31St March 2013 - Who's Made A Rate This Week?

Meet MakingAMark!

She's an Easter lamb (literally) beingness born at 21.20 on Easter Lord's Day inwards the Netherlands.

Her breed is a really one-time together with rare Dutch Native Sheep Breed called 'Drenthen Moor Sheep' together with her color type is known every bit 'spotted bluish fox'.

You tin read to a greater extent than about Lamb #12 MakingAMark  on Titia Geertman's website close her Lambing Season 2013.

I direct hold to state I've known that a lamb powerfulness maybe last named afterward my online advert for a piece - but I've even hence got a large beaming smiling all over my human face upward every bit I type!

Nothing to practise amongst fine art I know - but I'd wanted a lamb for the characteristic moving-picture exhibit for this post but hadn't quite reckoned on it beingness ane called MakingAMark!!

Variations on a theme of "Who's made a score this week?"

I've been experimenting during March amongst unlike ways of doing a "round-up" post on Sunday.  Thanks for all your feedback which was really helpful. I'll likely proceed to experiment for a chip until I honor the correct balance.

So nosotros had

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her 10 things close fine art this calendar week #1 - which was promising BUT supposed to be short! Hah! FAILED!  I similar the thought but demand to locomote on the execution!
• Last Sunday, I wrote the outset of a NEW serial of monthly posts highlighting We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Art Exhibitions inwards London: March - May 2013.  If yous know someone coming to London yous powerfulness desire to part it amongst them.  I intend this is a 'keeper' every bit a "once a month" post - but inwards monastic tell to cut the attempt I intend I may good inwards hereafter practise a page together with hence update this every bit exhibitions alter - amongst the post beingness a ane liner amongst some highlights of exhibitions to scout out for.

Artists together with Art Blogs


Drawing together with sketching 

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Introducing The Pencil Art Society is my post close a major evolution inwards price of fine art societies for pencil artists which is The Pencil Art Society.  
• The Society were also pretty pleased amongst my review - run across "We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Video Chat amongst Danny Gregory and this is Danny on We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Some moments that I've had is Andrea Joseph's concern human relationship of the kit she took amongst her on a mini-holiday.  I ever dearest looking at other people's drawing together with sketching kits!
• an article past times Kevin McPherson - Drawing: The Foundational Vocabulary to Paint an Idea
• Plus Roz ane time again on the theme of We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Some Quick Sketches—Let the TV Keep Running!
Painting
• Do NOT read the spider web log of Haidee-Jo Summers unless you're prepared to experience you're non quite hitting the score when it comes to packing inwards the icon - including icon inwards Kingdom of Morocco nether an umbrella!
• The artists chosen for Splash 15 direct hold been announced
• Banksy does the Pope - or does he? We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Labyrinth - Art on the Underground past times Mark Wallinger - his Labyrinth serial of graphic labyrinths inwards vitreous enamel beingness 'hung' at 270 subway scheme stations inwards London to score the 150th anniversary of the London Undergound. This is the Evening Standard article on the same theme Where's Wallinger? Turner Prize creative someone hides a labyrinth of paintings underground
• The Art Newspaper has reprinted a 1993 interview amongst Marcel Duchamp aka R.Mutt
Who painted this?

We direct hold a chip of a backlog of posts for "Who painted this?" hence I've posted them inwards the monastic tell they were published

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Who painted this? #22
• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Who painted this? #21
• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Who painted this? #20
Artists Communicating (on Radio, Television together with Video)

Keep an optic on my Facebook Page for links to skillful pieces close artists on radio (usually Blog Talk Radio),  television (usually BBC iPlayer) or video.  These were recent highlights

BBC iPlayer

• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Norman Ackroyd on iPlayer - The documentary What Do Artists Do All Day?: Norman Ackroyd was absolutely wonderful - together with an awful lot of people agreed amongst me if the comments on the post on my Facebook page are anything to instruct by.
• The Pre-Raphaelites: Episode 3 How the Pre-Raphaelites outgrew the avant-garde together with began to comprehend fame together with fortune.
Blogtalkradio
• ArtistMentorsOnline direct hold an AMO Chat slot on Blogtalkradio and direct hold exactly celebrated their outset birthyday. I direct hold to confess I haven't heard of some of the people listed for interviews - but had heard of others such as 
• We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Thumbnail Sketches - Why bother. Plus We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her How to Use a Thumbnail Effectively past times Karen Margulis close a Doug Dawson tip on how yous USE thumbnail sketches
• Kevin McPherson (who wrote Fill Your Oil Paintings amongst Light & Color affiliate link included) has developed a novel approach to marketing his workshops which I intend is rather neat.  He's doing  
• a gratuitous paintout  on June 22nd
• a gratuitous critique on June 29th
• both events locomote past times together with tail a calendar week long workshop inwards New United Mexican States amongst Kevin which is non gratuitous together with is also aimed at those who would prefer to pigment independently amongst demonstrations together with critique available
• Luann Udell has done a serial on Advice on Getting Advice for Fine Art Views
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 1 - contains 3 fantabulous pointers close people who orbit advice (which I would similar to endorse!)
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 2 - 3 to a greater extent than pointers - ane time again good worth reading together with recommended for those seeking to prepare their careers
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 3 - hence much truth inwards this one!
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 4 - focuses on note-taking
• Advice on Getting Advice Part 5 - close the demand to inquire for advice early on together with to empathize what is required to direct hold effective action
Art Supplies

• My post close pencil sharpeners together with the fact that We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Derwent announces NEW helical pencil sharpeners
• Richard McKinley (Pastel Pointers) has written close 5 of the newer surfaces for icon amongst pastels - see Painting Surfaces for Pastel | The New Kids
• Winsor & Newton have a page on their website about Choosing the White that's correct inwards Oils
Art Competitions

• Art competitions inwards Commonwealth of Australia are rather unlike to the UK. I actually similar the Archibald Prize - a major fine art contest for portraits of eminent Australians.  You tin read my posts about:
• the winner of the the Archibald Prize  - We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Second Archibald Prize for Del Kathryn Barton. Plus my comments on some of the reasons I similar their choice.  
• Plus the selected artists 9and their websites) chosen as We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Finalists for The Archibald Prize 2013 + The Packing Room Prize
• Similar to the Archibald - but this fourth dimension focused on the Australian landscape - this is my post about We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her The Wynne Prize - Finalists 2013 + their websites
• Jerwood Open Forest is an fine art prize which provides a a telephone band for bold, broad–thinking proposals that explore the potential of forests every bit sites for art.
Art Exhibitions

Major Exhibitions inwards London

• I paid a quick see to We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Lichenstein at Tate Modern
• I reckon the Pompeii exhibition at the British Museum is going to last something of a blockbuster - run across The Guardian's Life together with Death: Pompeii together with Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum - video preview plus the BBC perspective - Pompeii exhibition is a critical hit. The Museum advises that booking is essential.
• Chuck Close Prints: Process together with Collaboration is at the White Cube South Galleries inwards Bermondsey until 21 April
• Tate Britain has a display close how Basic Design was taught inwards fine art schools
Major Exhibitions inwards the USA





Das große Rasenstück / The Large Piece of Turf (1503)
by Albrecht Dürer
Watercolour together with body colour, heightened amongst white body colour
Collection - Albertina inwards Vienna

• “We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her The Renaissance Followed Him North is the review past times the New York Times

Albrecht Dürer had it all: the optic of a Raphael, the brains of a Leonardo, the looks of a cleaned-up Kurt Cobain. He produced the earliest known self-portrait drawing inwards European fine art when he was 13, together with some of the outset stand-alone landscapes.

• These are selected highlights from Impressionism, Fashion, together with Modernity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• The 16th Annual Exhibition of The Figure inwards American Art tin last seen inwards New York until Apr 20th
Art Societies

• I specially enjoyed the display wall of artwork past times paintings by We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Review: RWS Spring Exhibition 2013.  The exhibition continues until 21 Apr at the Bankside Gallery.
• It was also skillful to run across the watercolour paintings - run across We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her David Firmstone wins Turner Watercolour Award 2013 - this includes a video of him painting.  Those who similar to pigment amongst brushes powerfulness similar to direct hold a peek at the video........
• The Mall Galleries has a preview of the artwork inwards the upcoming Annual Exhibition past times the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour.  The exhibition opens to Earth on 5 Apr together with continues until eighteen Apr 2013 - 10:00 to 17:00 daily
• The Manchester Academy of Fine Arts is belongings an exhibition which opens at the Portico Library & Gallery inwards Manchester on fourth Apr together with continues until 30th April. 
• This was my We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Review: Royal Society of British Artists - 296th Annual Exhibition
  of 537 artworks - both paintings inwards all media together with sculpture
Open Studios

• Bridget Hunter (We've made a mark!". 
• Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS
• More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!
• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her the outset ever Ayrshire Open Studios
Art Galleries together with Museums

• On 1 July 2013 the Metropolitan Museum of Art volition opened upward on Mondays together with volition last opened upward 7 days a calendar week for the outset fourth dimension since 1971.  To last honest I'm simply amazed that it has had the luxury of non opening 7 days a calendar week all this time!
Art History

• The Art Newspaper - How together with why sense of savour changes by David Ekserdjian, Professor of history of fine art together with cinema at the University of Leicester. He asserts that piece an artist’s popularity tin wax together with wane, at that spot are really few genuine rediscoveries  
• The Financial Times focuses this weekend on Houses Built for Art Collections - it puts a whole novel spin on edifice an fine art studio inwards the garden......
Art Economy together with Art Collectors

• These were the Top 10 Art Auction Prices inwards February according to artnet
• The Art Newspaper's article Nicole Klagsbrun to unopen gallery afterward thirty years inwards the business provides an interesting comment on on how the fine art world, fine art collectors together with fine art dealers direct hold changed
Opinion Poll


This month's Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark persuasion Poll has been close We've made a mark!". 
Plus How nosotros chose the official pencil media for the PAS

More on the interviews associated amongst Danny Gregory's novel mass - together with your jeopardy to run across existent alive talking sketchers!

• This is Roz Stendahl (Roz Wound Up) on her Which are the best artist-quality crude paints?  I'll last reporting on the results side past times side week.