August 2013 - Who's Made A Rate This Summer?

Summer is ever a fleck ho-hum - as well as thus I awarded myself some fourth dimension off for days out as well as weekends off! Plus I've started to start making "proper artwork" ane time to a greater extent than amongst my pencils - although I've even as well as thus got problems amongst observe to vision as well as guide maintain yet to function out the distances which function best.

Syon Vista Summer - a study
coloured pencils on Arches HP, 9" x 12" (23 x 31cm)
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

So here's a bumper version of "Who's made a mark......?"



Artists as well as Art Blogs

Botanical Art

• The Irish Gaelic Society of Botanical artists had a bang-up post service all about Trade Secrets – tips from Botanical Artists
• Three botanical artist/tutors who come upward highly recommended past times me - at to the lowest degree inwards terms of their artwork - are doing workshop sessions at The Pencil Museum inwards Cumbria this Autumn. The dates as well as tutors are:
• 12th September 2013 - Fallen leaves as well as autumnal berries amongst Janie Pirie 
• 16th Oct 2013 to 17th Ocotber 2013 ( I twenty-four hours workshop x 2) - Contemporary botanical illustration amongst Ann Swan (Ann's blog)
• 5th Nov 2013 to sixth Nov 2013 - 2 twenty-four hours Botanical masterclass amongst Susan Christopher-Coulson
• I created a novel website this month Picturing a culture  
• Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are

• How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
• Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteBotany for Botanical Artists provides an insight into what it's all about
• Congratulations to Jarnie of the 2d birthday of her spider web log Sketchbook Squirrel. Here's her sketchbook pages
• Lots of botanical fine art to await at.  Here's a selection:
• Treasures from a Hidden Garden: Plant portraits past times the Florilegium Society tin dismiss hold out seen at the Chelsea Physic Garden. London until Fri 30th August 2013

Coloured Pencils as well as Pastels

copyright Ester Roi

• Ester Roi went viral! This epitome of Ester Roi's artwork inwards progress adjacent to her drawers of coloured pencils was posted on the Drawing Pencil Facebook Page and went viral on Facebook - she got some 89,321 likes!   You tin dismiss also follow her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/esterroi   Ester launched a novel website as well as a novel blog at the terminate of July. I'm guessing perchance the super enormous epitome on her splash page may guide maintain helped amongst the viral event!  I ldo ike the agency she has a page for each artwork as well as provides a consummate spec for each artwork summation the cost of giclee prints on unlike supports. Every creative mortal should guide maintain a boy skilled inwards spider web development!
• The Picturing a culture  
• Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are

• How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
• Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteReview: CPSA 21st International Exhibition 2013 inwards California. Picturing a culture  
• Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are

• How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
• Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websitethe small-scale works produced for the auction
• Ann Kullberg has an interesting comment on the procedure of selection for a juried exhibition - as well as the importance of mats as well as frames - read Judge not, lest ye hold out judged...Unless they inquire nicely! - as well as the comments - on her blog

My sketching

I developed some video skills inwards July as well as started to post service sketches equally a WIP.  We visited Great Dixter inwards East Sussex.  Here's Picturing a culture  

Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are

• How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
• Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteA pace past times pace sketch of the Long Border at Great Dixter and a video - as well as this is how I converted a Picturing a culture  
• Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are

• How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
• Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteSketching slideshow - iPhoto to slideshow to Quicktime Movie
  
  
  
  Down inwards Kent nosotros had
  
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteStep past times pace sketch of the Rose Garden, Sissinghurst showing the stages
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteSummer inwards the Rose Garden, Sissinghurst has the completed sketch
  
  

  

  Picturing a culture  

  Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are

  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteSummer inwards the Rose Garden, Sissinghurst (24 July 2013)
    pen as well as ink as well as coloured pencils inwards Moleskine Sketchbook, 16" x 11"
    copyright Katherine Tyrrell

  
  Then in that place was the eating as well as drinking - as well as sketching - with:
  
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteSea Bream at the Portrait Restaurant and
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteSketching High Tea at Fortnum & Mason amongst Liz Steel

  

  High Tea at Fortnum & Masons amongst Liz Steel
  Our tabular array at 7.30pm - afterward 3 hours of eating, talking, sketching, eating, sketching etc
  I'd started 3 dissever sketches spell Liz worked her agency across a large double spread.

  Not forgetting my intermittent recap of a sketching vacation inwards Bali a long spell agone - this fourth dimension the challenge was Picturing a culture  
• Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are

• How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
• How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
• Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteBali - paddy fields as well as palm trees
  
  

  Drawing as well as Sketching

  
  
  • More from the Urban Sketching Symposium inwards Barcelona:  
  • An enormous number of Sketches from Spain by Teoh Yi Chie (Parkablogs) 
  • Lynne Chapman (Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteBarcelona - Sketching inwards the Boqueria
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteBefore, during, as well as afterward the symposium sketches
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteUltimately, It’s About People
  • Urban Sketchers London had 2 outings
  • Pete Scully had the thought of Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteSketching Jack the Ripper's London! on an inordinately hot twenty-four hours amongst more photos here.  I was planning on going to that ane but was wiped out past times the heat.
  • Nathan Brenville came upward amongst the vivid thought of a Tate to Tate Sketchcrawl - run into Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteTate to Tate Sketchers!  I had to immature adult woman this ane besides due to a prior engagement - but I reckon this ane tin dismiss hold out done inwards contrary equally well!
  • James Gurney (Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteYour sketchbook covers
  
  

  Painting

  
  
  • An interview amongst Carl Randall on Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websitehttp://www.sophieploeg.com/fabrics.html
  
  

  Plein Air Painting

  
  
  • This is a genuinely bang-up "back gardens inwards summer" painting past times Melissa Scott Miller. I honey the details as well as all the nuances of colour. Plus Melissa paints from observation.......
  • Haidee Jo Summers (Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websitea novel website)
  • I've been posting diverse painters' plein air kits to my Art of the Landscape spider web log as well as straight off guide maintain a novel page which lists these posts.  If you've got a good organised kit as well as would similar to part your choices as well as approach to plein air kit assembly amongst other artists whp read my spider web log "The Art of the Landscape" transportation me a URL link to a spider web log post service or website page (see this link for details of how to submit a kit for listing http://art-landscape.blogspot.co.uk/p/plein-air-painting-kits.html )
  
  

  Who painted this?

  
  For those who similar detective function - yous tin dismiss even as well as thus accept the challenge if yous don't await at the answer besides soon
  
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteWho painted this? #38
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteWho painted this? #39
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteWho painted this? #40 - this ane really nearly defeated the regulars - until I gave them a clue! Tessa Spanton who was the get-go to function out that who the painter was but Bernadette Madden was the get-go to larn all the details right - including where it is located now.
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteWho Painted This? #41
  
  

  Art Business & Marketing

  
  

  Artist inwards residence schemes

  
  
  • The Guardian has collated some top tips nigh artist-in-residence schemes ie how to brand them function for both the creative mortal as well as the host venue. 
  • You tin dismiss also read the total transcript of the online comments which comprised the online chat which generated these tips here Artist-in-residence schemes: top tips plus Some of the best insights from our recent alive chat on making residencies that work
  
  

  Pricing

  
  
  • Barney Davey (Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteThe Psychology of Pricing Art - which I've added inwards to my website How to Price Art - Resources for Artists
  
  

  Reproduction Prints

  
  Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 review of the passive income streams which tin dismiss hold out generated past times giclee prints
  
  • First an article on Fine Art Views Passive Income Streams - Giclee Prints by Lori Woodward 
  • Next a review past times Barney Davey Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteComparing Giclee Prints to Pret-a-porter Redux on Art Print issues
  • Plus Barney Davey has interviewed Lori Woodward for Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteAn Art Career Examined | The Many Talents of Lori Woodward
  
  

  Fraud

  
  
  • Buying from a proficient gallery is no guarantee that the fine art is what it says it is as well as yous are non existence defrauded. Pei-Shen Qian, a struggling 73-year-old Chinese creative mortal who came to the U.S. inwards 1981 was identified this calendar month equally existence the creative mortal who tin dismiss create paintings that a fraudster tin dismiss peddle equally genuinely existence past times celebrated Modernist painters such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell as well as others. The New York Times has the details Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteProsecutors Are Contemplating More Arrests inwards $80 Million Art Fraud Case
  
  

  Selling Art

  
  
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteAmazon launches its Amazon Fine Art Store
  
  

  Art Collectors

  
  A Watchdog has express the marketing of pooled investment opportunities to “sophisticated investors” - see UK tightens rules on fine art funds
  
  

  Art Competitions

  
  
  • I wrote nigh some aspects of terminology which seem to confuse people - run into Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websitePre-selected, selected, long listed, shortlisted, prizewinner - what's inwards a phrase?
  • Art Competitions I highlighted included:
  • 83 paintings past times 79 artists were selected from an entry of nigh 800 paintings - run into Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteSunday Times Watercolour Competition 2013 - Selected Artists
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteThreadneedle Prize 2013 - Selected Artists PLUS the shortlisted artists hoping to win £30,000 - run into the Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteThreadneedle Prize 2013 - Shortlist announced
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteThe £5,000 Bristol Art Prize
  
  

  Art Education

  
  

  Art Critique

  
  I highlighted my website How to Critique Art on Facebook where it was really good received.  Maybe that's because I highlighted that it includes sections on:
  
  • Art Critiques - for Art School Students
  • Art Critiques - for Amateur Artists
  • Art Critiques - for Art Clubs
  • Art Critique - for children as well as schoolhouse students
  
  

  Instructional videos

  
  In my majority 2 people counts equally a tendency when they're both prominent artists/tutors as well as authors! If yous inspire to hold out the same yous straight off demand to larn into DVD production too!
  
  
  • James Gurney (Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteRelease of "How I Paint Dinosaurs" for to a greater extent than details
  • I posted this video from Billy Showell as well as Sponsume to my Facebook Page.  Billy Showell (Painters Diary past times Billy Showell | Facebook Page) is a really pop botanical fine art tutor as well as writer who has been looking to accept command of her adjacent DVD project. I'm non certain if many people realise only how picayune an creative mortal gets from DVD ventures run past times commercial companies.  It's nigh fourth dimension the creative mortal took control!  Her projection raised 79% of her fiscal goal. Take a await at her video as well as cheque it out. If you're an experienced artist/tutor yourself it powerfulness fifty-fifty give yous a few ideas!
  
  

  Tips as well as techniques

  
  
  • Here's James Gurney ane time to a greater extent than - Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websitePlein Air Tip: Go Vertical
  • The Etsy blog had an article on How to Make Your Photos Publicity-Ready
  • Let me know what yous call back about How to sign a painting, drawing or fine fine art print - my website nigh artists' signatures offers a structured introduction to artists signatures for:
  • ARTISTS who desire to know to a greater extent than nigh the best agency to sign as well as appointment a function of art
  • ARTISTS who desire aid amongst signatures for specific media
  • ART LOVERS AND COLLECTORS who desire to know to a greater extent than the signatures of artists from the past times as well as present
  
  

  Art Exhibitions

  
  

  Traditionally, these are the Canis familiaris days of the art calendar. The large museum shows are doddering through their finally weeks; the tumble blockbusters aren’t laid upward to preview; as well as most dealers guide maintain unopen their galleries as well as swanned off to Umbria on August hols.  Article inwards the Culture department of The Telegraph

  
  I'll hold out doing a post service really shortly nigh the exhibitions inwards London from September through to November. In the meantime here's resume of what's opened recently
  
  

  Major Art Galleries as well as Museums inwards London

  
  
  • The biggest exhibition inwards some ways is that existence held on the billboards of the U.K. - see
    Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteArt Everywhere - on billboards around the UK
  • Two exhibitions nigh contemporary as well as modern African Art opened at Tate Modern
  • Meschac Gaba: Museum of Contemporary African Art 3 July – 22 September 2013
  • Ibrahim El-Salahi: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Visionary Modernist opened at Tate Modern (3 July – 22 September 2013) The get-go Tate Modern exhibition dedicated to African Modernism traces the life as well as function of Ibrahim El-Salahi.
  • Two novel exhibitions opened at the Royal Academy of Arts  
  • Mexico: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Revolution inwards Art, 1910-1940 6 July – 29 September 2013
  • Richard Rogers RA: Inside Out 18 July—13 Oct 2013 for those amongst an involvement inwards contemporary architecture
  • At the Nationa Portrait Gallery, I reviewed the opening of the exhibition of Laura Knight Portraits 11 July – thirteen Oct 2013
  
  

  Exhibitions past times Art Societies

  
  
  • Off The Wall at the Bankside Gallery  2 August – 8 September 2013. This is a joint summertime exhibition past times artists from the Royal Watercolour Society as well as Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
  
  

  Commercial Galleries

  
  
  • My post service Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteFor fans of feline art covered the 2 exhibitions which opened this calendar month at commercial galleries inwards London
  • Louis Wain as well as the Summer Cat Show 2013 continues at The Chris Beetles Gallery until 31 August.
  • The Society of Feline Artists are having their Annual Exhibition 2013 at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery until 20th September 2013 
  • It's interesting to run into that commercial galleries are straight off using albums on Facebook Pages to part images of their exhibitions. This is the narrative as well as images for Stranger: An exhibition of self-portraits past times the Flowers Gallery
  
  

  Art History

  
  LS Lowry has generated a couplet of interesting items
  
  • Lowry talks to Leisure Painter - which comprises an interview amongst this famous artist
  • Winsor & Newton reveiewed the Article: The Colour Palette of L.S Lowry
  
  

  Art Materials as well as Supplies

  
  

  Colours

  
  
  • Turquoise is ane of my favourite colours - although I exercise thin towards a duck egg shade.  Winsor & Newton had a Spotlight on the color turquoise
  • Earlier they had ane nigh which gave a Spotlight on Prussian Blue
  • I created a novel website Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteThe Best Guides to Colour Mixing for those who similar to guide maintain a picayune aid when it comes to getting started on mixing colours (and/or those of who at times are totally stumped for how to mix a colour!)
  
  

  Art Studios

  
  Here's an alarm to all those who guide maintain studio makeovers or novel studio projects underway.
  At the terminate of the twelvemonth I guide maintain an accolade to dish out to the mortal who delivers the most impressive alter - called The Most Gorgeous Mouthwatering (MGM) Studio of the Year. However I demand to run into bear witness of the progress made inwards spider web log posts!  Drop me a line of piece of occupation if yous guide maintain a projection on the go.
  
  • Jarnie (Sketchbook Squirrel) is doing good amongst diverse posts nigh her studio shed makeover
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteMore Than a Little Makeover
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteIt's Not a Shed!
  • Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteNo Idle Hands Here
  
  

  Techies

  
  

  Facebook

  
  
  • The New York Times Bits spider web log explains whats' been going on amongst the Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteFacebook Scam Alert - What Really Happens When You "Like"
  
  

  Google

  
  
  • Here are Picturing a culture  
  • Here's the get-go purpose of my creative mortal friend Sophie Ploeg had a serial of articles inwards Artists & Illustrator's Magazine nigh how to pigment textile - hither they all are
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose ane – inspiration this get-go purpose is nigh "Inspiration"!
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 2 – materials
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 3 – blocking in
  • How to pigment fabric: purpose 4 – values
  • Sophie is currently researching the epitome as well as portrayal of 17th century lace re. her BP Travel Award. Read to a greater extent than on her spider web log http://sophieploeg.blogspot.co.uk/ as well as run into her fabulous paintings of textile on her websiteUse Google PageSpeed Insights Tool to cheque how fast your website loads
  • Plus I bet yous never ever thought that you'd run into the twenty-four hours ane time to a greater extent than - Yahoo Surpasses Google inwards Web Traffic, Somehow
  
  

  Photography sites

  
  
  • After reading this Pogue's Posts article on the New York Times - SmugMug Revamps Its Site, inwards a Challenge to Flickr - I started to investigate Smugmug as well as straight off call back to opened upward an account. 
  
  

  and finally......

  
  Read what happens when it all goes incorrect in Twist In My Spontaneity  and how it feels coming out the other side. An encouraging storey by Anne Blankson-Hemans (Dancing amongst Crocodiles)