Scratchboard Art Websites
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.
http://www.greggmurray.com/
4. Name one way Martiena’s and Greg’s work is SIMILAR and one way they are DIFFERENT (two part answer).
5. Look through all 3 pages of Greg’s original scratchboard art. Which picture do you think was the most difficult to do?
Explain why you think it would be so challenging.
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?
http://www.stanleymorrison.com/scratchboard.html
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?