2Nd June 2013 - Who's Made A Order This Week?
Sunday, 26 January 2020
art,
art blogs,
Art Business and Marketing,
Art classes and workshops,
artists,
botanical art,
drawing,
exhibition,
exhibition review,
life events,
painting,
portraiture,
who's made a mark this week?
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As many of yous volition appreciate past times directly May has been an extremely strange calendar month for me in addition to that has been reflected inwards a large slowdown inwards my posting in addition to reading online.
First of all I direct hold had ii GA operations on my eyes iii weeks apart see Phacoemulsification of cataract amongst intraocular lens implantation #2. I've directly got TWO novel lens implants to right both my cataracts in addition to some other to a greater extent than serious work amongst my eyesight. I sketched patch waiting to become downwardly to Theatre on the 2d occasion - see Day surgery sketching at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
I directly non solely know how to give myself oculus drops, I tin also exercise xix drops a twenty-four hr menses for a week! (thankfully we're directly dorsum to a to a greater extent than normal regime!). Which for somebody amongst a severe oculus phobia is a actually large deal!
Last Th I had my i calendar week afterwards check-up (of course of didactics I sketched again! See sketch inwards
Postoperative checkup at Moorfields Eye Clinic) following the 2d operation. It looks similar everything has been successful.
Guess who tin directly read easily all the agency to the 2d to bottom line on the oculus chart! I directly officially direct hold ameliorate than normal distance vision!
Drawing in addition to Sketching
Art Exhibitions
First of all I direct hold had ii GA operations on my eyes iii weeks apart see Phacoemulsification of cataract amongst intraocular lens implantation #2. I've directly got TWO novel lens implants to right both my cataracts in addition to some other to a greater extent than serious work amongst my eyesight. I sketched patch waiting to become downwardly to Theatre on the 2d occasion - see Day surgery sketching at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
The patient inwards the bed contrary - amongst the ubiquitous post surgery oculus dressing 8" x 10" pen in addition to ink in addition to coloured pencils copyright Katherine Tyrrell |
Last Th I had my i calendar week afterwards check-up (of course of didactics I sketched again! See sketch inwards
Postoperative checkup at Moorfields Eye Clinic) following the 2d operation. It looks similar everything has been successful.
Guess who tin directly read easily all the agency to the 2d to bottom line on the oculus chart! I directly officially direct hold ameliorate than normal distance vision!
Once I acquire novel reading in addition to calculator spectacles inwards 4 weeks fourth dimension I'll direct hold got the eyesight dorsum that I used to direct hold to a greater extent than than 25 years ago! No to a greater extent than endless polishing of spectacles to take away a non-existent cinema on the glasses!
However, the bottom line right directly is I croak on to demand to boundary the fourth dimension spent on the calculator for at to the lowest degree some other 4 weeks.
This is mainly due to the fact my current prescription lenses no longer work. I'm using my quondam driving spectacles from 1996 every bit the spectacles which give the best outcome when sitting at a desk staring at a screen. However I can't utilisation them for really long. Reading offline is OK so long every bit the text is no to a greater extent than than half dozen inches from my eyes - which makes reading exhibition lenses really interesting - if yous regard me at the instant I'm the adult woman amongst my olfactory organ to the wall!
This is mainly due to the fact my current prescription lenses no longer work. I'm using my quondam driving spectacles from 1996 every bit the spectacles which give the best outcome when sitting at a desk staring at a screen. However I can't utilisation them for really long. Reading offline is OK so long every bit the text is no to a greater extent than than half dozen inches from my eyes - which makes reading exhibition lenses really interesting - if yous regard me at the instant I'm the adult woman amongst my olfactory organ to the wall!
Art Blogs in addition to Artists
Drawing in addition to Sketching
- One of the actually dainty things well-nigh novel eyes - fifty-fifty when it's but i - is that it makes it a lot easier to sketch. We had trip out to Ide Hill in addition to Emmetts Garden inwards the middle of May to regard the bluebells on the hillside
- It used to live possible to access JMW Turner's sketchbooks actually easily on the Tate Great Britain website - so along came the digital projection in addition to directly nosotros direct hold a neat front-end in addition to absolutely no links through to the actual sketchbooks! How empty-headed is that? See Tate Great Britain - J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings in addition to Watercolours
- Sketching tips for gouache paint is for those people who similar sketching in addition to paradigm amongst watercolour - in addition to who'd similar to direct hold a become at gouache. Take a peek at the results which Martin Stankewitz gets using gouache paint. This website has lots in addition to lots of practical tips for beginners in addition to lots of his paintings too
Botanical art
- I also came across a spider web log post past times an creative mortal who has tried developing botanical fine art using gouache - see Gouache Technique by Clare Ward (Drawn to Paint Nature)
- Mindy Lighthipe (The Art of Mindy Lighthipe) provides a YouTube video PhotoShop Tutorial on Getting White Backgrounds for botanical artists wanting to know how to build clean upwardly backgrounds inwards digital images of botanical fine art for the purposes of reproduction. It's but small of thirty minutes inwards length.
Painting
- Women inwards the Act of Painting in flagrante depicto posts paintings of women paradigm - in addition to that's it. So where's yours?
Portraiture
- Alan Coulson has been getting some exposure this lastly month
- This New York article - Rajat Gupta’s Lust for Zeros - includes ii portraits past times won tertiary prize inwards lastly year's BP Portrait Award
- Here's an interview amongst Alan on Creative Spotlight The BP Portrait Awards honey him, nosotros reckon yous volition also - Portrait Artist - Alan Coulson
- I actually enjoyed The Pee Ess of A - of the Portrait Society of America Conference - here's a taster
If yous commonly become to the PSoA conference, yous know what it's like; but if yous haven't ever been, well, sonny, LET ME TELL YOU. Hundreds of reclusive, socially inhibited fine art geeks crawl out of the woodwork, seat on dainty clothes that they likely had to borrow from a friend who doesn't acquire away amongst wearing sweatpants to work, in addition to bask inwards the glorious sensation of beingness business office of the crowd.
Who painted this?
For those who've non seen them I won't give the game away. Start at 26 in addition to travel your agency through (and don't expression at the comments!)
- Who painted this? #29 has a really brilliant in addition to painterly paradigm this calendar week which a number of yous are correctly identifying!
- Who painted this? #28 - what looks similar a really contemporary however life
- Who painted this? #27 - large doggie!
- Who painted this? #26 - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 really handsome chap who looks quite a lot similar some other handsome chap
- I spent a large business office of my career dealing amongst concern issues in addition to so direct hold a exceptional involvement inwards the workings of the fine art concern - in addition to how artists relate to it. Picasso the human being of affairs - branding in addition to the value of art provides a summary of some of the reasons why Picasso had a mastery of branding in addition to the fine art business. It includes lessons which some artists direct hold learned good - in addition to others direct hold yet to learn.
- "The Science in addition to Art of Pricing in addition to Costing Your Work" is an fantabulous in addition to piece of cake to read article inwards apparently English linguistic communication - past times Visual Artists Ireland. I've added it into my website "How to Price Your Art - Resources for Artists"
- I loved Sophie Ploeg's poster for her Open Studio lastly month
Sophie Ploeg's Original in addition to Excellent Open Studio Poster |
Art Economy & Collectors
- Lori McNee has written a really relevant article well-nigh Summer Drawing Workshops at venues across London during June, July in addition to August. Both are really experienced tutors (see their joint CV page). Jeanette every bit i of my tutors at the Prince's Drawing School in addition to she's really good.
- Sarah Simblet - writer of:
- Anatomy for the Artist and The Drawing Book - volition in i lawsuit to a greater extent than live teaching the unique Art & Anatomy course of didactics at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art at the University of Oxford on 4th- tenth August or alternatively 1st - seventh September
- Botany for the Artist: An Inspirational Guide to Drawing Plants - volition live teaching a NEW course of didactics on botanical drawing July 8-12, 2013 - largely based inwards the Drawing Studio at 74 High Street, Oxford but also including visits. Click the link for to a greater extent than details.
- I've participated inwards ii of Sarah's classes in addition to also heard her lecture in addition to she is an fantabulous educator
Copyright
- A twain of articles past times The Art Newspaper on copyright relating to artwork
- UK museums must pay for images where copyright is unknown - non quite the lawsuit the museums in addition to libraries were expecting when they lobbied hard for changes inwards copyright constabulary to bargain amongst orphan works. A proposed amendment which passed stipulates that they must pay upfront. I'm going to live writing well-nigh the alter of constabulary soon. Just been waiting for the legal procedure to come upwardly to an end.
- with abide by to how much does it direct hold for a derivative work to live transformative - Judge says Sid Vicious street fine art breaks copyright
Colour
- The Creation of Color inwards Eighteenth-Century Europe past times Sarah Lowengard is a fabulous site
- This is a website devoted to the pigments inwards watercolour paint
Art Exhibitions
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) The Ideal Head Red chalk on off-white paper 205 x 165 mm Part of the Master Drawings Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (see below for details) |
Major Museums in addition to Galleries inwards the UK
- The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has a novel exhibition about Master Drawings which is attracting universal acclaim. It's non every twenty-four hr menses I acquire to post a drawing past times Michelangelo on this blog! Time to exit the develop timetables......
Major Museums in addition to Galleries inwards London
- A twenty-four hr menses inwards the life of botanical creative mortal Rory McEwan (1932 - 1982). Plus a neat video of the exhibition
I went to regard the retrospective exhibition of his travel at Kew Gardens today - in addition to it's amazing! I tin absolutely regard why he has been so influential. More on the exhibition tomorrow. - I also met Dr Shirley Sherwood in addition to nosotros talked well-nigh the linked exhibition Rory McEwen’s legacy - Artists influenced past times him inwards the Shirley Sherwood Collection (13 Apr 2013 - Jan 2014)
- The Whitechapel Gallery has an exhibition of the botanical photographs of Karl Blossfeldt ( 16 Apr - xiv June 2013 ). This is a chap who inspired Rory McEwan.
Art Society Exhibitions
Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Private View |
- Viewing the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in May in betwixt surgery #1 in addition to surgery #2 was an interesting experience - but I however managed to generate FOUR posts! (Lots of photos!)
Winner of the £20,000 SELF Portrait Prize Jan Mikulka with his self portrait (oil on canvas, 100x70cm, 2012) in addition to Alastair Adams, President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters |
- Jan Mikulka wins £20,000 SELF Portrait Prize - This is the build novel self-portrait prize
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters - 2013 Prizewinners These are prizes amongst some meaning cash values - it includes The Ondaatje Prize for the most distinguished portrait of the yr which is worth £10,000 summation a gilded medal.
- Review: Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Annual Exhibition 2013 - the best of the rest!
- PLUS - Bulldog Bursary 2013: Shortlisted artists
- The Hilliard Society of Miniaturists - 30th Annual Exhibition. The exhibition shut today but they direct hold an fantabulous virtual exhibition online so yous tin savour it also - in addition to buy work!
- I honey fine art societies which seat artwork online for all to see. California Art Club - 102nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition is my review from a distance of the virtual exhibition of the 102nd Gold Medal Art Exhibition of the California Art Club - due to opened upwardly to the populace on 2nd June. I've highlighted the travel of a few artists which I liked the expression of. There's null quite similar starting amongst a thumbnail view when reviewing a lot of art........
Artists I know
- Portrait creative mortal - Alan Coulson is having his kickoff solo demo of contemporary portraiture - Alan Coulson - Paintings in addition to Drawings - at George Contemporary Art & Design from seventh june - 15th July. (Address: 338 Hackney Road, London E2 7AX) I may live at the PV on Th night. Those living inwards London may good direct hold seen Alan's portrait of beau creative mortal Richie Culver on a poster advertising the BP Portrait Award inwards diverse locations around London lastly summer.
BP Portrait Award tertiary Prize: Richie Culver past times Alan Coulson Oil on wooden board 850 x 950 mm Alan Coulson (left) amongst Richie Culver (right) |
Upcoming exhibitions - UK
- The 245th Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts opens to the populace on 10 June. I'm going to live at the press preview side past times side Midweek so await a review shortly afterwards
- Did yous submit artwork to the RA Summer Exhibition? Was it rejected? You'll observe skillful society at the "Not the Royal Academy" Summer Exhibition at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery at the side of Waterloo Station. This Salon des Refusés of artwork rejected past times the RAs choice panel runs opens 10 June in addition to runs until 17th August 2013.
Art Galleries in addition to Museums
- Penelope Curtis, the Director of Tate Great Britain contributes her thoughts on the novel chronological hang of British Art
- Out amongst the thematic at Tate, inwards amongst the chronological is an article in the Art Newspaper
- You acquire the same article amongst much ameliorate images on the Tate Great Britain website
- This is Brian Sewell on:
- the rehang of British Art at Tate Great Britain - The BP Walk Through British Art, Tate Great Britain - exhibition review
- the purchase past times the nation of John Constable's paradigm of Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows - Brian Sewell: We’ve seen it all before ... do nosotros actually demand to pass millions to regard it again?
Art History
- Last calendar month I exchanged emails amongst Carl Randall - the 2012 winner of the BP Travel Award - which reminded me that he was using the honour to exercise an updated version of i of the Hiroshige series. Click this link to regard the original Hiroshige images from diverse editions of the "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road". You tin regard the diverse dissimilar images he created for the dissimilar stations en route. I honey this approach to archiving fine art images!
Art Societies
- The Royal Society of Portrait Painters has got itself a twitter concern human relationship at lastly - http://twitter.com/RP_portraits
Art Studio
- Studio FAQ: Lighting, Wall Color, in addition to Casts which is chock total of information how how to become well-nigh setting upwardly a classical realist studio
Art Supplies
- 2013 POLL: Which is your favourite build of creative mortal degree soft pastels? - Calling all pastel artists - I'd appreciate if yous see my BRAND NEW thought poll in addition to vote for your favourite build of soft pastel. Have yous changed allegiance inwards the lastly yr or exercise yous favour the same build every bit inwards previous years. Both perspective are of import in addition to I'd welcome votes from practising pastel artists using creative mortal grade pastels. Or mayhap banking concern tally out the poll to regard what I mean value are creative mortal degree pastels?
- An before poll suggests that the top iii brands of soft pastels are all made inwards Europe. They were: Unison (18%); Sennelier (13%); in addition to Schminke (9%) - see Unison is however favourite creative mortal degree soft pastel for more information.
- Heaton Cooper - based inwards Grasmere inwards the Lake District - direct hold a novel blueprint for the studio in addition to fine art store website http://www.heatoncooper.co.uk/. I ever associate images past times the Heaton Coopers amongst my childhood. While out walking, my manful mortal rear in i lawsuit came upon William Heaton Cooper paradigm the Lakes - so at domicile nosotros had prints of his paintings. Subsequently, every bit an Examiner for my professional person body, I used to pay an annual see to Grasmere to pass 4 days marker a Management paper! One of my joys every bit a time out from marker used to a walk into the hamlet to see the studio in addition to the fine art shop. Now I direct hold to content myself amongst many visits to their website for their online fine art supplies - in addition to periodically placing an order. I've ever constitute them really reliable in addition to really much recommend them. To me Heaton Cooper is a chip of traditional England brought upwardly to date.
- One of my local fine art shops - Paintworks, in trendy Hoxton, directly has a Facebook Page. If yous ever see don't lady friend the choice of paper inwards the basement. The argue I maintain going dorsum is they direct hold a auto commons so neat for when yous direct hold a stack of materials to get!
- David Gluck provides an concern human relationship of how she makes Panels that volition blow your face off. They are seriously weird but seems similar they exercise the job!
Opinion Polls
- 60% of people who responded to April's Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark poll indicated that people - either every bit individuals or inwards groups - are the most hard dependent area to paint. Portraits are the most hard subjects to paint comments in addition to ruminates on this notion.
- What guides yous when listing exhibitions you've participated in? The Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark Poll for June 2013 - reviews dissimilar approaches to listing exhibitions on an artist's CV or website - POLL: How exercise yous listing your exhibitions on a CV or website?
Techies
- Ever wondered how to handgrip the banner in addition to profile images of your Facebook Page every bit an artist? This article past times paper creative mortal 22 Ways Fine Artists Can ROCK their FB Page Banners
- If you're keen on Twitter yous mightiness observe this of value How to Get More Twitter Followers—and Keep Them
and finally....
You are invited to part your photos of populace fine art on The Guardian website - Public fine art – part your picturesPlease part the best in addition to worst populace fine art – whether it's every bit famous every bit Mount Rushmore, or something solely known well-nigh inwards your local area.
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