22Nd April 2012: Who's Made A Rank This Week?

A Postcard from my Walk projection
Postcards sent past times Katherine Tyrrell
196 Cards from Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Postcard from my walk - a tribute to globe Day.

You tin shipping away encounter the paradigm Ronell made of my postcards above.  It looks equally if I similar drawing trees side past times side to water! Do click it to encounter a much larger paradigm of all the postcards which are immediately inwards diverse countries around the world.

The employment for this postal service this calendar week is I wasn't inwards London for one-half of it!

I got dorsum from my brusque pause inwards the middle of the week.  Then when I got dorsum I was doing things - similar seeing the annual exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists or tending a life drawing workshop linked to the Lucian Freud Portraits Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.  I'll go posting some of my drawings from the flush this side past times side week.

Sue Tilley - who modelled for Benefits Supervisor Sleeping - which sold for $33m inwards 2008
was the model for the life drawing degree at the National Portrait Gallery

Art Blogs - Plein Air Convention

So my references to artists blogs this calendar week volition focus on the recent Plein Air Convention which had a lot of bloggers attending.

Plein Air Convention


The 1st Annual Plein Air Convention together with Expo was held over 4 days between Apr 12-15th, 2012 at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa just exterior Las Vegas inwards the picturesque Nevada desert.  I get together it was a large success.  My friend Louise went hence I've already heard something nearly how it went.  It wasn't simply icon together with included Eric Rhoads' Marketing Boot Camp and a merchandise demo for the fine art suppliers.  Here are comments past times others who also attended what looks similar the outset of many.
This has been a peachy convention. Over the weekend, I ran into a lot of onetime friends together with folks I've met over the years: Anne LaddonKim LordierMargi LucenaAnita Louise WestScott PriorBrad HoltEd TerpeningJeanne MackenziePaul KratterScott Gellatly...the listing goes on, together with I apologize if I've omitted anyone!

iPad sketching

Art Business & Marketing

Art Education

Art Exhibitions

Major Museums


  • The major exhibition at Tate Britain this tumble volition be the outset major survey of the Pre-Raphaelites together with the biggest demo of their function inwards thirty years.  This is the Guardian on the theme of Pre-Raphaelites exhibition celebrates 'revolutionary' art
  • The queues for the Hockney exhibition at the RA continued until the really destination - see Hockney is bigger than Van Gogh!  I went to the finally nighttime for my 4th see together with the house was packed.

Regional UK


  • For those who savour watercolour, there's an exhibition of function past times Albert Goodwin RWS (1845-1932) at the Young Gallery, Salisbury until 26 May 2012.  You tin shipping away encounter an online exhibition of Albert Goodwin's work on the Chris Beetles website.  I know Chris is of the catch that Albert Goodwin is ane of the finest watercolour painters the Britain has always produced.  Goodwin trained alongside the pre-Raphaelites, was inspired past times Turner together with supported past times Ruskin.

Art Societies UK

Part of the Annual Exhibition of the Society of Botanical Artists

Regional - Europe

Major Museums USA

  • There's a lot of involvement inwards a New York Times article nearly it.  It is preceded by 
    • Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads,” a monumental 12-part sculptural suite past times Ai Weiwei which is installed around the perimeter of the springtime on the museum’s plaza. The function volition go on catch from Apr xix until Feb. 24, 2013.
    • the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery volition acquaint “Perspectives: Ai Weiwei” from May 12 to Apr 7, 2013 and 
    • the Corcoran Gallery of Art volition exhibit “Untitled,” from September 22 to Jan 13, 2013.
  • The exhibition “Dürer together with Beyond" covers Central European Drawings inwards The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400–1700 (April 3–September 3, 2012).  This is the New York Times article nearly the exhbition - A Master Opens the Door to an Empire. This link takes you lot to images of some of the plant inwards the show.  One mightiness intend this "Small Piece of Turf" peradventure prompted the thought of Dürer's Great Piece of Turf but for the fact the latter was painted by Dürer some 80+ years earlier!
A Small Piece of Turf (1584)
Hans Hoffmann (German, Nuremberg ca. 1545/1550–1591/1592 Prague)
Brush alongside gouache together with watercolor over traces of charcoal underdrawing
Dürer together with Beyond: Central European Drawings inwards The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400–1700

Art Galleries together with Museums

Art Supplies

Publishing Art Books

  • Ever wondered why the toll of ebooks is hence high?  Those thinking nearly publishing fine art books mightiness similar to accept a await at this postal service The Agency Model sucks on A Newbie's Guide to Publishing.  It discusses the human relationship betwixt the toll of ebooks, Amazon together with the large publishers

Internet, apps, webware together with blogging

spider web browsers

iPad apps

and finally......

The Princes Foundation for Children together with the Arts created a Face Britain art project 
Face Britain is the UK’s largest always majority collaborative fine art project, designed past times The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts, to celebrate the nation’s children together with immature people during the Pb upwards to HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee together with the London 2012 Olympic together with Paralympic Games.
This finally week, children's artwork generated past times the projection has been used to practise huge images of the Queen projected onto the facade of Buckingham Palace.  Thousands of children's self-portraits were roofing Buckingham Palace every nighttime until Saturday.  More than 200,000 self-portraits possess got been crested to render imagery at every venue around the country.

This is an interesting article talking nearly how the projection worked

The projection has also organised the creation of portraits past times celebrities together with famous artists which are beingness auctioned to back upwards function alongside disadvantaged children acrothe UK.  There are to go 2 auctions and you tin shipping away encounter images from the two auctions here.

  1. eBay from 3-13 May, where nosotros volition auction self-portraits from celebrities including Cilla Black, Adele, Alan Rickman, Jamie Oliver together with many more.
  2. Christies - nine May: a really exceptional auction to sell the artists’ self-portraits, including plant past times Tracey Emin together with Maggi Hambling. 
The 2 auctions volition enhance vital funds for the charity’s future.

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