Brand New!! 22Nd September 2013 - Who's Made A Rank This Week?

Grayson Perry is notably the real firstly visual creative soul chosen to deliver the annual Reith Lectures for the BBC.  These aim to advance populace agreement together with ground most pregnant issues of contemporary interest. 

I practise similar reading what the Turner Prize winning "Essex transvestite potter" has to say most fine art - he's both articulate, accessible together with cuts through the proverbial!  This is Grayson Perry on contemporary fine art - next the delivery of the firstly of his 4 Reith Lectures titled "Playing to the Gallery" at the Tate finally week (I'd hold out booking a ticket correct directly but unfortunately they're fully booked)

Newspapers commented on the delivery of the firstly lecture equally follows

• The Independent - Grayson Perry: 'Most modern fine art is rubbish'
• The Telegraph - 
• Modern fine art is thence mainstream it's fifty-fifty inwards the Archers, Grayson Perry says inwards firstly Reith Lecture and 
• Has the 'squeezed middle’ constitute an unlikely champion inwards Grayson Perry?
• The Guardian - Grayson Perry shows us how the fine art ground industrial plant – equally a formidable cartel

I equally good aspect forrard to hearing Grayson Perry's Reith Lectures for myself.  They are due to hold out broadcast on BBC Radio 4, commencement on xv Oct at 9am.

"The Vanity of Small Differences" - tapestries on display inwards the RA Summer Exhibition 2013
past times Grayson Perry RA
I can't mean value of anybody else who has attempted such a successful and
over-arching commentary on contemporary lodge inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland today
which at the same fourth dimension connects with iconic British fine art of the past

In a poll inwards 2011, Grayson Perry was named equally ane of the most influential artists inwards the UK. David Hockney came out top  and the Young Brits were nowhere - which surprises me not. I rather run across Grayson Perry taking on Hockney's drape when the cigarettes finally claim Hockney.  Which hopefully won't hold out for a long fourth dimension - but I practise similar to indulge inwards a flake of succession planning from fourth dimension to time.  Grayson Perry fulfils the criteria of beingness a homo with a colourful identity together with an powerfulness to verbalise his take away heed and, most importantly, he's a talented together with skilled creative soul who makes interesting artworks which connect with people.

Top Ten most influential British artists (2011)

1. David Hockney
2. J.M.W. Turner
3. Grayson Perry
4. Francis Bacon
5. Jack Vettriano
6. Lucian Freud
7. Thomas Gainsborough
8. Sir Peter Blake
9. Banksy
10. Stanley Spencer

The Other Art Fair: 2011 poll of 1,000 British painters together with sculptors

Watch out for other mentions of these artists inwards this spider web log post!

Artists together with Art Blogs

Dry Media - Pastels together with Pencils

• I've long been a fan of United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland pastel artist Patrick Cullen and his usage of colour and stimulate got featured his go a number of times on this spider web log (eg see Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a this link and Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a this link).  He's directly beingness featured past times the Pastel Journal in their Oct edition - see Southern Europe Pastel Landscape Painting | Patrick Cullen
• Richard McKinley (Pastel Pointers) has a post about The Pastelist Grip | Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Tactile Relationship.  Now I reckon all pastel artists acquire a buzz from the real straight tactile human relationship betwixt manus together with surface.  Just how you lot acquire your buzz is reflected inwards how you lot usage your pastel.
• Ester Roi (Ester Roi) is at it in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than - but fifty-fifty bigger - run across Go large or acquire home on her blog.  She's directly working 24" x 48" inwards coloured pencils. Has she made a super large Icarus together with non told us? ;)  Note that Ester's large colourful artwork results inwards potent sales for Ester. What does that tell you?
• CPSA is introducing Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a a novel online contest called ArtSpectations - which is an online, viewable contest for CPSA members only. The demo volition have separate categories for signature together with non-signature members. To enter, acquire to http://cpsa.fluidreview.com together with cheque out the eligibility rules together with how the entry scheme works
• See Art Competitions for my review of the Derwent Art Prize.

Drawing

• October is Big Draw calendar month together with here's a pick of relevant links to
• The BIG Draw Blog
• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Sisters are doin' it for themselves
• Charley Parker (Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Friends of the ROI Painting Day - acquire to the Workshop department of Art Education to uncovering out most the adjacent Masterclass run past times the Royal Institure of Oil Painters.

Who painted this? 

• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Who Painted This? #45 - such a compassion nosotros don't run across to a greater extent than paintings of carefully constructed scenes recording everyday life. Congratulations to Jane Gardiner (Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Who painted this? #44

Art Business & Marketing

Art Trends

• Barney Davey (Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Art Trends Should You Care About Them?  He makes real goodness points most the usage of white infinite together with unadorned typography.

There is no slow respond to whether a item creative soul should pay attending together with contain fine art trends into their work. Some artists volition aspect downwards their olfactory organ at anyone who would consider fine art trends for aesthetic or concern reasons. They comprehend inventiveness equally something sacred.

Marketing online

• Tips for Starting Your Art Career | Artist’s Network University by Beth Samek, Online Education Manager at Artist’s Network University

My advice for someone that wants to brand fine art a full-time career is to ‘make fine art that matters every day’ together with and thence brand certain it gets seen. Meaning....

• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Why You Might Need Additional Domain Names for Your Art is a post past times Alyson Stanfield most the reasons why you lot mightiness postulate to a greater extent than than domain name.  I've been a convert to this notion for years - together with extend it to emails equally good - with e-mail addresses dedicated to different purposes.  It's slow if you lot usage gmail.
• The National Gallery's Online Shop has been updated together with shows you lot what organisations that stimulate got the funding to deliver websites which go with mobile devices tin practise - which primarily is "shopping on the move" which is the "big novel thing".
• 50 Call-to-Action Templates to Help You Convert Leads inwards Style [Free Download] - I'm going to hold out investigating this - I've ever wanted some lilliputian signs!

Marketing inwards a locality

• Thomas Thorspecken (Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a The Artist's Survival Guide - which aims to furnish artists together with the artistically curious with the edifice blocks needed for professional person creative careers inwards Central Florida. The intention is that it volition culminate inwards a printed Artist’s Survival Guidebook later on 12 months of programming.  Why don't to a greater extent than localities practise this?

Pricing

• Jackie Simmonds (Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a OPEN STUDIO - together with a few rebellious thoughts... most pricing for opened upward studios compared to a gallery.  The declaration most the unfairness of galleries expecting a committee AND to choose paintings equally stock on a sale together with render ground has some appeal.  All other retailers stimulate got to purchase inwards stock for sale at wholesale prices (i.e non retail prices) - together with they tin together with thence laid retail prices according to their ain predetermined turn a profit margin - together with and thence write off the stock if it doesn't sell.  I estimate that's the other side of the money - would ane actually desire one's go inwards the "bargain bin"?

Art Competitions

• On Mon I saw together with and thence wrote most the Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2013 Exhibition at the Mall Galleries. My post focuses on what it takes to acquire a epitome selected for this exhibition.

Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2013 - Day 1 of the Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries

Derwent Art Prize: Waiting to hear who won which prize 
at the Mall Galleries on Wed evening's Private View
(the exhibition inwards background of the Main Gallery is the Lord's Day Times Watercolour exhibition)

• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Chrys Allen wins first Derwent Art Prize for pencil art is my review of the exhibition for the Derwent Art Prize which equally good listes the prizewinners. Chrys Allen won the First Prize of £5,000 inwards the first Derwent Art Prize contest for industrial plant created inwards pencil. It was an fantabulous exhibition, it was peachy to run across an unconventional go of pencil fine art win firstly prize together with it's but a compassion that the exhibition was entirely on for a week.
• Cass Arts nabbed an interview with the winner of The Jerwood Prize - run across Svetlana Fialove: Her collage used to build the store

Upcoming Exhibitions for Art Competitions inwards the UK

• The exhibition for the Threadneedle Prize opens on 25 September together with runs until Sabbatum 12 Oct 2013 (10am to 5pm).  I'm going to hold out at the Awards Dinner on Tuesday nighttime with my Twitter concern human relationship at the ready......

Art Competitions inwards the USA

• The Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Americans practise it better.

From to a greater extent than than 3,000 entries from every state, a jury of experts chose forty-eight industrial plant of fine art inwards a multifariousness of media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, textile, photography, video, together with mixed media.

• Ilaria Rosselli del Turco (Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco - News) writes most the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013 held at the National Portrait Gallery inwards the USA - which is the major portraiture competition. 

Art Exhibitions

This is the Press Scrum at the RA on Tuesday morning
- but earlier the start of the tour of the Commonwealth of Australia exhibition past times the curators
This is an exhibition with some real BIG paintings

Art Museums together with Galleries inwards the UK

• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a 'Australia' Exhibition at the Royal Academy - review.  It's a splendid exhibition - if you lot similar landscape together with paintings most the land.

• 

  Flyer for Ashmolean Exhibition
  Francis Bacon Henry Moore
  Flesh together with Bone

  Francis Bacon Henry Moore: Flesh together with Bone opened this calendar month at the Ashmolean Museum inwards Oxford.  It runs until xix Jan 2014 (Open 10am–5pm Tuesday - Lord's Day & Bank Holiday Monday. It's had some fantabulous reviews.  It brings together over lx works 
 some of them rarely seen inwards populace – this demo volition introduce Bacon’s paintings amongst Moore’s sculptures together with drawings to bring out surprising parallels inwards the go of these 2 peachy artists.  Not to the lowest degree that they both made fine art most people.
• Jack Vettriano: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Retrospective opened yesterday at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery together with Museum inwards Glasgow together with continues until 23 Feb 2014. It includes over 100 paintings betwixt 1992 together with 2012 together with is an chance to review the character of his painting. The Scottish creative soul Jack Vettriano is self-taught together with pop but non critically acclaimed .  He's been defendant of colouring inwards - which based on a recent programme most him I'd hold out inclined to agree. To my take away heed he's a graphic artist, inwards to a greater extent than ways than one, which explains why they reproduce together with sell good inwards prints.
• Go to 2 hours 22 minutes thirty seconds to take away heed to his five infinitesimal interview on the BBC Today programme ​ HERE​
• Interestingly his fine art career was launched past times an article past times a journalist and he dedicates the exhibition to that man
• BBC Scotland takes a moral occupation - Jack Vettriano: 'Critics don't choose sexual practice seriously'
• This is Jonathan Jones of The Guardian on Jack Vettriano together with the exhibition -
  Jack Vettriano: but the Tom Jones of 21st-century art?  That's actually going to annoy the Tom Jones fans!

Vettriano is no modern Van Gogh. To me, he's to a greater extent than similar the Welsh singer: bold, brassy together with devoid of inner truth

• A real valid indicate is made in Art comment: For an eyeful of remarkable art, stick a pivot inwards a map of Britain
• I missed this post inwards August - inwards connectedness with the real innovative Art Everywhere exhibition of fine art on posters around the UK.  Your top 10 British masterpieces reveals those artworks which got the most votes.

Still Alive - inwards the Threadneedle Space, Mall Galleries

Art Galleries together with Museums inwards Europe

• Masculine / Masculine. The Nude Man inwards Art from 1800 to the Present Day is a novel exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay inwards Paris.  I had to grin when I noted both Harley Davidson together with Slendertone are supporting the exhibition.

Art Societies - United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland - Annual together with Other Exhibitions

• This is my review of a recent grouping exhibition past times members of the Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Review: Still Alive - Contemporary Still Life Painting 
• The adjacent annual exhibitions of National Art Societies are:
• DRAW xiii - The Society of Graphic Fine Art's Annual Open Exhibition volition choose identify from Mon 30th September to Sabbatum twelfth Oct at the Menier Gallery inwards London. Music is the optional theme
• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a see my previous posts about past times annual exhibitions) 
• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a see my previous posts about past times annual exhibitions) 

Art Societies together with Groups - USA- Annual Exhibitions

• The Pastel Society of America's 41st Annual Exhibition "Enduring Brilliance!" continues until 28 September 2013 at The Grand Gallery, National Arts Club, xv Gramercy Park South, New York, NY
• The Women Painting Women grouping is staging their tertiary exhibition WPW (R)evolution, at the Principle Gallery inwards Alexandria, Virginia.  They received to a greater extent than than to a greater extent than than 500 entries from 26 states together with countries such equally Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada together with the Philippines - together with selected 36 portraits of women past times women for the exhibition. It opened on twenty September together with closes on 18th Oct 2013. Press coverage includes:
• Women Painting Women: Internationally noted exhibit coming to Chattanooga
• Mathew Innis provides a preview of some of the go on his blog Underpaintings - run across Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Sneak Peek: Women Painting Women: (R)evolution
• You tin buy the catalogue on MagCloud
• National Oil & Acrylic Painters' Society (The NOAPS Blog). The selected fine art for the 23rd Best of America Exhibit 2013 is directly on the NOAPS website. I Federal Reserve notation the spider web log isn't quite keeping upward with the progress of events inwards relation to the exhibition - even thence their Facebook Page announces that you lot tin directly vote for your favourite paintings for the People's Choice Award - but doesn't explicate how!  I equally good constitute the exhibition page on the website to hold out real confusing.  It looks similar an ancient website to me without whatever slideshow capability.  If I was a fellow member of NOAP I would hold out wanting to know when they're going to update the website to create a virtual exhibition which gave my fine art the real best gamble of selling.
• Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Call for Entries: Explore This! 10

Art Bloggers' Exhibitions

• Coloured pencil creative soul Tiffany Budd (Tiffany Budd at work) has an exhibition of her drawings 'To the Point' - Art of the Coloured Pencil Exhibition at The Atrium Gallery, Dittons Library, Mercer Close, Thames Ditton, KT7 0BS until 18th Oct 2013 (The link is to a Facebook album of photographs of the exhibition).  Congrats to Tiffany who gave nascence to a infant man child inwards June.
• Paintings past times Laura Murphy Frankstone (Laurelines) and ceramics past times Sasha Bakaric tin hold out seen inwards an exhibition at Horace Hill House at Chapel Hill until 21st October.  Laura has been a tad busy late welcoming a novel grandchild into the ground thence there's cypher on her spider web log most it - but run across Facebook for more.

Art Education

Do you lot gain tutorials - whatever the shape of delivery?

If you're an creative soul who is producing educational textile - either inwards terms of spider web log posts or paid tutorials, workshops or DVDs, practise brand certain you lot allow me know (see the side column for how to contact me).  If you lot are a regular fine art blogger of character who I stimulate got known for some time (like Gayle together with Karen below) then I'll hold out happy to transcend the data along. If you're novel to me I may but scout a piece first.

Art Tutorials - Drawing Animals

Here's a round-up of some tutorials most drawing together with epitome animals.

• Gayle Mason (Fur inwards the Paint) has been preparing tutorials together with helping people with their artwork for some time.  However her role equally a coloured pencil tutor has but taken a major measuring forward.
• She has an article inwards the Oct Issue of Leisure Painter which covers trouble-shooting for mutual problems when drawing animalsYou tin read an extract Drawing Fur with Coloured Pencils on their website.  This is the firstly inwards a serial of articles past times Gayle.
• She's equally good but accepted the role of tutor for the Pet Portrait Course held past times the London Art College.  Here's the page on her website where you lot tin run across her existing technique guides for drawing a tabby cat, cats eyes together with a domestic dog - inwards coloured pencils
• Karen Margulis PSA  also has a Pastel Lesson Download…How to Paint Animals with Pastel

Drawing together with Painting Workshops

Let me know if you lot are doing a workshop.

• The appointment of Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a a novel Masterclass inwards 2014 has been announced past times the Royal Institute of Oil Painters - the adjacent ane volition hold out Lord's Day 14th September 2014. 
• Deborah Paris (Deborah Paris - The Landscape atelier) has 2 online classes coming up. (see class descriptions) They are
• Drawing & Painting Trees Oct eleven - Nov 8, 2013 - ane of her most pop classes
• Composing the Landscape Nov 8 - Dec 6, 2013 - a challenging together with exciting approach to design.

Instructional DVDs

• Sadie Valeri (one of the founders of Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Instructional Painting Video DVD +Blu Ray UPDATE about Indirect Oil Painting.  You tin watch a preview.

Art History

• Many of you lot know that I brand a website most an creative soul equally I start to larn to a greater extent than most them - thence I tin maintain rails of all the best links to galleries together with data most them.  Here's my latest - which I stimulate got wanted to practise for some fourth dimension equally he ever reminds me of ane of my other favourite painters - John Singer Sargent.  Except Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida this painter is Spanish!
• This is my spider web log post Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Introducing Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
• and this is the novel website About Joaquin Sorolla
• this is a video made past times the Prado Museum together with commenting on the Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) retropspectove exhibition inwards 2009

Techies - websites, blogging together with webware

• Alyson Stanfield (Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a 9 Artist Resources for Better Performing Websites together with Blogs
• Karen Margulis (Women inwards the Act of Painting - covering the Women inwards the Act of Painting spider web log Philadelphia painterNancy Bea Miller.  This spider web log has an ever-growing collection of fine fine art images that clit women inwards the deed of making visual art: painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking etc. I similar it.
• Alvaro Castagnet has topped 10,000 followers for his Alvaro Castagnet Facebook Page - I'm non surprised it looks fun. Would that to a greater extent than painters together with tutors made their Facebook Pages a flake to a greater extent than fun together with accessible!
• This is a Two Options for Blogging on the Road - together with reviews the apps she has used for blogging piece travelling
• Reading blogs inwards feedreaders
• When Google Reader folded I transferred the file of my feeds to Newsblur - on the ground that I read on my iMac together with I needed to know for certain I had a deskbound spider web version cook to go.  I similar NewsBlur - I similar the fact you lot tin develop it, I similar the presentation of the posts - I but want I could practise a search!
• Now that Feedly has got its deed together for iMacs I've fired that upward together with am directly real much liking the mag format.  also similar the search facility
• Neither quite practise what I desire them to practise - but hopefully they're getting there.
• I'm loving the novel format for the gmail inbox - thence much easier to maintain rails of traffic inwards different categories.  It's going to brand a large divergence to the emails hurtling across my screen.

and finally......

Everybody tin directly hold out Banksy. Tate Modern has a novel digital drawing bar on Level iii of the museum.  Sponsored past times Bloomberg, you lot tin clit on a digital sketchpad together with and thence run across your drawing projected on the wall.  (I am trying real difficult non to imagine what the pubescent teenage man child volition draw!)

In addition, they stimulate got installed novel interactive touchscreens inviting visitors to bring together art-related conversations, together with screens showcasing visitors’ ideas together with drawings running downwards the spine of Tate Modern

They're called MAKE YOUR MARK. That should maintain the 7.7 ane G k annual visitors occupied!

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