Brand New!! Review - Ukcps Twelfth Annual Opened Upwards International Exhibition 2013
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Lesley Sharman has won the altitude abide by for pure coloured pencil artwork at the UK Coloured Pencil Society's 12th Open International Exhibition 2013.
This opened on the 1st September inward the Pavilion Gallery at Patchings inward Nottinghamshire in addition to continues until the sixth Oct 2013.
This post:
You tin detect the Award Winners on the UKCPS website. I've also got them listed below along with links to their websites in addition to artwork.
I was sorry to reckon that the Prize for Still Life which memorialised Peter Woof is land no more. I also authorities notation that the abide by for to a greater extent than abstract fine art has morphed into "most modern interpretation" whatever that means!
You tin also reckon all the images of locomote selected for a demo inward a Picasa album. I urge yous to persuasion these inward the slideshow option equally the character seems to live slightly better.
I possess got to state I'm somewhat surprised past times the choice made for around of the prizes. I'm also guessing I powerfulness non live lonely inward this view. To accept an obvious example, I detect it real strange that final year's "best inward show" winner didn't figure with the prizewinners or Highly Commended this twelvemonth despite submitting 2 fantabulous portraits.
The motility past times fine art societies to create a virtual exhibition of the artwork on display inward the annual exhibition is a real positive evolution - in addition to is to live applauded. It greatly enhances accessibility to artwork associated with an fine art medium or genre. This is the 2nd twelvemonth that UKCPS possess got held a simultaneous virtual exhibition using Picasa to host the images.
Last month, I commended the CPSA for a fix of photos of their exhibition which made it come upward live in addition to enabled 1 to appreciate the diverse images inward context. Unfortunately, 1 of the things almost a virtual exhibition - via Picasa - is it doesn't hand yous whatever feel at all of actual size, fifty-fifty though I authorities notation that each motion-picture demo is accompanied past times the dimensions of the artwork. It's sometimes tempting to depict a decision almost a locomote which powerfulness non concord truthful if yous "saw" its existent size. It's a compassion so that at that spot are no photographs available of the exhibition on the website to 'complete the picture' equally it were. Also as I commented final month
The images this twelvemonth seem to live smaller in addition to less adept character when compared to last year's Picasa slideshow. Whether this is to do with the character of digital prototype submitted past times the creative soul or whatever processing done prior to uploading - or mayhap my improved eyesight post surgery(?) - is unclear. However, for me, this is a major trouble for an exhibition whose aim should live almost demonstrating the best coloured pencil fine art inward the UK.
People volition e'er tend to justice a medium past times the evidence they reckon with their eyes. If all they tin reckon are images which seem to advise that at to the lowest degree some of the artwork is somewhat unsmooth in addition to lacking inward both artistic merit in addition to technical science so that is a pregnant trouble - or it should be.
There are 155 images inward the exhibition - which is many to a greater extent than than it used to be. The resultant seems to live that the exhibition includes far likewise many industrial plant which are weak.
Compare this to 5 years agone when the total full of entries received was 152 entries from 74 people inward xi dissimilar countries! Judgement was exercised past times the selectors in addition to only 1 3rd of these were selected for exhibition.
For me, those selecting for an exhibition should justice locomote past times a standard - non pick out the requisite release of industrial plant for the infinite available. To me it appears that at to the lowest degree around of the artwork selected does non come across the standards of exhibitions inward previous years - in addition to - if that is inward fact the illustration - that is also a affair of concern.
Exhibitions of high character locomote attract entries from artists producing high character work. They desire to live associated with the best. In contrast, those exhibitions which include locomote which is non "exhibition standard" (and I'm using that term inward a national fine art guild context) tend to deter artists producing high character locomote from submitting locomote to that fine art guild inward subsequent years.
(You tin reckon the Award Winners from past times exhibitions on the website - in addition to they are a proxy for overall quality:
I made a similar comments almost a trouble almost standards final year. I'm sorry these concerns possess got been reinforced this year.
I'm making this sentence based on a fair score of experience. I've seen a release of past times annual exhibitions past times UKCPS and, every twelvemonth for the final 7 years I possess got seen most of the annual exhibitions of most national fine art societies in addition to a pregnant release of exhibitions for prestigious fine art competitions. In fact it's exclusively possible that I reckon to a greater extent than annual exhibitions of national fine art societies than anybody else inward the country! Most such fine art societies are of course of education real much older than UKCPS. They tended to live started past times pocket-size groups of professional person artists in addition to had a much longer fourth dimension to railroad train the flat of membership in addition to the character of artwork which tin right away live seen inward their annual exhibitions. UKCPS is yet real much an 'infant' inward comparing to nearly all the other national societies in addition to doesn't portion the same characteristics inward damage of origins in addition to membership policy.
UKCPS continues to live a guild which is real much associated with leisure/amateur artists. In business office that comes from a policy of opened upward access to membership in addition to a signature condition which is acquired through choice inward successive exhibitions rather than past times a sentence past times peers which is the method adopted past times most other national fine art societies.
In addition, few members currently brand a living from their fine art and, it's real noticeable that around of those who do no longer exhibit inward the UKCPS Annual Exhibition - which is a real peachy pity. All of this is a pregnant contrast to how members are selected for other societies in addition to the flat of professionalism inward damage of artwork demonstrated past times their members.
I've noticed inward recent years that a release of artists producing high character locomote inward coloured pencils are right away choosing other fine art societies in addition to fine art competitions equally providing the best surroundings for the overall character of fine art with which they wishing to live associated.
It was also real noticeable how fiddling coloured pencil artwork was chosen for the Derwent Art Prize exhibition this calendar month at the Mall Galleries. That of itself also says something almost the standards of coloured pencil artwork inward the Great Britain when judged against other contemporary pencil artwork.
For me it's compaction fourth dimension for the UKCPS. I yell upward it right away needs to root considering how it wants to railroad train the national condition of the Society inward the medium term - with all the associated benefits this powerfulness possess got for its signature members - in addition to its annual exhibitions. For illustration does it desire to
None of this precludes its master copy aims of also having an opened upward access policy for hobby artists in addition to actively encouraging the evolution of skills in addition to cognition almost coloured pencil fine art for amateur artists. For example, the Society of Botanical Artists - which is around x years older than UKCPS - has made a real pregnant contribution to the evolution of knowledgeable in addition to skilled botanical artists through the evolution of its distance learning Diploma Course. This right away attracts students from all over the world.
At the halt of the solar daytime the condition of coloured pencil fine art inward the Great Britain is almost an awful lot to a greater extent than than which coloured pencils yous tin role for the annual exhibition!
I'll conclude with a disputation which I'd live happy to brand almost whatever annual exhibition past times whatever fine art society.
I'm e'er happy to reckon annual exhibitions past times fine art societies which demonstrate:
Exhibition: UKCPS twelfth Open International Exhibition 2013
Where: Patchings Art Centre, Oxton Road, Calverton, Notts, NG14 6NU
When: 1st September - sixth Oct 2013
This year's judges who selected the artwork for the exhibition were:
This opened on the 1st September inward the Pavilion Gallery at Patchings inward Nottinghamshire in addition to continues until the sixth Oct 2013.
This post:
- details the awardwinners in addition to provides links to both the artwork in addition to artist's websites
- comments on the exhibition in addition to its implications for the futurity of UKCPS.
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| Best inward Show on the UKCPS website |
UKCPS twelfth Annual Open International Exhibition 2012 - Award Winners
You tin detect the Award Winners on the UKCPS website. I've also got them listed below along with links to their websites in addition to artwork.
I was sorry to reckon that the Prize for Still Life which memorialised Peter Woof is land no more. I also authorities notation that the abide by for to a greater extent than abstract fine art has morphed into "most modern interpretation" whatever that means!
Name | Work | Prizes |
UKCPS Award: Best inward Show (£300) | ||
Great Art Award, Runner Up to Best inward Show | ||
UKCPS President’s Award | ||
Martin Vela | Bruynzeel-Sakura Best Pure Coloured Pencil Award | |
Pencil4Artists Award for Creative Use of Colour AND Caran d'Ache Award - Best Portrait | ||
Jean Canter UKCPS | Peter Weatherill Award for Best Landscape/Building | |
Creative Suppot Art Shop Award for Best Wildlife Animal | ||
RK Burt Award for Best Domestic Animal | ||
J Y Chang UKCPS | St Cuthberts Mill Award for Best Modern Interpretation | |
Derwent Award for Best Botanical | ||
Highly Commended | ||
| | White Rabbit (Miniature drawn onto a gilded watch) | Highly Commended |
Highly Commended | ||
Hazel Tucker | Highly Commended |
You tin also reckon all the images of locomote selected for a demo inward a Picasa album. I urge yous to persuasion these inward the slideshow option equally the character seems to live slightly better.
I possess got to state I'm somewhat surprised past times the choice made for around of the prizes. I'm also guessing I powerfulness non live lonely inward this view. To accept an obvious example, I detect it real strange that final year's "best inward show" winner didn't figure with the prizewinners or Highly Commended this twelvemonth despite submitting 2 fantabulous portraits.
Review of the exhibition
The motility past times fine art societies to create a virtual exhibition of the artwork on display inward the annual exhibition is a real positive evolution - in addition to is to live applauded. It greatly enhances accessibility to artwork associated with an fine art medium or genre. This is the 2nd twelvemonth that UKCPS possess got held a simultaneous virtual exhibition using Picasa to host the images.
Last month, I commended the CPSA for a fix of photos of their exhibition which made it come upward live in addition to enabled 1 to appreciate the diverse images inward context. Unfortunately, 1 of the things almost a virtual exhibition - via Picasa - is it doesn't hand yous whatever feel at all of actual size, fifty-fifty though I authorities notation that each motion-picture demo is accompanied past times the dimensions of the artwork. It's sometimes tempting to depict a decision almost a locomote which powerfulness non concord truthful if yous "saw" its existent size. It's a compassion so that at that spot are no photographs available of the exhibition on the website to 'complete the picture' equally it were. Also as I commented final month
I cannot emphasise likewise much how much it agency to artists to live able to reckon their artwork on the wall of an exhibition.I'm real reluctant to brand whatever comments on private industrial plant this twelvemonth in addition to that's because I possess got around real pregnant concerns almost the character of the images on Picasa.
The images this twelvemonth seem to live smaller in addition to less adept character when compared to last year's Picasa slideshow. Whether this is to do with the character of digital prototype submitted past times the creative soul or whatever processing done prior to uploading - or mayhap my improved eyesight post surgery(?) - is unclear. However, for me, this is a major trouble for an exhibition whose aim should live almost demonstrating the best coloured pencil fine art inward the UK.
People volition e'er tend to justice a medium past times the evidence they reckon with their eyes. If all they tin reckon are images which seem to advise that at to the lowest degree some of the artwork is somewhat unsmooth in addition to lacking inward both artistic merit in addition to technical science so that is a pregnant trouble - or it should be.
There are 155 images inward the exhibition - which is many to a greater extent than than it used to be. The resultant seems to live that the exhibition includes far likewise many industrial plant which are weak.
Compare this to 5 years agone when the total full of entries received was 152 entries from 74 people inward xi dissimilar countries! Judgement was exercised past times the selectors in addition to only 1 3rd of these were selected for exhibition.
For me, those selecting for an exhibition should justice locomote past times a standard - non pick out the requisite release of industrial plant for the infinite available. To me it appears that at to the lowest degree around of the artwork selected does non come across the standards of exhibitions inward previous years - in addition to - if that is inward fact the illustration - that is also a affair of concern.
Exhibitions of high character locomote attract entries from artists producing high character work. They desire to live associated with the best. In contrast, those exhibitions which include locomote which is non "exhibition standard" (and I'm using that term inward a national fine art guild context) tend to deter artists producing high character locomote from submitting locomote to that fine art guild inward subsequent years.
(You tin reckon the Award Winners from past times exhibitions on the website - in addition to they are a proxy for overall quality:
I made a similar comments almost a trouble almost standards final year. I'm sorry these concerns possess got been reinforced this year.
I'm making this sentence based on a fair score of experience. I've seen a release of past times annual exhibitions past times UKCPS and, every twelvemonth for the final 7 years I possess got seen most of the annual exhibitions of most national fine art societies in addition to a pregnant release of exhibitions for prestigious fine art competitions. In fact it's exclusively possible that I reckon to a greater extent than annual exhibitions of national fine art societies than anybody else inward the country! Most such fine art societies are of course of education real much older than UKCPS. They tended to live started past times pocket-size groups of professional person artists in addition to had a much longer fourth dimension to railroad train the flat of membership in addition to the character of artwork which tin right away live seen inward their annual exhibitions. UKCPS is yet real much an 'infant' inward comparing to nearly all the other national societies in addition to doesn't portion the same characteristics inward damage of origins in addition to membership policy.
UKCPS continues to live a guild which is real much associated with leisure/amateur artists. In business office that comes from a policy of opened upward access to membership in addition to a signature condition which is acquired through choice inward successive exhibitions rather than past times a sentence past times peers which is the method adopted past times most other national fine art societies.
In addition, few members currently brand a living from their fine art and, it's real noticeable that around of those who do no longer exhibit inward the UKCPS Annual Exhibition - which is a real peachy pity. All of this is a pregnant contrast to how members are selected for other societies in addition to the flat of professionalism inward damage of artwork demonstrated past times their members.
I've noticed inward recent years that a release of artists producing high character locomote inward coloured pencils are right away choosing other fine art societies in addition to fine art competitions equally providing the best surroundings for the overall character of fine art with which they wishing to live associated.
It was also real noticeable how fiddling coloured pencil artwork was chosen for the Derwent Art Prize exhibition this calendar month at the Mall Galleries. That of itself also says something almost the standards of coloured pencil artwork inward the Great Britain when judged against other contemporary pencil artwork.
For me it's compaction fourth dimension for the UKCPS. I yell upward it right away needs to root considering how it wants to railroad train the national condition of the Society inward the medium term - with all the associated benefits this powerfulness possess got for its signature members - in addition to its annual exhibitions. For illustration does it desire to
- Hold an annual exhibition which tin claim to exhibit the real best inward coloured pencil fine art inward the UK
- Review its criteria for the choice of jurors - with a persuasion to enhancing the flat of professional person input to the choice process
None of this precludes its master copy aims of also having an opened upward access policy for hobby artists in addition to actively encouraging the evolution of skills in addition to cognition almost coloured pencil fine art for amateur artists. For example, the Society of Botanical Artists - which is around x years older than UKCPS - has made a real pregnant contribution to the evolution of knowledgeable in addition to skilled botanical artists through the evolution of its distance learning Diploma Course. This right away attracts students from all over the world.
At the halt of the solar daytime the condition of coloured pencil fine art inward the Great Britain is almost an awful lot to a greater extent than than which coloured pencils yous tin role for the annual exhibition!
I'll conclude with a disputation which I'd live happy to brand almost whatever annual exhibition past times whatever fine art society.
I'm e'er happy to reckon annual exhibitions past times fine art societies which demonstrate:
- a clear designing of consistently high standards of artwork selected for annual exhibitions submitted past times both fellow member artists in addition to those submitting via the opened upward entry
- a rigour exercised past times the selectors which agency that all locomote which does non merit exhibition is excluded.
- positive momentum for the guild - in addition to existence opened upward to developments inward fine art which stand upward for excogitation in addition to advancement for both artwork in addition to members alike.
Here are the details of this year's UKCPS Annual International Exhibition
Exhibition: UKCPS twelfth Open International Exhibition 2013
Where: Patchings Art Centre, Oxton Road, Calverton, Notts, NG14 6NU
When: 1st September - sixth Oct 2013
This year's judges who selected the artwork for the exhibition were:
- Liz Wood from Patchings
- John Hope-Hawkins - Chairman of the SAA
- Lesley Crawford UKCPS Silver - founder fellow member of the Great Britain Coloured Pencil Society
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