An artist's representative presents basic steps and tips to selling or publishing your artwork as illustrations for books. Written primarily for children's literature, but may also apply to other genres as well.

Five traditional African musical instruments are highlighted at this Smithsonian site: two types of drums, the thumb piano (mucapata), harp, and whistles. Includes historical facts about the instruments.

You can feel the horror of the extermination camps during the Holocaust through the art of Tolkatchev. Tolkatchev was an official artist of the Red Army and saw first-hand the suffering in the concentration camps. View his artwork and...

Students will view film footage of Paul Cezanne's actual studio in Aix-en-Provence and compare objects they see to his drawings and paintings in the National Gallery of Art collection. By selecting and arranging objects of their choice,...

This biographical sketch of Robert Morris covers both his early life and how his early interests grew into his work in minimalist sculpture. Included are photos of three of his artworks with explanations of each.

For the individual artist or school, some practical advice on publically displaying your artwork.

Harriet Tubman was a leading figure in the Underground Railroad movement. For this lesson, students research information about her using informative resources and look at impressionistic artwork depicting her life. Comparing informative...

The University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum Digital Collection contains a selection of artwork from the permanent collection at the art museum on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi.

An excellent resource for understanding the specifications of submitting artwork to a publisher. Titled "The Specs on Specs," author Tugeau offers several crucial pieces of advice for illustrators looking to be published.

Four paintings that may be enlarged, and the text offers a good description of Catlin's life and artwork.

What did the Civil War look like to the soldiers who fought in it? The pictures in this exhibition were drawn by a young Union soldier, Henry Berckhoff, during the war. His drawings allow us to see the Civil War through a soldier's eyes.

Narrative images to encourage writers to write by exploring the themes and details of the art works.

This lesson teaches students how to create a mixed media alteration of a digital photo using a printed picture and tracing paper.

For this instructional activity, each student will use gouache and wood to create an original piece of art based on a childhood story book.

This site contains a brief biography on the artist William Michael Harnett. Learn about, "the leading American still-life painter of the late 1800's."

This lesson celebrates students's unique physical and personality traits. After reading and discussing the children's book The Crayon Box That Talked by Shane Derolf and Michael Letzig, students will share create their own artwork that...

This site has information about Georgia O'Keeffe's life and artworks, as well as a discussion of her artistic style and a link to a lesson in how to paint flowers like hers.

This children's book was written by students grades K-3 from Rock Point Charter School. Students wrote about their heroes and illustrated the page.

An analysis of Eastman Johnson's painting "The Girl I Left Behind Me" is provided by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Includes link to an artist biography.