Art and Design: Painting

This is a non-profit creative collaboration of professional artists working in a variety of media such as painting, sculpture and music, who have never met as a group but share "the experience of creative process, development, production and contemplation". The group see the arts as a method to engage with people and to function as a contribution to education, culture and communities. Actual Art aims to facilitate "connections between artists and public exposure of their work" including communication and negotiations between artists and potential clients and patrons. The website contains an 'about' section and links to the websites of participating artists and associates.

This annual event is a showcase for over 250 artists' demonstrations from a wide range of disciplines including painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics and textiles. The website provides detailed information about the event, including links to demonstrators' websites, and a directory of artists, searchable by geographical location and by discipline. Also included are press articles and details of related events.

Established in 1973, Audio Arts was a cassette-based audio magazine. It provided a dedicated space for artists and art-world professionals to speak about their work in a free and unmediated way. Now available in digital form, this archive represents the most comprehensive sound archive devoted to art and artists in the world, featuring exclusive contributions from more than 900 individual artists including Joseph Beuys, Ian Breakwell, Tracey Emin and Andy Warhol.

This is the website of a large group of international artists who work at the finer and more painterly end of the contemporary art movement that is usually referred to as 'lowbrow' or 'pop surrealism'. It contains images of the work of over 200 such artists, including well-known names such as Mark Ryden and Ray Caesar. The online gallery presents an extensive collection of pop surrealist and contemporary surreal/fantastic/visionary painters. A weblog features lengthy interviews with artists, in both text and video format.

Held every 2 years, John Moores is a showcase for new British painting. The website includes a list of previous winners with images of their work.

This is the website for publications from The Artists' Publishing Company Ltd. which aims to improve the technical aspects of painting while providing artists with practical guidance. This is done through the use of projects and exercises, master classes, interviews and articles, which reveal the working methods of leading artists. The website offers features such as a gallery, step-by-step projects, competitions, listings and a marketplace for buying supplies and materials. The 'links' area has a useful list of organisations and galleries.

This describes itself as "the world's interactive art gallery". The site includes a section dedicated to students studying visual arts, where they can display their work in a changing, random online exhibition.