17Th June - Who's Made A Rank This Week?

This lastly calendar week I've been inwards exhibition overload - too there's a lot to a greater extent than to come upwardly this week!

Display inwards the Final Room of "Crisis of Brilliance", Dulwich Picture Gallery
Includes 2 large paintings yesteryear Stanley Spencer
(left) Christ Carrying the Cross (1920)
(right) Unveiling Cookham War Memorial (1922)

I've reviewed the 114th Annual Exhibition of the Pastel Society, visited the novel exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery (Nash, Nevinson, Spencer, Gertler, Carrington, Bomberg: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Crisis of Brilliance, 1908-1922) too highlighted the Call for Entries for the Annual Exhibition of the New
English linguistic communication Art Club. Plus I also saw the choices made yesteryear the Art Critics Circle at a minor exhibition at the Mall Galleries too viewed Alastair Sooke every bit he too an fine art dealer got to grips amongst the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

This post service volition highlight images from exhibitions I've yet to write nigh too ones which mightiness non larn a total review from me.

I've also been dealing amongst problems relating to the maiden off optic which was operated on. There's champaign something non quite right every bit the optic is non opening easily inwards the morn too also wants to unopen rather early on towards the goal of the hateful solar daytime too feels a fleck weird inbetween times. The consultant's alphabetic quality to my GP came through too apparently I mightiness bring an number amongst drainage inwards a nasal passage! But it's some other argue why looking at screens yet tends to live a fleck spaced out too I'm yet non dorsum to normal blogging.

Artists too Art Blogs

Colour

• My instant post service nigh the Rory McEwen exhibition at Kew Gardens concerned his pigment - see The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the The Colours of Rory McEwen.  I did the nerdy affair too copied out all the pigment names which I could run into inwards the display cabinet!

Two absolutely fascinating weblog posts nigh color too naming colours from lastly year.  

• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Piero della Francesca frescos inwards Arezzo and the fact that they real clearly bring both a blueish too a light-green pigment inwards the frescos.  Maybe the writer needs a European perspective?

Meanwhile Nicole Caulfield The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Color Theory

A prissy post service from Loriann Signori (The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the consider the paper.  I dearest looking at the pictures on Loriann's weblog they ever brand me desire to accomplish for my colours.  She's has a The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the reorganization of (her) pastel box recently.  Why non depository fiscal establishment check out the way she's got her pastels?

Drawing too Sketching

• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Ary's Warung inwards Ubud, Bali

Painting

• Claire Ward (Drawn to Paint Nature) provides a real helpful demonstration of her technique of icon botanical subjects inwards gouache inwards Gouache Technique on the weblog of the Irish Gaelic Society of Botanical Artists
• The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has a fascinating concern human relationship of how Jan van Os painted his Dutch Floral Still Life painting  which discusses paints, pigments too medium used.  There are some real interesting graphics inwards the post.

Plein Air

• I was delighted to discovery that Michael Chesley Johnson (A Plein Air Painter's Blog) took me dorsum inwards fourth dimension to ane of the places I've sketched - Pemaquid Point too Lighthouse inwards Maine.  Here's
• his post service nigh a house I scream back so real well The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)
• I only kept thinking nigh the Road Trip: Mount Desert Island too Pemaquid Point – Day 3; and 
• here's my post service dorsum inwards 2006 The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Plein Air Magazine's July issue addition he's posted a video on YouTube of his sketch of the painters at the recent Plein Air Convention inwards Monterey.  If yous attended run into if yous tin give the axe spot yourself at the beginning!

Who painted this?

• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Who painted this? #31? has an lawsuit of a large icon which contains lots of people.  Whatever happened to this type of painting?  Which contemporary artists practise yous know who pigment large groups or lots of people inwards their paintings?

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Who painted this? #30 was revealed to live a icon of summertime yesteryear John Cotman.  Barbara Jackson (Painting amongst Pencil) was the maiden off someone to larn a completely right answer

Art Business & Marketing 

Art Societies

• I know people think fine art societies are nigh the promoption of fine art - but they forget most originally formed amongst the thought of really exhibiting too selling their paintings.  Something a number of societies (not all!) bring managed to forget over the years.  It thence came every bit no surprise to me to come upwardly acrpss Alyson Stanfield's post service on her The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the 10 Reasons to Burn Your Art Group Membership Card.  The comments are worth reading too.  

Her related post service - concerning the demand to beware of fine art societies which are non interested inwards marketing is The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Beware of Poisonous Relationships

That's non to say yous can't bring neat organisations which business office efficiently too effectively too are truly reflective of their members too ALL their interests (that's including the ane where they larn paid!)

Marketing

• I've updated my website about How to write an Artist's Resume or CV.  If you're an emerging creative someone - or only an creative someone who's trying to brand some progress amongst his or her career yous may discovery it useful.  The companion site is How to write an Artist's Statement.

Copyright

• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Young savers plough to fine art for bigger returns from The Telegraph.

Nearly a 3rd of those aged betwixt eighteen too 34 bring bought paintings, sculptures or photographs worth nether £4,000 apiece inwards the lastly twelve months.

Art Exhibitions

Art Competitions

• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Wildlife Artist of the Year 2013 - David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation is at nowadays over but yous tin give the axe read a review of the exhibition too discovery out who won what inwards my review - click the link.

Art Societies

Pastel Society - 114th Annual Exhibition - Private View

• This is my The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Review: The Pastel Society - Annual Exhibition 2013. The Private View gets an awful lot of people too the carmine stickers were going upwardly chop-chop spell I was in that location lastly Mon evening.  Congrats to pastel creative someone too good known art blogger The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Major Art Exhibitions inwards London June - August 2013

I've also introduced a page on this weblog - Major Art Exhibitions inwards London inwards 2013 - which is a one-stop bookmark listing all the major fine art exhibitions inwards London inwards 2013.

I visited the 245th Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts on press preview hateful solar daytime too had a tour of it led by Norman Ackroyd. 

• Here's my review The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the 10 reasons to see the RA Summer Exhibition 2013.  

You've got ane hateful solar daytime left to watch The Culture Show episode in which Alastair Sooke looked at the fine art inwards the exhibition too also the artists who ship inwards run to it - too why they practise it - on iPlayer.

Here's a fascinating concern human relationship of The Royal Academy too the Hangmen By Helen Stewart 

You've got some other risk to run into the fascinating BBC programme nigh printmaker Norman Ackroyd (pictured above) on iPlayer - until 25 June. I managed to bring a tranquility give-and-take amongst him at the Summer Exhibition preview too fed dorsum how real much people had told me they'd enjoyed it maiden off fourth dimension around dorsum inwards March.

RA Summer Exhibition 2013

• I recommend a see to the Nash, Nevinson, Spencer, Gertler, carrington, Bomberg: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Crisis of Brilliance 1908-1922 which opened at the Dulwich Picture Gallery lastly calendar week too I'll live writing upwardly my review real soon.  (Blame the eyes for non having done it already).  Here's my photograph of David Boyd Hancock, the writer of the majority too the human being behind the exhibition.  If you're a fan of British icon it's definitely an exhibition worth seeing - portraying every bit it does the developments inwards British icon around the fourth dimension of the First World War - too some of the run produced yesteryear some of the artists who worked every bit state of war artists.  This is a link to the Guardian review of his book which sets the scene for the exhibition.  I'm a huge fan of Stanley Spencer too it was a existent joy for me to run into some of his paintings too drawings - non to the lowest degree his self-portrait inwards carmine conte which tin give the axe live seen over the should of David Boyd Hancock.

David Boyd Hancock, writer of Crisis of Brilliance amongst the exhibition nigh the artists

• The BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2013 opens to Earth on Th at the National Portrait Gallery
• I've got the listing of selected artists - too there'll live a post service tomorrow amongst links to their websites
• Then Sophie Ploeg (Sophie Ploeg) too I are at the Awards on Tuesday even out - amongst a quickie post service on my render nigh the winner
• Press View amongst the prizewinners on Midweek morn - too a to a greater extent than in-depth review of the exhibition
• and too so a review of the BP Travel Award - of which I've had an early on sight too it's amazing - too word of the 2013 Prizewinner
• Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld inwards the '20s opens at the Courtauld Gallery on Th too I'm getting an early on viewing Midweek afternoon.
• The large Lowry exhibition - Lowry too the Painting of Modern Life - opens at Tate Britain on 26 June.  There's a slideshow of xi photos of Lowry on the Tate Facebook Page 
• This is an interesting post service inwards The Independent nigh Charles Saatchi (recently inwards the word unconnected to fine art too at nowadays nether caution from the Police!).  Is Charles Saatchi, at 70, the hero of contemporary art?   The contributors were Brian Sewell art critic for the Evening Standard too David Lee, editor of The Jackdaw

As the YBAs' champion notches upwardly some other decade, nosotros asked 2 leading critics whether he has been proficient for artists too audiences

RA Summer Exhibition Preview 
the chap amongst the satchel on the left is David Lee,
the Editor of Jackdaw too ane of the judges on Show me the Monet.
I wanted to inquire him what he thought of the exhibition! 

Art Exhibitions inwards the UK

• Unseen Lowry is an exhibition of 100 industrial plant at The Lowry Gallery in Salford - most of which bring never been seen yesteryear Earth before.  It opens on 22 June too continues until 29 September.

Privately owned, these paintings too drawings were inwards the Lowry’s abode at the fourth dimension of his decease inwards 1976 too include some of his earliest sketches every bit good every bit paintings completed inwards the early on 1970s

• The Natural History Museum at its Tring outpost bring an exhibition of involvement to botanical artists.  Blooming Marvellous includes drawings yesteryear Sydney Parkinson produced during his fourth dimension amongst Captain Cook's voyage on the Endeavour to the South Pacific 

a glimpse of the Museum's extensive collection of botanical fine art including watercolours, pen sketches too drawings, dating dorsum to the 16th too 17th centuries.  

• There's an exhibition of Margaret Thatcher cartoons which has to bring ane the best ever titles for an exhibition.  The Eyes of Caligula too the Lips of Marilyn Monroe is at the Chris Beetles Gallery inwards London

Art Exhibitions inwards the USA

• The 2013 Exhibition of the National Watercolor Society has opened at the NWS Gallery at 915 S. Pacific Avenue San Pedro CA 90731. It continues until eighteen August 2013.

Art Bloggers

• I've previously mentioned Victoria Evans (The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Day 1 - 28 Days of Being a Painter) too she's late written to me to tell me she has her maiden off major solo demonstrate opening on June 21 2013. The exhibition continues until xix July at 1873 Hall, The Briggait, 141 Bridgegate, Glasgow, G1 5HZ

Standing Stones is an ambitious installation of novel large scale fossil oil paintings, arranged inwards the way of stelae, or standing stones, inwards The Briggait's stunning 1873 Hall.

If yous bring a solo exhibition coming upwardly or a grouping exhibition AND yous are an fine art blogger(this lastly fleck is real important) practise allow me know when you're having your demonstrate too I'll advert it inwards this weekly post. See The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the How to highlight your exhibition - for creative someone bloggers ONLY for data nigh what yous demand to do. Please note, every bit stated, this is an fine art blogger ONLY deal! If yous don't bring an fine art weblog delight practise NOT ship me your press release!

Art History

• The Lost Photographs of Edouard Manet by Alexi Worth is good worth a read.

Art Exhibitions - Call for Entries

Art Competitions

• Artists at nowadays bring less than The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the One calendar month left to larn into £30,000 Threadneedle Prize 2013 for figurative icon too sculpture.

Artists & illustrators are bespeak for submissions for their Artist of the Year 2013 - entry closes 12 September too in that location volition live an exhibition at the Mall Galleries inwards Jan 2014.

Art Societies

• The Annual Exhibition of the The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)
• The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the New English linguistic communication Art Club Annual Exhibition 2013 - Call for Entries.  Digital registration opened lastly Thursday.

Art Supplies

I've done a pricing review - straightaway next a rather large debit to my fleck of plastic - see
The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part I)

The crayola-fication of the world: How nosotros gave colors names, too it messed amongst our brains (part II)

I only kept thinking nigh the Luminance 6901 Coloured Pencils - comparative prices for opened upwardly stock but most of all admire the colours!

I practise dearest choosing novel colours!
Luminance 6901 Coloured Pencils
(6901 agency they're accredited to an manufacture measure every bit lightfast)

Techies

Two posts nigh Facebook

• Facebook has introduced Hashtags.  Facecrooks tells yous what yous demand to know nigh the privacy aspects inwards this article Hashtags Officially Come to Facebook, But Be Careful How You Use Them!
• This post service went viral - inwards a large way.  This is Gary Moyers (Gary Moyers) on The Secret Behind the “Like” Button or what really happens when yous press that "like" button

I bring long held suspicions that the Like push on Facebook is non your friend.

and finally......

I know there's a lot of Harry Potter fans out there.  You mightiness similar to review Graphic fine art inspired yesteryear Harry Potter - courtesy of The Telegraph.

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