Generating Fine Art - Making A Compass Fine Art Spider Web Log Laurels Nominations 2012

The aim of the Making H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards is to identify:

• excellence inwards blogging virtually fine art too artists; and 
• the fine art blogs which gear upward high standards too are the most influential.

I started these awards inwards 2006 thus that the efforts of artists too others who are blogging virtually fine art could hold upward valued too recognised.

YOU tin dismiss nominate which fine art blogs YOU intend are fantabulous too which fine art blogs influence YOU. For the final iii years I've asked all the readers of Making H5N1 Mark too the wider community of fine art bloggers to nominate the fine art blogs that they intend are the best - inwards dissimilar categories

I've been keeping a regime annotation of the fine art blogs which have "made a mark" on me during the course of pedagogy of 2012 but I every bit good actually desire to take away heed from all of you lot every bit to the blogs pick out had an impact on you.

This post too the side past times side iii posts on Making H5N1 Mark invite nominations relating to the categories which you lot tin dismiss run into at the transcend of the correct mitt column.

First how to nominate - too and then the iii awards in the category of Generating Art.

Nominate an fine art weblog for a Making H5N1 Mark Award

It's rattling simple! Basically all you lot demand to exercise is travel out a comment on the relevant post.

• WHICH AWARD: 
• Identify the championship of the Making H5N1 Mark Award that you lot desire your nominee to hold upward considered for
• Leave a comment on the post on this blog which invite nominations for that accolade - BEFORE 29th Dec 2012
• WHICH BLOG:  Identify
• the cite of the blog, its URL (eg "The Art Blog" http://theartblog.blogspot.com) and
• the cite of the blogger
• (Note:  art bloggers are non eligible for whatever accolade that they have won inwards the final iii years)
• WHY:  Say WHY you lot intend this weblog should hold upward considered for a Making H5N1 Mark Award.

Artists who pick out won an accolade inwards the final iii years are non eligible to hold upward nominated for the same award.

I'll collate all your nominations too comments inwards relation to each accolade too consider with those blogs which I pick out inwards heed every bit beingness worthy of consideration.  I'll too then portion the shortlist with you lot when the results are announced.

The Making H5N1 Mark Awards volition hold upward announced on the 29th too 30th December. Note:  All nominees too nominators are linked to both from this weblog too my primary website page where all the past times awards too nominees are listed

So over to you lot - who exercise you lot intend merits beingness nominated for the iii awards below? Answers every bit a comment on this post please.

GENERATING ART

Today I'm looking at nominations for iii awards relating to generating art

• The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield
• The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup
• The Best Art Society Blog Prize

Leave a comment on this post (see above) nominating the fine art weblog you lot intend should larn i of these awards inwards 2012.



The Painting a Day Stickability Shield

"What they telephone band talent is goose egg but the capacity for doing continuous piece of job inwards the correct way."
Winslow Homer

The Painting H5N1 Day Stickability Shield for daily painters who maintain a consistently high output of consistently skillful lineament paintings over the course of pedagogy of the yr too gear upward a skillful lawsuit to others.

• 2011 Stephen Magsig - Postcards from Detroit Stephen's weblog is accessible too demonstrates clearly that he has has produced betwixt 322 too 355 paintings each yr for the final 4 years. By whatever Definition Stephen Magsig had produced a consistent too high lineament output.  He every bit good provides something of a piece of job model for the means inwards which you lot tin dismiss convert the property of regular daily paintings into other products for sale to those who desire to collect artwork. Sometimes the "stickability" runs out before those conversions larn made - but non with Stephen!

Blue Water Tank past times Stephen Magsig

• 2010  Lisa Daria(Lisa Daria) Significantly, Lisa Daria is the alone nominee to pick out produced a ikon every twenty-four hours this year.   She has skillful argue - I'm a immature adult cancer survivor thus I pick out a persistence to brand certain every twenty-four hours matters. Daily ikon has travel a reminder every twenty-four hours tin dismiss pick out with it reason. No to a greater extent than words are necessary - this is a lady whose 'stickability' nosotros tin dismiss all admire. 
• 2009  Loriann Signori (Loriann Signori's painting-a-day) - This accolade is for stickability - Loriann's consummate dedication to getting out too virtually whatever the weather condition too wherever she is. She created 344 posts inwards 2009.  
• 2008  Edward Gordon (Edward B. Gordon) who started doing daily paintings dorsum inwards Nov 2006. Edward has created a ikon a twenty-four hours virtuallly every twenty-four hours inwards 2008 too did the same inwards 2007. He completed 700 daily paintings dorsum inwards October. His weblog is pop too it indicates that he sells most of the paintings he produces.
• 2007  Carol Marine (Carol Marine's Painting a Day) The someone who, inwards my eyes, has been consistent, has posted most oft during the yr too who has every bit good continued the tradition, started past times Duane, of every bit good sharing her talent too her approach with a wider world through the workshops she has been teaching this year. 
• 2006 shared by:
• Duane Keiser (A Painting H5N1 Day)
• Julian Merrow Smith (Postcard from Provence) 
• They both posted a novel ikon a twenty-four hours on their blogs for good over a yr and, although they're non straight off posting a novel ikon absolutely every day, they're all the same managing a lot to a greater extent than than most 'painting a day' blogs

The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup 

Art tin dismiss hold upward quite a lonely activeness too it's noticeable that people oft similar to pick out closed to form of interest inwards groups too projects related to art!

The Best Art Blog Project Virtual Challenge Cup This accolade is for EITHER a major too reputable novel projection which adds value too involves a large release of bloggers   OR or a projection which has grown over the course of pedagogy of the yr inwards query or otherwise had closed to pregnant impact during the course of pedagogy of the year

Spring inwards Kyoto, Nippon IV past times Keiko Tanabe
Sold inwards assist of The Japanese Red Cross

Past winners include:

• 2011 The Help Nippon Challenge Auction organised on the Daily Paintworks site. The challenge was created past times Keiko Tanabe too David Marine of Daily Paintworks hosted it on the Daily Paintworks website. It involved a lot of fine art bloggers contributing artwork to heighten funds via an auction to assist those affected past times the Tsunami inwards Japan.  
• 2010  The Virtual Paintout by Bill Guffey has succeeded inwards attracting a large release of participants every calendar month - too the exercise goodness is that you lot tin dismiss run into all the pictures on the weblog too that makes it rattling like shooting fish in a barrel for non-participants to sympathize the projection too run into its results. I every bit good similar the means that it shows people that they tin dismiss respect places to travel too pigment plein air using Google Street View too consequently its impact is non only express to this blog!
• 2009  Urban Sketchers - has developed too travel a landmark fine art weblog during the final 12 months. 
• 2008  Different Strokes from Different Folks - a good idea out projection which every bit good involves Karin Jurick inwards providing tutorials too guidance to participants how to better their art.  Primarily this has been virtually encouraging people to run into that using photos every bit references demand non involve copying - that making choices, using your imagination too interpreting a photograph are skills which are every bit good important. 
• 2007  the International Sketchcrawl drawing marathons - a projection which I pick out participated inwards which is global too involves lots of people, a lot of whom are bloggers.
• 2006  shared by:
• the Crackskull Bob Self-Portrait Marathon - a novel blogging projection which generated 390 entries overall from those participating too a stunning degree of creativity
• the Daily Painters Blog - a blog, website too mailing listing providing contemporary master copy fine art for sale past times ikon a twenty-four hours artists too habitual painters.

The Best Art Society Blog Prize

The Best Art Society Blog Prize This prize is for the Art Society Blog which demonstrates - inwards both text too images - how best to  promote the aims too activities of the fine art social club and  AND widen the audience for the images of its fellow member artists.

This was a novel accolade inwards 2011.  I'd wanted to innovate it before but Art Society blogs had been rattling ho-hum to larn off the the world - despite the compass they offering to marketplace both the art society and members artists to a wider audience.  Plus non all those that had started to post maintained their output.  The corner straight off seems to pick out been turned with to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than blogs past times fine art societies.

These are my criteria for the characteristics of a skillful fine art social club blog:

• blog posts are timely eg post virtually the exhibition inwards skillful fourth dimension for people to accommodate to visit! 
• blog posts are useful eg brand certain you lot include plenty data for people to respect the society's activities (don't assume "everybody knows") 
• images are rattling important - too should hold upward included whenever possible too relevant. An fine art social club weblog without images says something virtually how of import they actually are! This was the primary argue why fine art social club blogs were NOT shortlisted. 
• Art societies are virtually placing an emphasis on the visual too thus should their blog 
• blog posts tin dismiss present people what the social club does too what it has to offering through the utilization of photographs of activities too artwork 
• members, their artwork too their exhibitions are profiled - it's a perk too a chip of extra marketing which is ever welcome - addition it every bit good provides the ground for regular updates throughout the year 

There's all the same a lot of compass to better - but which fine art social club weblog exercise you lot intend does it best?

There has been i previous winner:

• 2011 - The Denver Art Society has a combined website too blog. I strongly suspect it mightiness hold upward to a greater extent than accurate to telephone band it a weblog with static pages.  This opened my eyes to what tin dismiss hold upward achieved inwards price of dynamic content, pattern too the compass for a social club to pick out a rattling potent connector with its local community.  It combines the essential static data pages which most societies pick out with 2 dissever streams of dynamic pages which update on (1) the latest word too (2) regular artwork on display or beingness produced past times creative someone members. The Home Page constantly updates with a layout which places priority on the dynamic content too the twitterstream too a schedule of upcoming events. 

Please every bit good NOMINATE for other MAKING H5N1 MARK AWARDS 

Links to the other posts seeking nominations tin dismiss every bit good straight off hold upward institute at the transcend of the correct mitt column

BEST PICTURE ON AN ART BLOG 2012

• Best Person/People 
• Best Place 
• Best Still Life 
• Best Natural World 

BEST ART BLOGS IN 2012

• Generating Art
• Getting Out of the Studio
• Learning virtually Art & the Art Business
• The Home Front

Links - Making H5N1 Mark Awards 2012

• The Making H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards (static page at transcend of blog - references previous years) 
• Best Pictures too Best Art Blogs 2012 - a review
• The Making H5N1 Mark Art Blog Awards 2006-2011 

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