I hope you’re online because you’re interested in taking our
online hair education, but whatever the reason,
as long as you’re here how about exploring the art world from the comfort of your computer chair? You’re a hair artist, after all, and often stylists tell me that they find peace and inspiration from observing artwork ranging from fine paintings in museums to graffiti on cement walls. You may be surprised at the wealth of art that’s online and free.
An article on lifehacker.com called “
Technophilia: Discover the .EDU Underground” includes a section on art with links that will have you looking at everything from classic Greek sculpture to a huge collection of Picasso paintings. Go find the biggest monitor screen you have, and enjoy! The links are: the Yale University Art Gallery at
http://artgallery.yale.edu/; all sorts of art and architecture supplied by Sweet Briar College at
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html; another set of resources at the University of Michigan’s site,
http://www.art-design.umich.edu/mother/; links to more galleries and resources supplied by Concordia University of Quebec at
http://www.harmsen.net/ahrc/; and that unbelievably extensive Picasso virtual museum I mentioned at
http://picasso.tamu.edu/picasso/.
The wealth of information and enlightenment you can gather online is really remarkable. Spending an hour or two with artwork can give you ideas for your own craft, because hair design is just one more facet of artistry.
Online education for hairdressers can take a lot of different forms, and I recommend that you take advantage of all of them!