allows you to draw the total up, down, and all around scene. Grids can be copied to help students move through these different systems very quickly.
http://www.2d-digital-art-guide.com/three-point-perspective.html We will now learn the three point perspective!

Three Point Perspective

You can see 3 point perspective at work when you look at a picture of a tall building taken from near the base. http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/3-point-perspective.html

Learn 3 Point Perspective

inspiration

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/c/cubism.html

on Cubism

C ubism or cubism - One of the most influential art movements (1907-1914) of the twentieth century, Cubism was begun by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1882-1973) and Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) in 1907.

Create a Pleasing Piece of Abstract Art on the Cheap

http://lifehacker.com/5734441/create-a-pleasing-piece-of-abstract-art-on-the-cheap If you're looking for some interesting and unique artwork for your place but you're not looking to spend a bundle of cash, this simple DIY abstract painting technique yields pleasing results. Design blog Wit and Whistle (the same folks who showed us how to recycle a wine bottle in DIY ambient lighting ) shares a simple tutorial for making quick and cheap abstract art to decorate your bare walls.