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Home  >  Teach yourself skills  >  Study links (teens)  >  Art and photography

Art and photography


General art

There are a lot of books about Art, but for general information try this search:


Drawing & painting

There are a lot of books about drawing and painting, use the catalogue searches below for quick access:


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Packaging, design & graphic arts

If you're looking at packaging a good book to start with is:

The complete package: the technologies of packaging, its purpose, design, innovation and re-use by Monika Fry


Use the these catalogue searches to find information about desing & graphic arts:

Browse the magazine collections at your local library. Magazines like Graphis, Urbis and Interior design have great ideas.


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Textiles & printmaking

Use these catalogue searches to find some helpful books:


If you really get into wearable art and textiles, check out:


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Photography

There are lots of books about photography, use the searches below for quick access to resources:


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Sculpture

There are a lot of books about sculpture, use the searches below as a guide:


Pottery & jewellery

Use the catalogue searches below to help you find books on these subjects:


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Art & photography.

Related Links:

General & New Zealand art

Auckland City Art Gallery - is an invaluable resource for information about New Zealand art.

For more great New Zealand material, explore the world of Discover Te Kohinga Taonga - from the National Library.

ARTsearch: New Zealand art & craft search engine

Art and architecture

Art on the net

Art source

Drawing & painting

The painting guide

Painters' studio

Watercolor painting

Pigments through the ages - an introduction to the history of pigments used in art.

The Causes of Color

Color Vision & Art

Textiles & printmaking

Printmaking links

Photography

Photo.net

Better photo

Sculpture

About stone

Pottery & jewellery

Teach Pottery

Jewelry Making

Lapidary Journal


Related Content:

Check out the art history section of study links, too.

Check out the other Arts section of our website.

Try the Student resources section of the Digital Library.


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