Who's Made A Reach Inwards Art? September 2014

POLL: Should people live able to photograph fine art inwards galleries & museums?Right click to encounter a larger version

Nearly 50% of the respondent's to lastly month's POLL: Photography inwards Art Galleries together with Museums call upwards that photography inwards fine art galleries together with museums should be allowed, although 22% call upwards this should live on the reason that no flash is allowed.

You tin encounter the results inwards item if y'all click the paradigm above. Some 28% of respondents did non call upwards photography should live permitted. While 8% call upwards it's merely impractical to preclude photography given the broad usage of mobile devices together with 8% would similar to guide keep photographic television set camera gratuitous days.

Have y'all photographed artwork inwards fine art galleries together with museums?

You tin encounter this month's poll inwards the side column - see What's the wages for a grade inwards art? (Plus a novel POLL)

Artists

Drawing together with Sketching

• Four artists from Urban Sketchers inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland - Adebanji Alade, Andrea Joseph, James Hobbs together with Olha Prymakk - were featured inwards a Huffington Post article Urban Sketchers at Covent Garden (and How to Become One) about an urban sketching initiatory inwards Covent Garden - the Moleskine City Stories initiative. 
• The names of the winners of 2 major Drawing prizes were announced this calendar week - encounter the Art Competition section below. Both were 'different' together with at to the lowest degree i was real controversial.
• I got a fiddling distracted taking photos yesterday when I spotted the majority past times James Hobbs - that contains a profile of me - displayed on the bookstand at the Mall Galleries (excellent pocket-size bookshop BTW!). It exactly happened to opened upwards at my profile page. OK I mightiness guide keep helped it a fiddling bit....... (James tells me it's forthwith been translated into German!)

My profile inwards Sketch Your World past times James Hobbs

Printmakers

• Angie Lewin together with the making of 'Nature Table' (video) a weblog ship virtually pop printmaker Angie Lewin together with the processes she uses to create fine fine art prints.

Sculpture

• Watch out for the lift Ramona Zoladek - encounter the contest subdivision below. This immature Polish born creative somebody who came to alive inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland vii years agone is real definitely i to watch! Her Tumblr weblog is a please to view

Art on Television / Art Videos

• BBC Four Goes Abstract inwards September is my ship virtually the recent serial of programmes on BBC4 - the programmes are silent available for over a year
• I came across iv first-class videos virtually a BBC serial past times Andrew Graham Dixon called The Secret of Drawing
• I've been coming across articles together with videos virtually Andy Goldswothy of late
• This is an article inwards The Guardian - Andy Goldsworthy: 'Lying downwards inwards Times Square inwards the pelting is boundary to attract attention'
• This is a video produced by TateShots: Andy Goldsworthy studio visit 
• plus this calendar week I flora a link to a ninety infinitesimal lecture virtually his operate which he delivered inwards the USA. See Andy Goldsworthy talks virtually his life's work at the St. Louis Art Museum together with his operate 'Stone Sea' 
• - which is forthwith also on my website About Andy Goldsworthy - British Land Artist

Who painted this? 

• Who painted this? #62 - I've added a tip into the post.  The clue is you're looking for an creative somebody who is trying to pigment similar some other artist......

Art Competitions

Birds inwards Art 2014

• The 39th-annual Birds inwards Art exhibition tin live seen at The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, inwards the pump of Wausau, Wisconsin until Sunday, Nov 16. 
• Interestingly the Museum pays for inbound together with outbound transportation of artwork to together with from the Museum - fifty-fifty if y'all alive inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland every bit plane artist Alan Woollett does.
• Sherrie York (Back from "Birds inwards Art" amongst fifty-fifty to a greater extent than first-class exhibition news! This page provides sample highlights from the exhibition.

BP Portrait Award 2015

• The National Portrait Gallery has announced that the BP Portrait Award 2015 entry goes digital
• This is my interview with Sophie Ploeg together with The Lace Trail - BP Travel Award 2013. Don't forget when y'all move into the BP Portrait Award that there's some other abide by which agency y'all tin guide keep an exhibition of your operate inwards the National Portrait Gallery!  It's a wonderful chance - for the somebody amongst the correct project! 

Derwent Art Prize 2014

The CEO of Derwent introduces the Awards Ceremony for the Derwent Art Prize

• Derwent Art Prize 2014 - Selected Artists - includes links to the websites which illustrated for me the way inwards which this contest is forthwith attracting entries from overseas artists
• Derwent Art Prize 2014 - ineligible drawing wins offset prize? This generated a fair few comments on my weblog ship together with Facebook Page because the paradigm appears to neglect to comply amongst 2 contest conditions.
• Derwent Prize Exhibition 2014 - Other prizewinners highlights the other winners
• Review: Derwent Art Prize 2014 Exhibition
• plus my video walk-round the exhibition

A thought of the Derwent Art Prize Exhibition at the Mall Galleries

ING Discerning Eye 2014

• This my ship virtually the ING Discerning Eye 2014 - Call for Entries

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2014

• The winner of the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2014 is Alison Carlier.  Apparently it's "an open-ended good drawing". You tin notice the names of the balance of the prizewinners  - announced lastly calendar week - on the website.  This BBC article Jerwood Drawing Prize awarded to good piece talks virtually the prizewinning entry. 

A good piece, a 75-second description of a Roman pot, wins a prestigious prize for drawing for the offset fourth dimension inwards its 20-year history.

• A sum of 51 works past times 46 artists are on display inwards the exhibition which I've non yet visited. 
• Oddly, apart from the BBC piece, the awards got real fiddling coverage inwards the press. 

Dominicus Times Watercolour Competition

Kathryn Maple amongst her icon 'Fatboys Diner' 
which won her the £10,000 Dominicus Times Watercolour Prize

• These are the Selected Artists - Dominicus Times Watercolour Competition 2014
• The winner was announced inwards August - inwards advance of the exhibition - see Kathryn Maple wins Dominicus Times Watercolour Competition 2014 
• I met Kathryn - who is delightful - when the exhibition opened lastly Mon - see Review: Dominicus Times Watercolour Competition 2014 . It's such a compassion that the exhibition is alone on for half dozen days. Kathryn is a recent graduate of The Drawing Year at the Prince's Drawing School.

Threadneedle Prize

• Tomrrow I'll live reviewing the six finalists inwards line for the £20,000 Prize
• and thence on Tuesday I'll live going to the Awards Dinner to listen who has won the large prize!
• The exhibition opens on Th 25th - at which betoken people volition start voting for the Visitor's Choice Award.

Wildlife Artist of the Year 2015

• Wildlife Artist of the Year 2015 - Call for Entries - the closing engagement is Feb side past times side year.

Woon Art Prize 2014

• This has NOT been on my radar but volition live inwards future! The Woon Foundation Painting together with Sculpture Art Prize is a fine fine art prize is opened upwards to students currently inwards the lastly twelvemonth of their undergraduate study. 
• The offset prize - won by Ramona Zoladek (blog) a lastly twelvemonth BA (Hons) Fine Art students at Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University - is a bursary of £20,000 which funds the costs of the Fellowship at the BxNU Institute for Contemporary Art at BALTIC 39. The winner also gets a dedicated infinite together with critical together with professional person evolution back upwards from a mentor.  

Winner of the £20,000 Woon Foundation Painting together with Sculpture Art Prize
Ramona Zoladek together with Mr Woon amongst her prizewinning artwork
photograph courtesy of Anglia Ruskin University

• The abide by was created past times together with funded through the generosity of Northumbria University Alumnus together with bully fine art collector Mr Wee Teng Woon.  His thought is to laissez passer immature artists a outflow start inwards their career.
• A farther £20,000 funds the other prizes.
• The shortlisted artists are listed below together with their artwork is profiled inwards this pdf document
• Ana Gold (Central St Martins)
• Anna Hughes (Dundee School of Art)
• Catherine Ross (Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen)
• Eleni Odysseos (University of Leeds)
• Emilie Atkinson (Slade School of Art) - winner of the £9,000 2nd Prize 
• Emily Motto (Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University)
• Helen McCartney (University of Sunderland)
• Lisa Evans (Coleg Sir Gar, School of Creative Arts)
• Ramona Zoladek (Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University)
• Sam Baker (Kingston University) - winner of £6,000 Cheong Kam Hee Art Prize

Ramona also won the the £2,000 Dr Supanee Gazeley Fine Art Prize inwards June, which is awarded to the best Fine Art operate on display at the annual Degree Show at Anglia Ruskin University. Watch out for the lift Ramona Zoladek!

Art Exhibitions

Major exhibitions inwards London

• The EY Exhibition: Late Turner – Painting Set Free opened at the Tate together with continues until January. H5N1 study on this coming upwards soon.  This review inwards the Guardian suggests Late Turner: Painting Set Free review – ready to live dazzled
• National Portrait Gallery
• The Real Tudors: Kings together with Queens Rediscovered - is a novel together with exceptional display inwards the Tudor Galleries. The wives guide keep been moved out! I'll live writing to a greater extent than virtually this side past times side week.
• Virginia Wool - Art, Life together with Vision is currently running at the National Portrait Gallery until the destination of October. I popped inwards late together with it's sum of artifacts together with documents relating to Woolf's life every bit good every bit paintings together with photographs of her 
• more interesting exhibitions at the NPG real soon! I'm going to the PV of the exhibition virtually Snowdon's photography this Friday.

Three of my drawings

Art Societies / Art Groups

• The 17th Annual International Exhibition past times the American Society of Botanical Artists can live seen at The Horticultural Society of New York inwards Midtown Manhattan until Nov 26th.  
• Meanwhile y'all tin encounter Second New York Botanical Garden Triennial Exhibition - Weird, Wild, & Wonderful at the New York Botanical Garden inwards the Bronx until Oct 26, 2014
• Florum 2014: It's over forthwith - but for those who missed the posts, these are virtually the Florum exhibition
• Video together with review: Florum 2014 Exhibition
• These were My cacti together with succulent drawings - inwards coloured pencils
• and these were the listing of selected artists for Florum Exhibition 2014

Art Education

• What's the wages for a grade inwards art? (Plus a novel POLL) is a review of a U.S. Census infographic of the higher teaching & career outcomes & lifetime earnings for graduates inwards visual arts. 
• "Education together with art: which road did y'all take?" is a novel Poll on my weblog - encounter the correct paw column.
• A novel academic twelvemonth is virtually to start at universities around the UK. Do y'all know the relative standing of United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland universities offering degrees inwards fine art or design? If you'd similar to know I propose y'all review What Are The Top 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland Universities To Study Art & Design In 2014/15? provides a completely vacuous Huffington Post perspective on the guide. I'm almost inclined to squelch a few to a greater extent than numbers to brand ameliorate feel of it......
• This is the page virtually the one twenty-four hr menses workshops, courses, portfolio reviews together with talks beingness run past times the Royal Watercolour Society at the Bankside Gallery this Autumn

Tips together with Techniques - Botanical Art

• Sarah Morrish (The Natural Year) has created 2 posts virtually botanical paintings together with technology. 
• Part 1: Botanical Painting & Technology - how useful are tablet computers ??
• Part 2: Botanical Painting & Technology - apps together with more - Here are some helpful apps for working out colours, identifying plants together with creating mensuration past times steps for instruction purposes.
• Susan Christopher Coulson has an article about How to Paint Botanical Arrangements

Art Business & Marketing

• Art Fairs - Tina Mammoser has written an first-class ship virtually visiting fine art fairs - Top v Tips for Art Fair Visits. It also includes a listing of the Autumn Art Fairs - amongst links to their websites.
• Art Business Opportunities - This ship past times Maria Brophy focuses on Planning for Cash Flow together with Profit; Necessary Components for a Successful Art Business.

If y'all brand it the habit of ever bespeak the query “where is the cash flow, where is the profit” your heed volition notice solutions to acquire y'all paid properly for every product, event, projection or commission. 

Art Materials & Supplies

• I've late discovered some first-class mensuration past times mensuration posts by Eunike Nugroho on her weblog Eunike Nugroho) about:
• [Tips] How to Transfer a Drawing using Tracing Paper
• [Tips] Making Radial Colour Charts - she demonstrates using watercolour but the same technique could live used for whatsoever medium
• [Tips] Painting Furs Quickly amongst Comber Brushes - I'd never heard of comber brushes before. Here's a link to the one lawsuit of the comber brushes stocked past times Rosemary. 
• I highlighted the video made past times Derwent virtually How pencils are made.

Techies

Art websites

• Have y'all taken a await at Google Open Gallery yet? It's a uncomplicated together with gratuitous way of having an online exhibition of your artwork. An introduction to Google Open Gallery - resulted inwards an invite to me to attempt out how this novel organization works. 
• For techie artists amongst websites together with stats - Statcounter is forthwith on iTunes - all the same it's laid upwards for usage on an iPhone rather than an iPad together with I call upwards they demand to rethink some of the blueprint issues - similar the shouting caps on login.

Facebook

• I usage Wordle for the novel give-and-take paradigm on my Facebook Page - perchance this likewise counts every bit drawing? I input the labels for my weblog posts together with it thence calculates the size of the words past times the frequency amongst which the label is used. 

A wordle thought of my weblog ship labels on Making H5N1 Mark

and finally......

Nearly 200 of my data websites transferred from Squidoo to HubPages before this month.  That basically agency I've got a lot of novel materials to larn together with a lot of operate to do.

Some of the sites are forthwith looking a fleck of a mess at the minute due to the "wall of text problem" (ie no formatting) together with missing links to related websites. I'm working through them tardily - spell beingness real thankful that HubPages guide keep given all those whose sites guide keep transferred iv months to acquire their sites sorted together with upwards to scratch thence they agree into the novel criteria for what's allowed.

I'll live posting the bookmark compendium sites inwards the side column i time they're sorted.

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