Brand New!! 31St March 2013 - Who's Made A Seat This Week?

Meet MakingAMark!

She's an Easter lamb (literally) beingness born at 21.20 on Easter Dominicus inward the Netherlands.

Her breed is a really one-time too rare Dutch Native Sheep Breed called 'Drenthen Moor Sheep' too her color type is known equally 'spotted bluish fox'.

You tin read to a greater extent than about Lamb #12 MakingAMark  on Titia Geertman's website most her Lambing Season 2013.

I cause got to state I've known that a lamb mightiness mayhap travel named afterward my online get upwards for a spell - but I've even hence got a large beaming grinning all over my confront equally I type!

Nothing to exercise amongst fine art I know - but I'd wanted a lamb for the characteristic film for this transportation but hadn't quite reckoned on it beingness ane called MakingAMark!!

Variations on a theme of "Who's made a grade this week?"

I've been experimenting during March amongst unlike ways of doing a "round-up" transportation on Sunday.  Thanks for all your feedback which was really helpful. I'll in all likelihood hold to experiment for a fleck until I uncovering the correct balance.

So nosotros had

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her 10 things most fine art this calendar week #1 - which was promising BUT supposed to be short! Hah! FAILED!  I similar the thought but demand to operate on the execution!
• Last Sunday, I wrote the commencement of a NEW serial of monthly posts highlighting We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Art Exhibitions inward London: March - May 2013.  If you lot know someone coming to London you lot mightiness desire to part it amongst them.  I mean value this is a 'keeper' equally a "once a month" transportation - but inward monastic enjoin to bring down the attempt I mean value I may good inward time to come create a page too hence update this equally exhibitions alter - amongst the transportation beingness a ane liner amongst some highlights of exhibitions to sentinel out for.

Artists too Art Blogs


Drawing too sketching 

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Introducing The Pencil Art Society is my transportation most a major evolution inward price of fine art societies for pencil artists which is The Pencil Art Society.  
• The Society were also pretty pleased amongst my review - run across "We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Video Chat amongst Danny Gregory and this is Danny on We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Some moments that I've had is Andrea Joseph's concern human relationship of the kit she took amongst her on a mini-holiday.  I ever beloved looking at other people's drawing too sketching kits!
• an article past times Kevin McPherson - Drawing: The Foundational Vocabulary to Paint an Idea
• Plus Roz ane time again on the topic of We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Some Quick Sketches—Let the TV Keep Running!
Painting
• Do NOT read the weblog of Haidee-Jo Summers unless you're prepared to experience you're non quite hitting the grade when it comes to packing inward the epitome - including epitome inward Kingdom of Morocco nether an umbrella!
• The artists chosen for Splash 15 cause got been announced
• Banksy does the Pope - or does he? We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Labyrinth - Art on the Underground past times Mark Wallinger - his Labyrinth serial of graphic labyrinths inward vitreous enamel beingness 'hung' at 270 subway scheme stations inward London to grade the 150th anniversary of the London Undergound. This is the Evening Standard article on the same topic Where's Wallinger? Turner Prize creative mortal hides a labyrinth of paintings underground
• The Art Newspaper has reprinted a 1993 interview amongst Marcel Duchamp aka R.Mutt
Who painted this?

We cause got a fleck of a backlog of posts for "Who painted this?" hence I've posted them inward the monastic enjoin they were published

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Who painted this? #22
• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Who painted this? #21
• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Who painted this? #20
Artists Communicating (on Radio, Television too Video)

Keep an optic on my Facebook Page for links to skillful pieces most artists on radio (usually Blog Talk Radio),  television (usually BBC iPlayer) or video.  These were recent highlights

BBC iPlayer

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Norman Ackroyd on iPlayer - The documentary What Do Artists Do All Day?: Norman Ackroyd was absolutely wonderful - too an awful lot of people agreed amongst me if the comments on the transportation on my Facebook page are anything to larn by.
• The Pre-Raphaelites: Episode 3 How the Pre-Raphaelites outgrew the avant-garde too began to comprehend fame too fortune.
Blogtalkradio
• ArtistMentorsOnline cause got an AMO Chat slot on Blogtalkradio and cause got exactly celebrated their commencement birthyday. I cause got to confess I haven't heard of some of the people listed for interviews - but had heard of others such as 
• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Thumbnail Sketches - Why bother. Plus We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her How to Use a Thumbnail Effectively past times Karen Margulis most a Doug Dawson tip on how you lot USE thumbnail sketches
• Kevin McPherson (who wrote Fill Your Oil Paintings amongst Light & Color affiliate link included) has developed a novel approach to marketing his workshops which I mean value is rather neat.  He's doing  
• a gratis paintout  on June 22nd
• a gratis critique on June 29th
• both events transcend too tail a calendar week long workshop inward New United Mexican States amongst Kevin which is non gratis too is also aimed at those who would prefer to pigment independently amongst demonstrations too critique available
• Luann Udell has done a serial on Advice on Getting Advice for Fine Art Views
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 1 - contains iii fantabulous pointers most people who laissez passer advice (which I would similar to endorse!)
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 2 - iii to a greater extent than pointers - ane time again good worth reading too recommended for those seeking to railroad train their careers
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 3 - hence much truth inward this one!
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 4 - focuses on note-taking
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 5 - most the demand to inquire for advice early on too to empathise what is required to cause got effective action
Art Supplies

• My transportation most pencil sharpeners too the fact that We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Derwent announces NEW helical pencil sharpeners
• Richard McKinley (Pastel Pointers) has written most 5 of the newer surfaces for epitome amongst pastels - see Painting Surfaces for Pastel | The New Kids
• Winsor & Newton have a page on their website about Choosing the White that's correct inward Oils
Art Competitions

• Art competitions inward Commonwealth of Australia are rather unlike to the UK. I actually similar the Archibald Prize - a major fine art contest for portraits of eminent Australians.  You tin read my posts about:
• the winner of the the Archibald Prize  - We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Second Archibald Prize for Del Kathryn Barton. Plus my comments on some of the reasons I similar their choice.  
• Plus the selected artists 9and their websites) chosen as We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Finalists for The Archibald Prize 2013 + The Packing Room Prize
• Similar to the Archibald - but this fourth dimension focused on the Australian landscape - this is my transportation about We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her The Wynne Prize - Finalists 2013 + their websites
• Jerwood Open Forest is an fine art prize which provides a a telephone phone for bold, broad–thinking proposals that explore the potential of forests equally sites for art.
Art Exhibitions

Major Exhibitions inward London

• I paid a quick see to We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Lichenstein at Tate Modern
• I reckon the Pompeii exhibition at the British Museum is going to travel something of a blockbuster - run across The Guardian's Life too Death: Pompeii too Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum - video preview plus the BBC perspective - Pompeii exhibition is a critical hit. The Museum advises that booking is essential.
• Chuck Close Prints: Process too Collaboration is at the White Cube South Galleries inward Bermondsey until 21 April
• Tate Britain has a display most how Basic Design was taught inward fine art schools
Major Exhibitions inward the USA





Das große Rasenstück / The Large Piece of Turf (1503)
by Albrecht Dürer
Watercolour too body colour, heightened amongst white body colour
Collection - Albertina inward Vienna

• “We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her The Renaissance Followed Him North is the review past times the New York Times

Albrecht Dürer had it all: the optic of a Raphael, the brains of a Leonardo, the looks of a cleaned-up Kurt Cobain. He produced the earliest known self-portrait drawing inward European fine art when he was 13, too some of the commencement stand-alone landscapes.

• These are selected highlights from Impressionism, Fashion, too Modernity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The 16th Annual Exhibition of The Figure inward American Art tin travel seen inward New York until Apr 20th
Art Societies

• I especially enjoyed the display wall of artwork past times paintings by We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Review: RWS Spring Exhibition 2013.  The exhibition continues until 21 Apr at the Bankside Gallery.
• It was also skillful to run across the watercolour paintings - run across We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her David Firmstone wins Turner Watercolour Award 2013 - this includes a video of him painting.  Those who similar to pigment amongst brushes mightiness similar to cause got a peek at the video........
• The Mall Galleries has a preview of the artwork inward the upcoming Annual Exhibition past times the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour.  The exhibition opens to Blue Planet on 5 Apr too continues until xviii Apr 2013 - 10:00 to 17:00 daily
• The Manchester Academy of Fine Arts is belongings an exhibition which opens at the Portico Library & Gallery inward Manchester on fourth Apr too continues until 30th April. 
• This was my We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Review: Royal Society of British Artists - 296th Annual Exhibition
  of 537 artworks - both paintings inward all media too sculpture
Open Studios

• Bridget Hunter (We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her the commencement ever Ayrshire Open Studios
Art Galleries too Museums

• On 1 July 2013 the Metropolitan Museum of Art volition opened upwards on Mondays too volition travel opened upwards 7 days a calendar week for the commencement fourth dimension since 1971.  To travel honest I'm simply amazed that it has had the luxury of non opening 7 days a calendar week all this time!
Art History

• The Art Newspaper - How too why gustation changes by David Ekserdjian, Professor of history of fine art too celluloid at the University of Leicester. He asserts that spell an artist’s popularity tin wax too wane, at that topographic point are really few genuine rediscoveries  
• The Financial Times focuses this weekend on Houses Built for Art Collections - it puts a whole novel spin on edifice an fine art studio inward the garden......
Art Economy too Art Collectors

• These were the Top 10 Art Auction Prices inward February according to artnet
• The Art Newspaper's article Nicole Klagsbrun to unopen gallery afterward xxx years inward the business provides an interesting comment on on how the fine art world, fine art collectors too fine art dealers cause got changed
Opinion Poll


This month's Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark persuasion Poll has been most We've made a mark!". 
Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - too your direct a opportunity to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Which are the best artist-quality crude oil paints?  I'll travel reporting on the results side past times side week.