Submitted by: Wendy Free
Scratchboard Art Websites
View the following Web sites and answer the question
for each site.
A: Martiena
Richter http://www.martienarichter.com/index.html
1.
Go to the scratchboard technique page.
How does Martiena color her scratchboard pictures?
2. Go
to the original scratchboard art page.
About how much does one of Martiena’s original artworks cost?
3.
Go to the limited edition prints page.
Tell me which is your favorite picture (title) and tell why you
like it the best.
B: Gregg Murray http://www.greggmurray.com/
4.
Name
one way Martiena’s and Gregg’s work is SIMILAR
and one way they
are DIFFERENT
(two part answer).
5.
Look through all 3 pages of Gregg’s original scratchboard art.
Which picture do you think was the most difficult
to do? Explain
why you think it would be so challenging.
C: Michael Halbert http://www.inkart.com/index.html
6.
Go to the biography page of Michael Halbert’s website.
How did he become
a professional artist?
7.
Go to the tutorials section of Michael’s website and click on the
“Sailing with Photoshop and Scratchboard” picture.
Briefly summarize the main steps he went through to create this
work.
8.
What materials and tools does Michael use in addition to
scratchboard?
D: Stanley
Morrison http://www.stanleymorrison.com/scratchboard.html
http://www.stanleymorrison.com/
(home page)
9. What does this website tell you about the history of
scratchboard art?
10. Tell me the title
of the scratchboard artwork Stanley Morrison’s website that you would
most like to hang on your wall (remember, not all of the work displayed
here is scratchboard). Explain
why you would choose it.
11. After looking at these scratchboard pieces by different
artists and beginning to work on your own piece, what do you think is
required to create a really good scratchboard composition?
E. "Orca"
http://www.myorca.com/
12. R. Berendt alias "Orca" .
How is Mr. Berendt's work similar to work by the other artists you
studied? How is it different?
