22Nd October 2013 - Who's Made A Mark?

October is exhibition overload month! I had 3 exhibitions in conclusion calendar week summation a põrnikas - in addition to 3 to a greater extent than which opened in conclusion calendar week in addition to which I haven't visited yet ! So I gave myself permission to write almost the Whistler this calendar week in addition to took it slow over the weekend!  The images inwards this post this calendar week are mainly from the exhibitions I've viewed - every bit indicated - past times way of fifty-fifty to a greater extent than of a taster for those who'd similar to consider more.

Dr Patricia Montfort in addition to Professor Margaret F McDonald
Curators of An American inwards London: Whistler in addition to the Thames at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Standing inwards front end of Blue in addition to Gold - Old Battersea Bridge

Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Marine Artists. Mall Galleries - West Gallery
ever a really pop exhibition - amongst goodness sales

I'm thinking of moving this post to a regular slot on Mondays.  The argue existence I hold getting the notion that the weekend ought to last to a greater extent than of a "me" time.  It's been sliding from Sundays to Mon for a piece then we'll consider how it goes.

This ane slid into Tuesday because all solar daytime yesterday I was next a major storey almost copyright infringement which I stumbled upon in addition to which had gone viral - every bit inwards 245k shares of the original storey on Facebook!  So it started every bit a twosome of lines inwards this post in addition to past times the terminate of the solar daytime was a recommended read for all those who take away to know almost fair exercise and/or aren't confident almost copyright matters.

Art & Artists

I kicked off in conclusion calendar week amongst this post You are known past times the fellowship you lot keep. This was triggered past times using this phrase when discussing some recent "goings on" amongst swain artists.

Drawing & Sketching

• Some of my sketches of gardens in addition to parks volition last seen inwards a novel mass called Urban Sketchers in addition to a founding fellow member of the London Urban Sketchers.

The dissimilar covers for Sketch Your World

• Last weekend was the 41st Worldwide Sketchcrawl - 
• Urban Sketchers records The 41st Worldwide Sketchcrawl meets The Big Draw LA!
• Plus at that spot was a good for you lot turn-out inwards Sydney Commonwealth of Australia - 41st Sketchcrawl inwards Hyde Park, Sydney
• Liz Steel (My Architecture Sketchbook article
• David Shrigley, ane of this year's Turner Prize nominees draws for a living.  In this Guardian article he tells Will Self how he got started - David Shrigley: 'I gave my mass out at the pub – that's how it all started'   You tin accept a await at: some of his drawings - inwards this ane Artists beak almost their work. 
• People's sketchbooks on Pearltrees - an unusual way of finding out almost sketchbooks
• I finally got circular to posting my Lunch for ane at the National Dining Rooms on my sketchbook blog

Painting

• The Royal Watercolour Society straightaway has a blog - unfortunately it's a weblog without a feed
• so can't last read inwards feedreaders in addition to won't interpret to Facebook.  If you lot croak to the problem of creating in addition to maintaining a weblog practise brand certain it has an RSS feed.
• Artists who impressed this calendar week included:
• Mark Dalessio in addition to Plein Air Painting inwards the Tuileries Gardens, Paris
• Haidee-Jo Summers - She's been roofing the completion of a paradigm involving large ruddy sails this calendar week on her blog Haidee-Jo Summers creative individual - ma vie en couleurs 
• Michael Chesley Johnson - Government Shutdown Couldn't Shut Down This Plein Air Painting Workshop - what practise you lot practise when the goverment shuts downwards all the National Parks in addition to you lot receive got a workshop planned?
• Haidee has also been playing at Being Monsieur Monet - which reminded me of ane my favourite occupations which is drawing masterpieces inwards coloured pencil.  I was reminded that I'd also tackled Morning on the Seine inwards a dissimilar colourway some fourth dimension ago. It's prompted me to think I should practise more. I know I acquire a huge amount every fourth dimension I re-create a paradigm past times an old Master.  However it's of import to recollect there's a lot of divergence betwixt copying somebody who's out of copyright in addition to an paradigm past times an creative individual or lensman whose travel is covered past times copyright - consider the copyright department for to a greater extent than give-and-take of this inwards the lite of this week's viral copyright story.

Morning on the Seine - a re-create of Monet's travel inwards coloured pencils
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

Pastels in addition to Pencils

• I similar to highlight pencil artists who are doing good - in addition to to highlight the criteria in addition to agency for how to practise well.  Chris Otley (Ways of Seeing) is a graphite creative individual who likes making large drawings of natural history subjects.  This calendar week he is one of the 100 currently unrepresented artists featured at The Other Art Fair inwards London which gets almost 10,000 visitors.  This is his page on the Other Art Fair website.  Note the street cred. inwards price of creative individual disceptation in addition to fine art education. In monastic tell to last selected for this well-regarded number an creative individual had to last selected past times a panel of experts which comprised 
• Yinka Shonibare MBE, 
• Rebecca Wilson (Director of the Saatchi Gallery), 
• David Jaffe (Senior Curator, National Gallery) and 
• Nick Hackworth (Director of Paradise Row in addition to onetime contemporary fine art critic of the Evening Standard).
• The Artists Network receive got announced the Winners of the 15th Annual Pastel 100 Competition 

Fine Art Prints

• Artists who impressed this calendar week included Austin Cole with some super etchings at the RSMA Annual Exhibition 

North Pembrokshire past times Austin Cole
Etching (edition of 12 - 2 available) £420 unframed

Wildlife Art

• Wildlife inwards Action Prize at the David Shepherd's Wildlife Artist of the Year contest inwards 2010

Who painted this?

• This is Who Painted This? #49
• The answer to the novel way of tackling Who Painted this #48 was non goodness - I'm wondering if the work is the approach or the image.  John O'Grady in addition to Bernadette Madden were the articulation winners (see #48 for their contributions in addition to #49 for details of the image)

Art Business & Marketing

Artist development

• Luann Udell has taken an enlightening perspective on how you lot tell your storey almost who you lot are every bit an creative individual - consider Letting Go... So We Can Become Something Else

Copyright for Artists

• RECOMMENDED READ  The number is almost "fair use" when appropriating other people's work. The viral online copyright tempest re. Congdon vs Cody Foster is outlined inwards my weblog post yesterday - see Copyright for Artists - Congdon vs Cody Foster. 
• As component of the inquiry I did for the weblog post I finally tracked downwards what has happened to Cariou vs Prince instance which relates to Richard Prince's manipulation of photographs taken past times Patrick Cariou.
• Although the Appeal Court ruled that Prince could exercise "fair use" re some of Cariou's images which he maniulated, some other courtroom reviewed in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than some a smaller number where it was determined that the changes made were insufficient for them to last deemed transformative in addition to so "fair use" did non apply
• The electrical current province of affairs is that on August 27, 2013, The Tipster: buying at an fine art fair 
• The Guardian 
• Adrian Searle salivated - Bigger, brighter, better: Frieze London 2013
• Frieze Art Fair: Buyer choice expands from porn in addition to puddles to a Brueghel With travel of 2,000 artists from galleries worldwide the fair at Regent's Park, London, attracts collectors amongst deep pockets
• The Art Newspaper highlights video fine art inwards its article Time to accept inwards video fine art - Moving Image debunks the myth that media industrial plant are a difficult sell for fairs. Moving Image is run past times good know fine art blogger Ed Winkleman (edward_winkleman)



Art Exhibitions

Major Art Exhibitions inwards London

New exhibitions opening this calendar week included:

• The EY Exhibition: Paul Klee - Making Visible at Tate Modern (Until ix March 2014).  All the industrial plant are ordered according to Klee's obsessive numbering system. I'll belike croak in addition to consider this - but he's never been an creative individual who interested me much. I'm guessing whether you lot similar it or non volition belike depend on how much you lot similar modern art. Reviews include:
• The Guardian 
• a preview piece Paul Klee exhibition at Tate Modern start major Britain present for a decade 
• plus Adrian Searle's review Paul Klee at Tate Modern: More! More! More! who thinks ane see to the Tate's novel present volition never last enough
• plus a slideshow of  Paul Klee: Making Visible at Tate Modern – inwards pictures
• The Observer - Laura Cuming's review - Paul Klee: Making Visible – review The sheer graphic zip in addition to register of Paul Klee's fine art makes for exhilaration all the way inwards this beautifully presented show
• The Independent - Review: Paul Klee, Tate Modern gives it 3***
• The Telegraph - Paul Klee: Making Visible, Tate Modern Richard Dorment gives it 4**** in addition to says Tate Modern's novel survey of Paul Klee's travel is ane you'll desire to see in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than in addition to again
• The Finanical Times - Paul Klee's novel present at Tate Modern
• The Economist - The Art of Paul Klee - Shape shifting (preview article - focusing on the artist's career)

The sense of looking at a corking many Klees at ane croak is similar eating likewise many chocolates … it is oftentimes difficult to rest alert, in addition to to hold one’s curiosity aliveThe Guardian

• An American inwards London: Whistler in addition to the Thames at Dulwich Picture Gallery.  I'm writing my review subsequently today in addition to it volition release tomorrow.  These are the reviews
• The Independent - James Whistler’s tales of the riverbank at work
• Financial Times - Whistler in addition to the Thames, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London – review
• The Telegraph - Whistler in addition to the Thames, Dulwich Picture Gallery, review

The tour past times the curators - explained features of diverse industrial plant inwards the show
(Left) "Wapping" | (right) Symphony inwards White #2 The Little White Girl

• The Young Durer: Drawing the Figure at the Courtauld Gallery
• The Telegraph - The Young Dürer, Courtauld Gallery, review
• The Young Dürer: Drawing the Figure - a really informative review - I propose you lot read this ane earlier you lot read Jonathan Jones below!
• The Guardian - Courtauld's pedantry clouds Albrecht Dürer's visionary genius past times Jonathan Jones
• Leander of The Idle Woman - brings a a distinctly knowledgeable historical perspective in addition to also provides an informative review of Elizabeth I & Her People at the National Portrait Gallery - making points missed past times me in addition to some of the major periodicals.

If you're writing reviews of exhibitions inwards London practise allow me know - I'd rather listing bloggers than newspapers!

Art Society exhibitions

Two major exhibitions opened in conclusion calendar week inwards London in addition to croak along until 1pm on sun 27th October

• First - the Royal Society of Marine Artists receive got an impressive exhibition at the Mall Galleries - this is my Review: Royal Society of Marine Artists - 68th Annual Exhibition.  This is an exhibition which does consistently good inwards price of sales.  I approximate people who similar boats also similar paintings of boats!

Paintings past times David Curtis RSMA ROI
As seen inwards the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Marine Artists at the Mall Galleries

• This is my Review: 2013 Annual Exhibition of The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers who are inwards the North Gallery at the Mall Galleries.  This is some other exhibition which ever does good twelvemonth on twelvemonth inwards price of sales in addition to contest to acquire travel shown is really competitive in addition to the character of travel on display is also high.

Miniature paintings of gardens past times Carol Flemish region RMS SLM HS
As seen inwards the Annual Exhibition of the
The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers 

Art Competitions

• The winner of the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is announced this calendar week inwards Commonwealth of Australia in addition to I'll receive got details subsequently inwards the week.  
• (If you're boggling at the prize coin her's the conversion values - that's $US145,056 or £89,897 or €106,092). 
• You can see past times winners in addition to finalists inwards the Moran Portrait Prizes spider web gallery. 
• Thinking of entering adjacent year? You in addition to your sitter both take away to last Australian!

Art History

• Poul Webb (Art in addition to Artists) has been doing a serial of paradigm intensive weblog posts almost Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)
• Claude Monet component 1 - introduction
• Claude Monet - component 2 1856 - 1864
• Claude Monet - component 3 1865 - 1867
• Claude Monet - component four 1868 - 1870
• He's also of late done a serial almost a to a greater extent than contemporary creative individual I'm really fond of Paul Hogarth (1917-2001)
• Paul Hogarth - component 1
• Paul Hogarth - component 2
• Paul Hogarth - component 3

Art Materials in addition to Supplies

• I updated my website almost paper in addition to non-canvas supports for artists - then it straightaway has a major department on vellum in addition to a slight alter of scream - Rory McEwen won't exit me.  Vellum ever seems to brand color sing out.
• Cass Art is a major fine art store inwards London. It has a weblog - even then the weblog has problems. 
• Problem #1 - Images are far likewise large in addition to non properly optimised for the cyberspace and 
• Problem #2 - It 's ane of those website particular blogs (like the RWS weblog mentioned above) - which I absolutely abhor because they receive got ane universal characteristic i.e. No RSS feed that Feedly tin discovery - or me for that matter! Hence impossible to follow through a feedreader.  
• However at that spot receive got been rather to a greater extent than weblog posts this twelvemonth - so the mention. Here's a sample: "Top 5 products I wouldn't practise without" from our production specialise Chris Bond What are the products you lot can't practise without?

Art Education

• This is Artist Daily on the topic of oil painting. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 quick trot through some instruction in addition to highlights of fine art history.  (How tin you lot practise that inwards ane article?)
• Very audio advice by Essential Listening: Democracy Has Bad Taste is my post almost the start of Grayson Perry's Reith lectures - which was stunningly good.  I'm actually looking frontward to the rest.
• More Art of Commonwealth of Australia - on BBC4 in addition to iPlayer covers the fine art shown inwards the start episode of a serial of 3 programmes almost the fine art of Commonwealth of Australia currently existence shown on BBC4
• There's some other run a hazard to see Turner's Thames (see my previous review BBC4 - Turner's Thames on The Art of the Landscape)
• The Idle Woman has prepare herself the work of trying to runway downwards every bit many films every bit she tin almost the lives in addition to industrial plant of the Old Masters.  She starts with Artists on Film: Artemisia about Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-circa 1656)

Framing art

• The Telegraph has a video interview with The Master: Mark Darbyshire, framer.  This is the human being who creates plinths in addition to boxes in addition to frames artwork for the rich in addition to famous - both creative individual in addition to collector!  This is Mark Darbyshire's website and here's the technical detail
• Want to know how to frame pastels? I've simply added these 2 articles by Greg Fremstad (President & Founder of FrameTek, Inc.  articles into Pastels - Resources for Artists plus a twosome of articles about passe-partout framing
• Pastel Framing Tips - how to frame your pastel paintings properly in addition to easily
• Stopping The Dust Pump - explains how conventional framing with glass, mats (or spacers) when applied to pastels creates a really efficient diaphragm pump - amongst displace pumping air inwards in addition to out of the frame.
• Richard McKinley’s Pastel Pointers Blog | Passe-Partout Framing which essentially agency creating an artwork-vacuum sandwich.
• Here's some other accept from the Wet Canvas Pastel Forum on the Passe-Partout method of framing pastels.

Techies

Screendumps

• I'm certain I'm non the start individual for whom the screendump commands don't ever travel inwards Apple. (That's Cmd+Shift+3 for whole shroud in addition to Cmd+Shift+4 to select component of screen). They come upwardly dorsum but sometimes they sulk first! Here is a actually helpful - in addition to old - handout on how to exercise the Grab business office - which you lot tin access every bit an Apple utility. The pdf File is called "Image in addition to Screen Capture amongst Apple Grab" in addition to was created past times Holly Robertson Spring 2004 IT Lab, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin

Websites in addition to blogs

• Ever wondered almost the best fourth dimension to post to Facebook or tweet? Here's A scientific guide to posting Tweets, Facebook posts, Emails in addition to Blog posts at the best time past times Belle Beth Cooper on Buffer
• Did you lot know that you lot tin now Automatically percentage your weblog posts to Google+? The fleck I don't acquire is why would you lot desire to since Facebook buries your post if you lot exercise an automated organization for inserting a weblog post.
• Feedly has had an upgrade - in addition to here's what they've been upwardly on Building Feedly - 6 New Features: Speed Boost, Custom Sharing in addition to more
• Blogger seriously needs to kind out 
• its servers/systems then that I don't get An fault occurred piece trying to salve or release your post. Please effort again  every 5 minutes!
• whatever is distorting color palettes on upload to Blogger.  I've tried to upload ane paradigm which looks fine inwards PS Elements 3 times in addition to each fourth dimension it comes out amongst a distorted color palette.

Online products - digital distribution

• If you lot receive got an online production - such every bit an ebook you lot mightiness last interested inwards this no-art technical post on Viper Chill  about [GET] How I Stopped Blackhat Forums & File Sharers Distributing My Products. The writer is really successful at online marketing of digital books then should know what he's talking almost - fifty-fifty if it's absolutely zippo to practise amongst art.

and finally......

I know at that spot is some actually odd fine art speak out at that spot - but these descriptions win the 'gold medal'! See How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet