Marcin Jakubowski

 http://www.balloontree.com/

I have seen Marcin Jakuboskis body of work. Looking at how her handles colour composition, lighting, texture mood balance perspective and so one is  a class in itself.  I also found that he is Forum Educated as well.  Check out his work I garment you will learn something.

Paint colour Swatches

I thought this was a cool find.  I cannot remember where I found it because it was a couple of months ago.  It is a set of traditional colour swatches with names and everything so you can now paint with burnt sienna on your computer with out messing up your monitor. 

http://www.divshare.com/download/15415157-f8f

If the link does not work tell me so I can fix it. 

Christopher Burdett

http://christopherburdett.blogspot.com/

I just found out about Chris Burdetts blog, who worked on Firefly, go brown coats.  I found out about his blog from an interview on WIP Podcast. 

http://wippodcast.com/

At a glance this is an amazing blog from someone who has been a part of amazing projects.  His reseme and body of work speak for itself.  Go check it out.

Freetextures

http://www.cgtextures.com/

This is a great place for free textures.  

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If I post anything up here that any artist wishes for me to remove please tell me.  Also if I do not give appropriate credit to an artist or if any thing is wrong please to not hesitate to notify me so I can avail the mistake. 

What is "FORUM EDUCATED"

When I tell people that I am a self taught artist I always feel that is a misnomer.  I am not sitting in my Denver home in a vacuum, learning to draw like some weird solipsistic hermit.  The only way I have been able to obtain an art education, that is, the understanding of light, colour theory, perspective, composition, mood, balance, and all of the other art jargon is because of all of those artist who give up their free time, or lack there of, to teach all of us who cannot afford a formal education.  These artists, art directors, art enthusiasts, and art lovers are the only reason I have been able to self teach myself. 

This blog is my classroom notebook.  It will be filled with notes about what I have learned as a forum educated artist, where I have learned them, and the artist, book, or tutorial I learned them from.  It will also have notes on things that I wish to remember about art theory, art business, art fundamentals, and how to live life better as an artist.  I will also plug those artists that have influenced me as an artist, so that you can check out their work.  Please comment if you have time.  Thank you for visiting my blog.